Dallas Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal timpani percussion
Application deadline
June 1, 2022
Audition date
September 19, 2022
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(Posted on May 3, 2022; last updated almost 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Timani solo
Jones—Timpani Etude
Snare drum solo
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 9
Marimba solo
Bach—Partita No. 1 in B minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1002
  • Tempo di Borea
Xylophone solo
Bailey—Two Sticks in Search of a Waltz
Timpani excerpts
Adolphe—Diesen Kuss der ganzen Welt!
  • 66–78
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. IV: 42–50
Bartók—Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1 before 12 to 3 after 16
Bartók—Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
  • Mvt. II: 301–338
Beethoven—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III: 44–79
  • Mvt. III: 124–137
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III: C to Mvt. IV: 4 before A
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 409–end
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. I: 16–35
Hindemith—Symphonic Metamorphosis
  • Mvt. II: 5 after S to T
  • Mvt. II: 5 after V to 8 after W
Martin—Concerto for Seven Winds, Timpani, and Strings
  • Mvt. III: 6 after 18 to 7 after 22
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 1–21
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. II: 4 after 49 to 4 after 50
Schuman—New England Triptych
  • Mvt. I: 1–13
  • Mvt. I: 122–152
Strauss—Burleske
  • 1–20
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • 5 after N to 2 after P
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 329–352
Snare drum excerpts
Nielsen—Clarinet Concerto
  • 27–33
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé
  • Mvt. I: 1–2
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 37–40
  • Mvt. IV: 111–end
Ravel—Boléro
  • 1–14
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV: 1–M
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III: D–I
  • Mvt. IV: P–U
Schuman—New England Triptych
  • Chester: 106–122
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Part 2 Toccata: 143–199
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. II: 73–74
  • Mvt. II: 98–end
Suppé—Light Cavalry
  • 19 after “Allegro Brillante” to 42 after “Allegro Brillante”
Suppé—Pique dame
  • Overture: 143–178
  • Overture: 284–end
Marimba excerpts
Adolphe—Diesen Kuss der ganzen Welt!
  • 60–63
Bates—Philharmonia Fantastique
  • 60–74
  • 112–117
  • 375–378
Xylophone excerpts
Copland—Appalachian Spring Suite
  • 48 to 4 after 49
Gershwin—An American in Paris
  • 4–7
  • 20–21
  • 32–37
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Overture: 1–15
  • Act I, Scene 2: 212–213
  • Act II, Scene 1: 108–109
Hindemith—Kammermusik No. 1
  • Finale: 137–154
  • Finale: 267–end
Prokofiev—Alexander Nevsky
  • Mvt. IV: 30–31
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Toccata: 230–244
Shostakovich—Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
  • Act I, Entr’acte: 113–128
  • Act III, scene 6: 379–392
Shostakovich—The Golden Age
  • Polka: 45–46
  • Polka: 55–end
Still—Festive Overture
  • 124–127
  • 151–156
Stravinsky—The Firebird
  • 1 before 47 to 48
  • 127–133
Williams—The Cowboys
  • Overture: 34–38
  • Overture: 86–91
Glockenspiel excerpts
Bates—Philharmonia Fantastique
  • 44–51
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 17–20
  • 22–24
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Act I: Finale
Negrón—What Keeps Me Awake
  • 3 after F to H
Tchaikovsky—Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a
  • Mvt. V, Waltz
Williams—Close Encounters of the Third Kind Suite
  • 127–139
Vibraphone excerpts
Balch—music for young water that dance beneath my feet
  • 72–81
  • 89–93
  • 97–104
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 581–630
Williams—Escapades
  • Mvt. I: 49–64
  • Mvt. III: 126–175
Bass drum excerpts
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 5 before 18 to 3 after 18
  • Mvt. II: 4 after 49 to 3 after 50
  • Mvt. III: 117–end
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • M–N
  • P–Q
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 273–end
Cymbal excerpts
Dvořák—Scherzo capriccioso
  • 830–end
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • M–N
  • P–Q
Sibelius—Finlandia
  • N–O
Tchaikovsky—Nutcracker Suite
  • Dance of the Mirlitons: C–E
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • 2 before O to P
Wagner—Götterdämmerung
  • Funeral Music: 42 to 5 after 43
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
Chabrier—España
  • 20 after A to B
  • L–M
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1 to 15 after B
  • Q–end
Ravel—Rapsodie Espagnole
  • Mvt. IV: 4 to 4 after 6
Tchaikovsky—Nutcracker Suite
  • Trepak: 54–end
  • Danse Arabe: C–end
Triangle excerpts
Bizet—Carmen Suite
  • Danse Bohème: H to 2 after I
Dvořák—Slavonic Dance No. 2
  • B–C
  • G–end
Tchaikovsky—Nutcracker Suite
  • Overture miniature
Possible sight-reading
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