Allentown Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Principal percussion
Application deadline
August 15, 2022
Audition date
September 15, 2022
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(Posted on June 7, 2022; last updated almost 3 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Snare drum
Nielsen—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 1 after 34 to 36
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 1–5
  • Mvt. V: 54–55
Ravel—Alborada del Grazioso
  • 32–end
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. III: beginning–K
  • Mvt. IV: Beginning to 10 after L
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III: D–I
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Part 2 Toccata: 143–199
Mallets
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 17–20
  • 22–24
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Overture: 4–18
Gershwin—An American in Paris
  • 4 to 5 after 4
  • 6 to 5 after 6
  • 20–22
Kodály—Háry János Suite
  • Mvt. II: 5–1
  • Mvt. VI: 7–end
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Act I, Finale: final 34 measures
Tambourine and castanets
Glière—Russian Sailors’ Dance
  • 110–end
Ravel—Alborada del Grazioso
  • 1 after 3 to 5
  • 32–end
Tchaikovsky—Capriccio Italien
  • D–213
  • 477–499
Cymbals
Mussorgsky—Night on Bald Mountain
  • S to 7 after S
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. IV
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: H–end
Drum set
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 47–68
  • 133–139
  • 666–676
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