Cleveland Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Section percussion
Application deadline
February 3, 2023
Audition date
April 24–25, 2023
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(Posted on January 23, 2023; last updated about 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Marimba solo
Tanaka—Two Movements for Marimba
  • Mvt. I
Snare drum solo
Delécluse—Keiskleiriana I
  • Etude No. 11
Snare drum excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 1–9
Nielsen—Clarinet Concerto
  • 4 before 29 to 9 before 30
Prokofiev—Peter and the Wolf
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 1–2
Ravel—Boléro
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III: D–E
  • Mvt. IV: P–U
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. IV: 1 to 10 after L
Schuman—New England Triptych
  • Chester: 106–122
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 11
  • Mvt. IV: 4 before 134 to 138
Suppé—Pique dame
  • Overture: 4 before C to 9 before D
  • Overture: 8 before H to the end
Snare drum roll demo, ppp to fff for approximately 20 seconds
Xylophone excerpts
Bartók—Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 5 after 48 to 4 after 49
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
  • Overture
Gershwin—An American in Paris
  • 4–9
  • 6 after 20 to 22
Hindemith—Kammermusik No. 1
  • Finale: 137–154
  • Finale: 267–278
Kabalevsky—Colas Breugnon
  • Overture: 9–12
  • Overture: 1 before 39 to 42
Kodály—Háry János Suite
  • Mvt. VI: 1–1
  • Mvt. VI: 7–8
  • Mvt. VI: 10–end
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
  • 6–7
  • 8 before 29 to 10 after 29
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Toccata: 230–244
Stravinsky—The Firebird
  • 1 before 47 to 48
  • 127–133
Glockenspiel excerpts
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 4 after 17 to 3 before 20
  • 22–24
Mozart—The Magic Flute
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 11 after 4
  • Mvt. I: 7 after 6 to 24 after 9
Tchaikovsky—Sleeping Beauty
  • Waltz
Wagner—Waldweben
Vibraphone excerpts
Bernstein—West Side Story
  • 582–607
  • 620–631
Williams—Escapades
  • Mvt. I, “Closing In”: 49–64
  • Mvt. III, “Joy Ride”: 126–175
Tambourine excerpts
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Aragonaise
Britten—Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
  • Mvt. IV: 10–11
Chabrier—España
  • L to 4 before M
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1–C
  • T–end
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 2 before 202 to 206
Cymbal excerpts
Dvořák—Scherzo capriccioso
  • 1 after Q to the end
Mussorgsky—Night on Bald Mountain
  • S to 7 after S
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • 32 to 13 after 32
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 272–end
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • 2 before O to 8 before P
Bass drum excerpts
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 4 after 2
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • 72 to 6 after 78
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 272–end
Triangle excerpts
Dvořák—Slavonic Dance No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 2
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
Bass drum cymbal attachment
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 4 before 65 to 66
Possible sight-reading
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