Tucson Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Principal percussion
Application deadline
April 28, 2020
Audition date
May 20, 2020
Payment
$147.42 per service
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(Posted on March 14, 2020; last updated over 4 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Any unaccompanied two- or four-mallet marimba solo by J. S. Bach
Snare drum excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 9
Nielsen—Symphony No. 5
  • 34–39
Nielsen—Clarinet Concerto
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 1–2
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 13–end
Ravel—Boléro
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III: D to 8 after F
  • Mvt. IV
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. IV: 1 to 4 after L
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Part 2 Toccata: 143–165
Xylophone excerpts
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 5 after 48 to 9 before 50
Gershwin—An American in Paris
  • 4–7
  • 6 after 20 to 21
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Overture: 4–18
Kabalevsky—Colas Breugnon
  • Overture
Shostakovich—The Golden Age
  • Polka: 6–22
Glockenspiel excerpts
Debussy—La Mer
  • 1 after 16 to 4 after 18
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 17–24
Glazunov—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. III
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Act I: Finale
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 21 after 2
Vibraphone excerpt
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 620–631
Tambourine excerpts
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2
  • Habanera
  • Danse Bohème
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Aragonaise
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. I
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 53–56
  • 2 before 202 to 206
Cymbal excerpts
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 32 to “Allegro Scherzando”
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
Bass drum excerpts
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 1 to the “Nicht Schleppen” after 4
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • 72 to the end of Part I
Bass drum/cymbals attachment
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 124–127
  • 132–134
A demonstration of various styles on drumset
Possible sight-reading
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