Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Principal percussion
Application deadline
September 26, 2014
Audition date
November 10–11, 2014
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(Posted on August 9, 2014; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Marimba solo
Bach—Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin, BWV 1001
  • Fugue: 1–55
Xylophone excerpts
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 48 to 4 after 49
Delécluse—Twenty Studies for Xylophone
  • Etude No. 10
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Overture: 1–B
Kodály—Háry János Suite
  • Mvt. VI: 1–1
  • Mvt. VI: 7–8
  • Mvt. VI: 12 after 9 to the end
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
  • 6–7
  • 1 after 16 to 8 after 17
  • 26 to 3 before 28
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • 230–244
Stravinsky—Les Noces
  • Second Tableau: 59–62
  • Fourth Tableau: 2 before 88 to 3 before 90
  • Fourth Tableau: 2 before 96 to 98
Williams—The Cowboys
  • Overture: 34–39
  • Overture: 85–92
Glockenspiel excerpts
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 1–19
  • Mvt. II: 25–26
  • Mvt. II: 31–32
  • Mvt. III: 58–end
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 17–20
  • 22–24
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
  • 6–7
  • 28–30
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Act I: Finale
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 10 after 4
  • Mvt. I: 7–end
Vibraphone excerpts
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 567–577
  • 620–629
Snare drum excerpts
Delécluse—Keiskleiriana I
  • Etude No. 8
Kodály—Háry János Suite
  • Mvt. II: 5–end
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 1–5
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 13–end
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III: D–I
  • Mvt. III: last four bars
  • Mvt. IV: 1 before C to F
  • Mvt. IV: 4 before N to R
  • Mvt. IV: T–U
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. IV: Beginning to 10 after L
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Part 2 Toccata: 143–199
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. I: 43–44
  • Mvt. II: 98–end
Williams—Star Wars Suite
  • Mvt. I: 4–53
  • Mvt. III: 60–73
Tambourine excerpts
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème: C to 3 after E
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Act 4, Prelude: 1 to 17 after B
Debussy—Images pour orchestre
  • Mvt. II, “Ibéria”: mvt. i, 24–30
  • Mvt. II, “Ibéria”: mvt. i, 32–33
  • Mvt. II, “Ibéria”: mvt. iii, 53–56
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1–C
  • Q–end
Tchaikovsky—Nutcracker Suite
  • Trepak: 6 after C to the end
Triangle excerpts
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème: H to 2 after I
Dvořák—Slavonic Dance No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 2
  • B–C
Cymbals excerpts
Dvořák—Slavonic Dance No. 3 in A♭ Major, Op. 46, No. 3
  • 168–end
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 32 to “Allegro Scherzando”
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 272–end
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • 2 before O to P
On snare drum, a 60-second roll, pp-ff-pp (crescendo for 30 seconds, decrescendo for 30 seconds)
Sight-reading
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