Boise Philharmonic percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Principal percussion
Application deadline
September 13, 2021
Audition date
September 25, 2021
Payment
$169.02 per service
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(Posted on June 6, 2021; last updated almost 3 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
A 2–3 minute solo of your choice (snare drum or mallet percussion) commensurate with your personal level of competency and comfort
Snare drum excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 1–9
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. III: beginning–H
Xylophone excerpts
Copland—Hoedown
  • 5 to 7 after 11
Kabalevsky—Colas Breugnon
  • Overture: 1 after 9 to 12
Orchestra bells excerpts
Tchaikovsky—Sleeping Beauty
  • Waltz: 7 to 1 before 9
Tchaikovsky—Capriccio Italien
  • B–C
Tambourine excerpts
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. IV: F–G
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Trepak: 6 after C to the end
Triangle excerpts
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. IV: 9 after W to the 6/4
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Waltz of the Flowers: 12 before K to the end
Hand cymbals excerpts
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: A–B
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Danse des Mirlitons: C to 10 before E
Concert toms excerpts
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 48–60
  • 177–188
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