Baltimore Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Principal percussion
Application deadline
April 1, 2022
Audition date
June 4–15, 2022
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(Posted on March 6, 2022; last updated over 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Marimba solos
Bach—Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin, BWV 1001
  • Siciliano
Tanaka—Two Movements for Marimba
  • Mvt. I: 1–34
Snare drum solo
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 9
Snare drum excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II
Nielsen—Clarinet Concerto
  • 10 after 3 to 4
  • 16 to 3 after 17
  • 28 to 9 after 32
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 37 to 1 before 40
Ravel—Boléro
  • 1–20
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV: 1 to 10 after L
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV
Rossini—La Gazza Ladra
  • Overture: 1–11
Schuman—New England Triptych
  • Chester: 106–122
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Part 2 Toccata: 143–199
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. II: 98–end
Suppé—Pique dame
  • Overture: 95–130
Xylophone excerpts
Bartók—Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
  • Mvt. III: 1–5
  • Mvt. III: 79–end
  • Mvt. IV: 173–183
Copland—Appalachian Spring Suite
  • 5 after 48 to 50
Gershwin—An American in Paris
  • 4 to 4 before 7
  • 6 after 20 to 21
  • 2 before 33 to 5 before 37
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Introduction: 3–17
Hayman—Pops Hoedown
  • 22–24
Kodály—Háry János Suite
  • Beginning to 1
  • 7 to 8 after 7
  • 2 after 10 to 8 after 10
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
  • 6–7
  • 1 after 28 to 30
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. III: 7–8
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Toccata: 230–244
Simon—AMEN!
  • 41–45
  • 101–104
  • 109–133
  • 301–326
Stravinsky—Firebird, 1910 version
  • 1 before 47 to 48
  • 127–133
Williams—The Cowboys
  • Overture: 34–38
  • Overture: 85–91
Glockenspiel excerpts
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Act I: Finale
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I
Tchaikovsky—Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a
  • Mvt. V, Waltz
Vibraphone excerpts
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 582–588
  • 620–637
  • 701–704
Williams—Catch Me If You Can
  • Mvt. I, “Escapades”: 49–64
  • Mvt. III: 126–181
  • Mvt. III: 235–257
Tambourine excerpts
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Aragonaise: 1 to 17 after B
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème: 3 before D to 3 after E
Britten—Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
  • Mvt. IV: 10–11
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1 to 4 before C
  • 11 after R to the end
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 3 after 201 to 1 after 206
Cymbal excerpts
Mussorgsky—Night on Bald Mountain
  • S to 7 after S
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 32 to 13 after 32
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. IV: 8 after 133 to the end
Sibelius—Finlandia
  • 6 after M to O
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 249–end
Bass drum excerpts
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 8 after 1 to 4 after 2
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1911 version)
  • 64 to 12 after 68
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring (1947 version)
  • 72 to 6 after 78
Triangle excerpts
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • 9 after 9 to 2 after 14
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème: H to 2 after I
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
  • Mvt. III
Drum set excerpts
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 1–138
  • 661–704
Johnson—Victory Stride
Possible sight-reading
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