Toronto Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant timpani/section percussion
Application deadline
September 15, 2017
Audition date
October 19, 2017
Weeks in season
43
Payment
$86,828.61 per year
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(Posted on August 15, 2017; last updated over 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Any solo on any instrument
Snare drum
Delécluse—Keiskleiriana I
  • Etude No. 11: 1–40
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. IV: 1 before C to D
  • Mvt. IV: 4 before N to O
  • Mvt. IV: P
  • Mvt. IV: Q
  • Mvt. IV: T–U
  • Mvt. IV: 15 after W to the end
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. IV
Xylophone
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Overture: 4–18
Gershwin—An American in Paris
Stravinsky—The Firebird
  • 3 after 46 to 48
  • 127–133
Vibes
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 567–607
  • 620–655
Glockenspiel
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Act I: Finale
Cymbals
Mussorgsky—Night on Bald Mountain
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Danse des Mirlitons: C to 10 before E
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • E–F
  • 22 before U to 13 before U
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 11 after G to the end
Bass drum
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 124–127
Tambourine
Adams—Short Ride in a Fast Machine
  • 82–122
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1 to 4 before C
  • Q–S
  • 8 before U to the end
Bongos, Congas, and Timbales — Latin improvisation, your choice of instruments
Timpani
Bartók—Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. IV
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Intermezzo
  • Finale
Beethoven—Symphony No. 1
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
Bernstein—Candide
  • Overture
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. III
Holst—The Planets
Nielsen—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV
Saint-Saëns—Samson and Delilah
  • Danse Bacchanale
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 11
Sibelius—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. III
Sibelius—Finlandia
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • 104–end
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
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