Sarasota Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Principal percussion
Application deadline
April 4, 2022
Audition date
May 10–12, 2022
Payment
$53,824.94 per year
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(Posted on March 21, 2022; last updated almost 3 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
A movement of the candidate’s choice from any violin, cello, or lute suite orc sonata composed by J. S. Bach
Snare drum
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 9
Nielsen—Clarinet Concerto
  • 10 after 3 to 4
  • 28 to 9 after 32
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
  • Mvt. IV: Beginning to 10 after L
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Part 2 Toccata: 143–199
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. II: 98–end
Suppé—Pique dame
  • Overture: 95–130
Xylophone
Bartók—Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
  • Mvt. III: 1–5
  • 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 7 after 36
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Overture: 1–17
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
  • 6–7
  • 1 after 28 to 30
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Toccata: 230–244
Stravinsky—Firebird, 1910 version
  • 127–133
Glockenspiel
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 4 after 17 to 3 before 20
  • 22–24
  • 15 after 38 to 41
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Act I: Finale
Tchaikovsky—Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a
  • Mvt. V, Waltz
Vibraphone
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 582–588
  • 620–632
Williams—Catch Me If You Can
  • Mvt. I, “Escapades”: 49–64
  • Mvt. III: 126–175
Tambourine
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème: 3 before D to 3 after E
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Aragonaise: 1 to 17 after B
Britten—Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
  • Mvt. IV: 10–11
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1 to 4 before C
  • 11 after R to the end
Bass drum
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 8 after 1 to 4 after 2
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • 72 to 4 after 76
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 272–end
Cymbals
Mussorgsky—Night on Bald Mountain
  • S to 7 after S
Sibelius—Finlandia
  • 6 after M to O
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Danse des Mirlitons
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • 2 before O to 7 before P
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 272–end
Triangle
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • 3 to 4 after 5
  • 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: 5–6
Possible sight-reading
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