Atlanta Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal percussion
Application deadline
July 24, 2022
Audition date
September 11 through October 10, 2022
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(Posted on May 2, 2022; last updated almost 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Marimba solo
Bach—Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor, BWV 996
  • Mvt. I
Vibraphone solo
Piazzolla—6 Tango Etudes for Flute
  • Etude No. 3
Snare drum excerpts
Nielsen—Clarinet Concerto
  • 4 before 29 to 32
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 1–2
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 13–end
Prokofiev—Peter and the Wolf
  • 49 to 2 before 51
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 37–40
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. IV: 1 to 10 after L
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III: D–E
  • Mvt. III: 5 after F to 8 after F
  • Mvt. IV: 4 before N to 19 after N
  • Mvt. IV: P–U
Schuman—New England Triptych
  • Chester: 106–122
Schuman—On Freedom’s Ground
  • 289–306
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. II
Suppé—Pique dame
  • Overture: 95–130
Xylophone excerpts
Berg—Wozzeck
  • Act II, Scene 4: 716–723
Copland—Appalachian Spring Suite
  • 5 after 48 to 4 after 49
Gershwin/Bennett—Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
  • 13–15
Hindemith—Kammermusik No. 1
  • Finale: 137–154
Kabalevsky—Colas Breugnon
  • Overture: 9–12
  • Overture: 1 before 36 to 8 before 38
Kodály—Háry János
  • 1–1
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
  • 6–7
  • 5 after 13 to 5 before 18
  • 26–30
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Toccata: 230–244
Shostakovich—Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
  • Act III, scene 6: 379–384
Stravinsky—The Firebird
  • 127–133
Stravinsky—Les Noces
  • Second Tableau: 59–62
Glockenspiel excerpts
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 16–19
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 17–20
  • 22–24
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
  • 28–30
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Act I: Finale
Prokofiev—Piano Concerto No. 1
  • 35–end
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I
Vibraphone excerpts
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 567–577
  • 620–632
Williams—Escapades
  • Mvt. I: 49–65
  • Mvt. III: 126–175
Tambourine excerpts
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Aragonaise: 1 to 7 before C
Britten—Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
  • Mvt. IV: 10–11
Chabrier—España
  • L–M
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1–C
  • Q–S
Ravel—Rapsodie Espagnole
  • Mvt. IV: 4 to 4 after 6
  • Mvt. IV: 23 to 2 after 26
Cymbal excerpts
Dvořák—Scherzo capriccioso
  • Q–end
Mozart—The Abduction from the Seraglio
  • Overture: 93–118
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 32–33
Sibelius—Finlandia
  • N–O
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • E–F
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 42–B
  • Mvt. IV: 272–end
Verdi—La Forza del Destino
  • Overture: 10 after P to the end
Bass drum excerpts
Britten—Billy Budd
  • Act IV, Scene 4: 1594–1607
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Variation M: 10–14
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 1–3
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 272–end
Possible sight-reading
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