Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Section percussion
Application deadline
March 31, 2014
Audition date
April 27–28, 2014
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(Posted on March 5, 2014; last updated about 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Marimba solo (choose one of the following three excerpts)
Bach—Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin, BWV 1001
  • Fugue: 1–55
  • Siciliano
Bach—Partita No. 1 in B minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1002
  • Bourée
Xylophone excerpts
Barber—Medea’s Dance of Vengeance
  • 4 before 1 to 2
  • 18–19
  • 1 before 34 to 35
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 48 to 4 after 49
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Overture: 1–B
Kabalevsky—Colas Breugnon
  • Overture: 9–12
  • Overture: 1 before 36 to 37
  • Overture: 57–end
Kodály—Háry János Suite
  • Mvt. VI: 1–1
  • Mvt. VI: 7–8
  • Mvt. VI: 12 after 9 to the end
Schumann—Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”
  • 230–244
Strauss—Salome
  • Dance of the Seven Veils: 1 after D to the end
Stravinsky—The Firebird
  • 1 before 47 to 48
  • 127–133
Williams—The Cowboys
  • Overture: 34–39
  • Overture: 85–92
Choose one of the following two Xylophone pieces
Green—Triplets
Green—Log Cabin Blues
Glockenspiel excerpts
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 1–19
  • Mvt. II: 21–22
  • Mvt. II: 25–26
  • Mvt. II: 31–32
  • Mvt. II: 42–end
  • Mvt. III: 58–end
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 17–20
  • 22–24
  • 40–41
  • 52–53
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Act I: Finale
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 10 after 4
  • Mvt. I: 3 before 6 to 6
  • Mvt. I: 7–end
Vibraphone excerpts
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 567–577
  • 582–607
  • 620–629
Snare drum excerpts
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 1
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé
  • Mvt. I: 1–5
  • Mvt. I: 13–end
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1
  • 47–48
  • 7 before 65 to 66
  • 4 before 82 to the end
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. IV: Beginning to 10 after L
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III: D–I
  • Mvt. III: last four bars
  • Mvt. IV: 1 before C to F
  • Mvt. IV: 4 before N to R
  • Mvt. IV: T–U
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. I: 43–44
  • Mvt. II: 98–end
Tambourine excerpts
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème: C to 3 after E
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Act 4, Prelude: 1 to 17 after B
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1–C
  • Q–end
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • Gypsies and a Rake Vendor: 201–206
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. 10 in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 2
  • B–C
Cymbals excerpts
Dvořák—Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 46, No. 8
  • A–C
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 32 to “Allegro Scherzando”
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. IV: 2 before 134 to 8 after 134
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 272–end
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • 2 before O to P
Bass drum excerpts
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III (in big part II), Scherzo: 704–728
  • Mvt. III (in big part II), Scherzo: 764–772
Sight-reading
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