Chattanooga Symphony and Opera percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Principal percussion
Audition date
May 26, 2022
Payment
$133.98 per service
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(Posted on March 7, 2022; last updated about 3 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Marimba: one of the following solo movements
Bach—Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor, BWV 996
  • Allemande
Bach—Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin, BWV 1001
  • Fugue: 1–55
  • Siciliano
Bach—Partita No. 1 in B minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1002
  • Tempo di Borea
Bach—Partita No. 3 in E major for violin, BWV 1006
  • Gavotte en rondeau
Snare drum solo
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 6
Snare drum excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 1–9
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 1–2
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 13–end
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. III: beginning–H
  • Mvt. IV: Beginning to 10 after L
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III: D–G
  • Mvt. IV: 4 before N to U
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. II: 98–end
Xylophone excerpts
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Introduction: 1–18
Kodály—Háry János Suite
  • Mvt. VI: 1–1
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
  • 6–7
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Toccata: 230–244
Stravinsky—Firebird, 1910 version
  • 46–48
  • 127–133
Glockenspiel excerpts
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 17–24
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Act I: Finale
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I: 1–3
  • Mvt. I: 7–end
Tchaikovsky—Sleeping Beauty
  • Waltz
Vibraphone excerpts
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 567–577
  • 620–631
Tambourine excerpts
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Aragonaise: 1 to 17 after B
  • Aragonaise: E–end
Britten—Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
  • Mvt. IV: 10–11
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1–C
  • Q–end
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 201–206
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Act II, No. 12, D. Trépak: 35–end
Triangle excerpts
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Act I, Overture: 6–7
Bass drum excerpts
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 16 after H to the end
Cymbals excerpts
Dvořák—Scherzo capriccioso
  • Q–end
Mussorgsky—Night on Bald Mountain
  • S–T
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • 32 to Allegro scherzando
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • 2 before O to P
  • 18 after S to U
Possible sight-reading
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