Tucson Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Principal percussion
Application deadline
September 15, 2022
Audition date
September 29–30, 2022
Payment
$147.42 per service
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(Posted on August 26, 2022; last updated over 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Marimba solo
Bach—Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin, BWV 1001
  • Fugue: 1–55
Snare drum excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 1–9
Montgomery—Banner
  • 162–178
Nielsen—Clarinet Concerto
  • 3–4
  • 27–33
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 1–2
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV: 1 to 10 after L
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. II: 98–end
Xylophone excerpts
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 48–50
Gershwin—An American in Paris
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
  • 6–7
Shostakovich—The Golden Age
  • Polka
Stravinsky—Firebird, 1910 version
  • 1 before 47 to 48
  • 127–133
Williams—The Cowboys
  • Overture: 34–38
  • Overture: 85–91
Glockenspiel excerpts
Debussy—La Mer
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I
Tchaikovsky—Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a
  • Mvt. V, Waltz
Vibraphone excerpts
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 567–577
  • 582–608
  • 620–637
Williams—Catch Me If You Can
  • Mvt. I, “Escapades”: 49–65
Tambourine excerpts
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Aragonaise: 1 to 17 after B
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème: C to 3 after E
Chabrier—España
  • L–M
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1–C
  • Q–end
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 201–207
Tchaikovsky—Nutcracker Suite
  • Trepak
Cymbal excerpts
Dvořák—Scherzo capriccioso
  • Q–end
Mussorgsky—Night on Bald Mountain
  • S–T
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 32 to 13 after 32
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • E–F
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 272–end
Bass drum excerpts
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Variation M
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 6 after 1 to 2 after 2
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring (1947 version)
  • 72–79
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 272–end
Bass drum/cymbals attachment
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 124–127
A demonstration of various styles on drumset
Snare drum solo
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 1
Triangle excerpts
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème: H to 2 after I
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. III
Dvořák—Slavonic Dance No. 2
  • B–C
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
  • Mvt. III: 5–6
Liszt—Piano Concerto No. 1
  • 14 before F to F
Possible sight-reading
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