Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal timpani/section percussion
Application deadline
December 31, 2021
Audition date
February 27 through April 26, 2022
Weeks in season
43
Payment
$98,303.88 per year
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(Posted on December 27, 2021; last updated over 3 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
2 to 3 minutes of Bach performed on marimba
Snare drum excerpts
Nielsen—Clarinet Concerto
  • 3–4
  • 27 to 9 after 32
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 1–2
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 13–end
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 37–40
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV: 1–M
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
Suppé—Pique dame
  • Overture
Xylophone excerpts
Bartók—The Wooden Prince
  • 106–111
Kabalevsky—Colas Breugnon
  • Overture: 9–12
  • Overture: 1 before 36 to 37
  • Overture: 57–end
Kodály—Háry János
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
  • 6–7
  • 28–30
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Toccata: 230–244
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 80–81
  • 88–91
Stravinsky—Firebird, 1910 version
  • 1 before 47 to 48
  • 127–133
Glockenspiel excerpts
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 1–19
  • Mvt. II: 39–41
  • Mvt. III: 55–56
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 17–20
  • 22–24
  • 52–53
Glazunov—Violin Concerto
  • 46–47
  • 51–53
Prokofiev—Piano Concerto No. 1
  • 35–end
Puccini—La rondine
  • Act II: 15–16
Respighi—Pines of Rome
Vibraphone excerpts
Adams—City Noir
  • Mvt. III: D2–G2
  • Mvt. III: A3–C3
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 567–607
  • 620–647
Bass drum excerpts
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Variation M
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 1 after 3
Sibelius—Symphony No. 1, Op. 39
  • O to 2 after P
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • 72–79
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1911 version)
  • 64–66
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 272–end
Cymbals excerpts
Berlioz—Benvenuto Cellini
  • Overture: 273–282
Dvořák—Scherzo capriccioso
  • Q–end
Mussorgsky—Night on Bald Mountain
  • S to 9 before T
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 32 to 17 before 33
  • Mvt. III: 37–38
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Danse des Mirlitons
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • E–F
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 272–end
Tambourine excerpts
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Aragonaise: 1 to 7 before C
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème: C to 3 after E
Chabrier—España
  • L–M
  • O–end
Debussy—Images pour orchestre
  • Mvt. II, “Ibéria”: mvt. i, 24–30
  • Mvt. II, “Ibéria”: mvt. iii, 53–56
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1–C
  • T–end
Ravel—Rapsodie Espagnole
  • Mvt. II: 8–10
  • Mvt. IV: 5–7
  • Mvt. IV: 10–12
  • Mvt. IV: 23–27
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 201–207
Triangle excerpts
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème: H–J
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1–C
  • T–end
Dvořák—Slavonic Dance No. 2
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
  • 5–6
Timpani excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. IV: 42–50
  • Mvt. V: 1–44
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. I: 513–end
Beethoven—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III: 321 to Mvt. IV: 22
Bernstein—Candide
  • Overture: 1 before 190 to 1 after 200
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: 375–end
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Variation M: 1–10
Handel—Messiah
  • “Hallelujah Chorus”: 52–end
Hindemith—Symphonic Metamorphosis
  • Mvt. II: 5 after S to 8 after W
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 7 before 15 to 15
Mahler—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. V: 290–292
Martin—Concerto for Seven Winds, Timpani, and Strings
  • Mvt. III: 6 after 18 to 8 after 22
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Overture: 207–end
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. IV: 1–35
Schuman—New England Triptych
  • Mvt. I: 1–13
  • Mvt. I: 120–155
Sibelius—Finlandia
  • 2 before “Allegro” to 7 after G
Strauss—Burleske
  • 1–20
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 4 before T to V
Williams—Star Wars
  • Main title: 1–20
Possible sight-reading
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