Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Principal percussion
Application deadline
August 20, 2018
Audition date
September 8, 2018
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(Posted on August 9, 2018; last updated over 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Snare drum
Peters—Advanced Snare Drum Studies
  • No. 9 in 3/8 (in a “one” feel)
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé
  • The Birth of Kijé
Prokofiev—Peter and the Wolf
  • Final March 49
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 32–end
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III: D–G
  • Mvt. IV: P–R
  • Mvt. IV: S–U
Xylophone
Gershwin/Bennett—Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
  • 4 before 14 to 15
Goldenberg—Modern School for Xylophone
  • Etude XXVII, pg. 84, “moderato espressivo”
Khachaturian—Gayane
  • Dance of the Rose Maidens: 1–3
Stravinsky—The Firebird
  • 46–48
  • 127–149
Stravinsky—Les Noces
  • 57–65
  • 87–98
Williams—The Cowboys
  • Overture: 34–38
  • Overture: 85–91
Xylophone and glockenspiel
Gershwin—An American in Paris
  • 4 to 5 after 6
  • 7 before 21 to 21
  • 2 before 33 to 40
  • 7 before 62 to 62
  • 75 to 6 after 75
Cymbals
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
Glockenspiel
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 4 after 17 to 4 after 19
  • 22–24
  • 7 after 52 to 53
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Act I: finale
Tambourine
Chabrier—España
  • A–B
  • O–end
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 201–206
Vibraphone
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 569–577
  • 582–631
Bass drum
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 1–3
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • 72–79
  • 103–129
  • 167–end
Triangle
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Act I: finale
  • Waltz of the Flowers
Castanets
Debussy—Images pour orchestre
  • Mvt. II, “Ibéria”
Marimba
Bach—Suite No. 1 for cello
  • Prelude: 1–22
Sight-reading
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