Dallas Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Principal percussion
Application deadline
December 29, 2017
Audition date
March 19 through April 16, 2018
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(Posted on December 12, 2017; last updated over 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Marimba
Bach/Ukena—Lute Suite in E Minor
  • Mvt. VI, Gigue: beginning to the first repeat
Stucky—August 4, 1964
  • Mvt. III: A–C
  • Mvt. IX: H–I
  • Mvt. IX: 176–J
Xylophone
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 48 to 4 after 49
Corigliano—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. II: 180–192
  • Mvt. II: 245–251
Gershwin—An American in Paris
  • 4–7
  • 20–21
  • 32–37
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Overture: beginning
  • Act I, Scene 2: 212–213
  • Act II, Scene 1: 108–109
Gershwin/Bennett—Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
  • 297–304
Hayman—Pops Hoedown
  • 14–18
  • 22–24
Hindemith—Kammermusik No. 1
  • Finale: 137–155
  • Finale: 267–end
Kabalevsky—Colas Breugnon
  • Overture: 35–43
Prokofiev—Alexander Nevsky
  • Mvt. IV: 30–31
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Toccata: 230–245
Shostakovich—The Golden Age
  • Polka: opening solo
Stravinsky—The Firebird
  • 47–48
  • 127–133
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 80–91
Williams—The Cowboys
  • Overture: 34–39
  • Overture: 84–92
Vibraphone
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 581–631
Williams—Escapades
  • Mvt. I: 49–65
  • Mvt. III: 33–51
Glockenspiel
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 17–20
  • 22–25
Glazunov—Violin Concerto
  • 46–53
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Act I: Finale
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I
Respighi—Roman Festivals
  • Mvt. III: 18–20
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • C–E
  • P–Q
Tchaikovsky—Sleeping Beauty
  • Waltz
Snare drum
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 9: 1–24
Nielsen—Clarinet Concerto
  • 27–33
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé
  • Mvt. I: 1–2
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 37–40
Ravel—Alborada del Grazioso
  • 26–end
Ravel—Boléro
  • 1–20
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV: 1–M
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III: D–I
  • Mvt. IV: B–F
  • Mvt. IV: 4 before N to U
Schuman—New England Triptych
  • Chester: 106–123
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Toccata: 143–200
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. II: 73–74
  • Mvt. II: 98–end
Suppé—Pique dame
  • Overture: 143–178
  • Overture: 284–end
Tambourine
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • 3–4
  • 16 to 15 after 19
Bizet—Carmen
  • Aragonaise: 1 to 18 after B
  • Danse Bohème: C to 4 after E
Britten—Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
  • Mvt. IV: 10–11
Debussy—Images pour orchestre
  • Mvt. II, “Ibéria”: mvt. iii, 1–56
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • Q–end
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 201–207
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Danse Arabe: C–end
Cymbals
Dvořák—Scherzo capriccioso
  • 830–end
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 32 to 13 after 32
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Danse des Mirlitons: C–E
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • 2 before O to P
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 273–end
Bass drum
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 5 after 2
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 1 before 23 to 25
  • Mvt. I: 71–72
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. II: 3 after 49 to 4 after 50
  • Mvt. II: 117–end
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • 72 to 2 after 74
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