Cleveland Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal timpani / section percussion
Application deadline
October 1, 2022
Audition date
November 28, 2022
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(Posted on September 14, 2022; last updated over 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Marimba solo
Tanaka—Two Movements for Marimba
  • Mvt. I: 1–34
Snare drum solo
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 9
Snare drum excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II
Nielsen—Clarinet Concerto
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
Prokofiev—Peter and the Wolf
Ravel—Boléro
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
Schuman—New England Triptych
  • Chester
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 11
Suppé—Pique dame
  • Overture
Snare drum roll demo, ppp to fff for approximately 20 seconds
Xylophone excerpts
Bartók—Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
Copland—Appalachian Spring
Gershwin—An American in Paris
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
Hindemith—Kammermusik No. 1
Kabalevsky—Colas Breugnon
Kodály—Háry János
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
Shostakovich—The Golden Age
  • Polka
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 4
Stravinsky—The Firebird
Stravinsky—Les Noces
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1911 version)
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
Marimba
Deutsch—Intensity
  • 3 before 33 to 36
Glockenspiel excerpts
Debussy—La Mer
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Glazunov—Violin Concerto
Mozart—The Magic Flute
Respighi—Pines of Rome
Tchaikovsky—Sleeping Beauty
  • Waltz
Vibraphone excerpts
Bernstein—West Side Story
Williams—Escapades
  • Mvt. I, “Closing In”: 49–64
  • Mvt. III, “Joy Ride”: 126–175
Tambourine excerpts
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Prelude
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème
Britten—Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
Chabrier—España
Debussy—Images pour orchestre
  • Mvt. II, “Ibéria”
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
Cymbal excerpts
Dvořák—Scherzo capriccioso
Mussorgsky—Night on Bald Mountain
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
Sibelius—Finlandia
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Danse des Mirlitons
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
Bass drum excerpts
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
Respighi—Roman Festivals
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
Triangle excerpts
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
Dvořák—Slavonic Dance No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 2
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
Liszt—Piano Concerto No. 1
Timpani excerpts
Bartók—Violin Concerto No. 2
Bartók—Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
Bartók—Piano Concerto No. 2
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
Beethoven—Symphony No. 4
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
Beethoven—Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral,” Op. 68
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
Beethoven—Symphony No. 1
Beethoven—Symphony No. 2
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
Beethoven—Violin Concerto
Beethoven—Missa solemnis
Bernstein—Candide
  • Overture
Bizet—Carmen Suite
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
Brahms—Academic Festival Overture
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 1
Brahms—German Requiem
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
Bruckner—Symphony No. 9
Bruckner—Symphony No. 7
Dvořák—Symphony No. 7
Dvořák—Symphony No. 8
Hindemith—Symphonic Metamorphosis
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
Mahler—Symphony No. 6
Mahler—Symphony No. 7
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
Mozart—Symphony No. 38, K. 504
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
Schubert—Symphony No. 9, D. 944, “The Great”
Schumann—Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 11
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 1, Op. 10
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
Sibelius—Symphony No. 1, Op. 39
Sibelius—Symphony No. 2
Sibelius—Finlandia
Strauss—Burleske
Strauss—Death and Transfiguration
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
Possible sight-reading
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