Oregon Symphony percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Principal percussion
Application deadline
December 18, 2019
Audition date
February 3–5, 2021
Weeks in season
40
Payment
$73,118.60 per year
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(Posted on February 15, 2020; last updated about 4 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Marimba
Bach—Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor, BWV 996
  • Mvt. I
Takemitsu—Rain Tree
  • Marimba entrance on page 5 to the end of the second stanza on page 7
Snare drum
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 6
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé
Ravel—Boléro
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
Suppé—Pique dame
  • Overture
Tompkins—Nine French-American Rudimental Solos
  • Etude No. 8
Xylophone
Copland—Appalachian Spring
Hindemith—Kammermusik No. 1
Kodály—Háry János Suite
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
  • 6–7
  • 26–30
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
Shostakovich—Golden Age Suite, Op. 22a
  • Polka
Stravinsky—Firebird, 1910 version
Glockenspiel
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Act I, No. 8
Prokofiev—Alexander Nevsky
Respighi—Pines of Rome
Tchaikovsky—Sleeping Beauty
Vibraphone
Bernstein—West Side Story
Tambourine
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Aragonaise
Britten—Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
Chabrier—España
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
Tchaikovsky—Nutcracker Suite
Cymbals
Dvořák—Scherzo capriccioso
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
Tchaikovsky—Nutcracker Suite
  • Dance of the Mirlitons
Bass drum
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
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