Omaha Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Principal percussion
Application deadline
March 26, 2018
Audition date
May 29–30, 2018
Weeks in season
38
Payment
$42,730.02 per year
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(Posted on February 4, 2018; last updated about 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 9
Snare drum excerpts
Nielsen—Clarinet Concerto
  • 3–4
  • 27–33
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 37–47
  • Mvt. IV: 111–end
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV: 1 to 10 after L
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. II: 98–end
Sousa—The Stars and Stripes Forever
Suppé—Pique dame
  • Overture: 4 before C to 9 before D
Xylophone excerpts
Copland—Appalachian Spring Suite
  • 5 after 48 to 4 after 49
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Overture: 1–B
Gershwin—An American in Paris
  • 4–7
Kabalevsky—Colas Breugnon
  • Overture: 9–12
  • Overture: 36–37
  • Overture: 57–end
Kodály—Háry János Suite
  • Mvt. VI
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
  • 6–7
  • 26 to 5 after 28
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Toccata: 230–244
Shostakovich—The Golden Age
  • Polka: 6 after 45 to 1 after 46
Stravinsky—Firebird, 1910 version
  • 1 before 47 to 48
  • 127–133
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1911 version)
  • 4 before 126 to 129
Glockenspiel excerpts
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Glazunov—Violin Concerto
  • 46–53
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I
Tchaikovsky—Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a
  • Mvt. V, Waltz: G–I
Vibraphone excerpt
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 567–577
  • 581–608
  • 620–632
Cymbals excerpts
Dvořák—Scherzo capriccioso
  • 820–end
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 32–33
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • 2 before O to 8 before P
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 16 after H to the end
Bass drum excerpts
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Variation M
  • Variation E
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring (1947 version)
  • 72 to the end of Part I
Bass drum with attached cymbals — excerpts
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • 7 before O to the end
Sousa—The Stars and Stripes Forever
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1911 version)
  • 4 before 65 to 66
Tambourine excerpts
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème: C–G
  • Danse Bohème: L–N
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Aragonaise: 1–A
Chabrier—España
  • L–end
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1–C
  • 8 before U to the end
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 201–207
A four-mallet marimba solo of your choice from the J. S. Bach violin sonatas and partitas
Triangle excerpts
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème: H to 2 after I
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. III: I–end
Dvořák—Slavonic Dance No. 2
Drum set — demonstrate these styles: jazz (with brushes), rock, and Latin
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