Illinois Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Section percussion
Application deadline
August 15, 2014
Audition date
September 13, 2014
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(Posted on July 28, 2014; last updated over 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
A prepared mallet solo or solo concerto movement of your choice on a Yamaha rosewood xylophone (3 minutes maximum)
Snare drum excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 1–9
  • Mvt. II: 120–160
  • Mvt. II: 254–end
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 1–2
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 13–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–E
  • Mvt. IV: 4 before N to 16 before O
  • Mvt. IV: P–R
  • Mvt. IV: S–U
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. II: 98–end
Xylophone excerpts
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 5 after 48 to 4 after 49
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Introduction: 1–18
Hayman—Pops Hoedown
  • 1 before 22 to 24
Kabalevsky—Colas Breugnon
  • Overture: 1 after 9 to 12
  • Overture: 1 before 36 to 37
Stravinsky—Firebird, 1910 version
  • Upbeat to 47 to 48
  • 127–133
Bell excerpts
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 12 before 18 to 20
  • 22–24
  • 7 after 52 to 53
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Act I: Finale, 294–end
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 15 before 3
  • Mvt. I: 13 after 7 to the end
Tambourine excerpts
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1 to 3 before C
  • Q–S
  • T–end
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • Gypsy Dance: 2 before 202 to 207
Triangle excerpts
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. III: 7 after D to 5 before E
  • Mvt. III: I–end
Bass drum excerpts
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 8 before 5
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • Danse de la terre: 72 to 6 after 78
Cymbal excerpts
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 32 to 17 before 33
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 273–end
Vibraphone excerpts
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 567–578
  • 583–607
  • 620–655
  • 701–705
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