Southwest Florida Symphony percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Section percussion
Application deadline
September 21, 2014
Audition date
October 11, 2014
Payment
$115 per service
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(Posted on August 21, 2014; last updated over 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Xylophone excerpts
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 48 to 4 after 49
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • 13–15
Hayman—Pops Hoedown
  • 22–24
Shostakovich—Polka
  • 1 to 1 after A
Glockenspiel excerpts
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 17–20
  • 22–24
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • “Snowflake”: G–H
Snare drum excerpts
Gould—American Salute
  • 1–C
  • 4 before F to 4 after F
  • P–end
Prokofiev—Peter and the Wolf
  • 49–51
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 1–2
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. IV: Beginning to 10 after L
Tambourine excerpts
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • 3 to 5 before 4
  • 5 to “Allegro vivace”
  • 16–17
  • 10 before 19 to the end
Britten—Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
  • Mvt. IV: 10–11
Glière—Russian Sailors’ Dance
  • 50–61
  • 74–97
  • 147–end
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. I
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • Gypsies and a Rake Vendor: 201–206
Triangle excerpts
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • 3 to 5 before 4
  • 9 after 9 to 8 before 12
  • 16–17
Chabrier—España
  • 8 before A to 4 before A
  • 17 before B to B
  • O–end
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • W to “Allegro non Troppo e Maestoso”
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. V: T–end
Castanet excerpts
Debussy—Images pour orchestre
  • Mvt. II, “Ibéria”: mvt. i, 1 to 8 after 6
  • Mvt. II, “Ibéria”: mvt. i, 15 to 3 before 17
Cymbal excerpts
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Les Toréadors: 1 to 7 after A
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 32–33
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. IV: 10 to 25 before A
Sousa—The Stars and Stripes Forever
  • 1–21
  • 70–125
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • E–F
Bass drum excerpts
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 68 to 15 before 69
  • Mvt. IV: 74–76
  • Mvt. IV: 4 before 86 to the end
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Les Toréadors: E–end
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. IV: 128–129
Sousa—The Stars and Stripes Forever
  • 1–21
  • 70–125
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