West Virginia Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Third percussion
Audition date
February 10, 2022
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(Posted on August 8, 2021; last updated over 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Marimba solo
Bach—Solo Sonata No. 2 in A minor
  • Fugue: 1–73
Snare drum solo
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 11
Snare drum excerpts
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 37–40
  • Mvt. IV: 111–end
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 1–2
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 13–end
Ravel—Boléro
  • 1–12
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. III: beginning–H
  • Mvt. IV: 1–M
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Toccata: 143–200
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. II: 98–end
Xylophone excerpts
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 48–50
Gershwin—An American in Paris
  • 4–7
  • 20–22
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
  • 13–15
  • 53–54
Kabalevsky—Colas Breugnon
  • Overture: 9–12
  • Overture: 36–37
Kodály—Háry János
  • 1–1
  • 7–8
  • 10–end
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Toccata: 230–245
Stravinsky—The Firebird
  • 1 before 47 to 48
  • 127–133
Bells excerpts
Debussy—La Mer
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Respighi—Pines of Rome
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Waltz of the Snowflakes
Tchaikovsky—Sleeping Beauty
  • Waltz
Vibraphone excerpts
Bernstein—West Side Story
  • 620–632
  • 701–704
Williams—Escapades
  • Mvt. I: 49–65
Tambourine excerpts
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Aragonaise: 1 to 17 after B
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème: C to 3 after F
Chabrier—España
  • L–M
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1–C
  • 8 before U to the end
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 201–207
Cymbals excerpts
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • 32 to 14 after 32
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Danse des Mirlitons
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • 2 before O to P
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: H–end
Various drum set styles as requested by the audition committee
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