Tucson Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Third percussion
Application deadline
August 24, 2017
Audition date
September 14, 2017
Payment
$108.21 per service
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(Posted on July 27, 2017; last updated over 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Any unaccompanied two- or four-mallet solo by J. S. Bach
Snare drum excerpts
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 1
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 1–2
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 13–end
Ravel—Boléro
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III: D to 8 after F
  • Mvt. IV
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. IV: 1 to 4 after L
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Part 2 Toccata: 143–165
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. I: 43–44
  • Mvt. II: 73 to 10 after 73
  • Mvt. II: 98–end
Xylophone excerpts
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 5 after 48 to 9 before 50
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Overture: 4–18
Gershwin—An American in Paris
  • 4–7
  • 6 after 20 to 21
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
  • 4–5
  • 6–7
Shostakovich—The Golden Age
  • Polka: 6–22
Glockenspiel excerpts
Debussy—La Mer
  • 1 after 16 to 4 after 18
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 17–24
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Act I: Finale
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 21 after 2
Vibraphone excerpt
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 620–631
Tambourine excerpts
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1–B
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 53–56
  • 2 before 202 to 206
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Trepak
  • Danse Arabe: 12 after D to the end
Triangle excerpts
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. III
Liszt—Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. I: “Allegretto Vivace”–F
Cymbal excerpts
Debussy—La Mer
  • 9 before 58 to the end
Mussorgsky—Night on Bald Mountain
  • S to 10 before T
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 32 to “Allegro Scherzando”
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. IV: 6 after K to N
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
Bass drum excerpts
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • 72 to the end of Part I
Bass drum/cymbals attachment
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III
Sousa—The Stars and Stripes Forever
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 124–127
  • 132–134
A demonstration of various styles on drumset
Possible sight-reading
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