Tucson Symphony Orchestra percussion audition


Audition information

Position
Section percussion
Application deadline
September 8, 2014
Audition date
September 22, 2014
Payment
$10,804 per year
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(Posted on August 21, 2014; last updated over 8 years ago)


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Audition Repertoire
Any unaccompanied two- or four-mallet solo by J. S. Bach
Snare drum excerpts
DelécluseTwelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 1
ProkofievLieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 12
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 13–end
RavelBoléro
Rimsky-KorsakovScheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV
Rimsky-KorsakovCapriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
SchumanSymphony No. 3
  • Part 2 Toccata: 143–165
ShostakovichSymphony No. 10
  • Mvt. I: 4344
  • Mvt. II: 73 to 10 after 73
  • Mvt. II: 98–end
Xylophone excerpts
CoplandAppalachian Spring
GershwinAn American in Paris
  • 47
  • 2021
GershwinPorgy and Bess
MessiaenOiseaux Exotiques
  • 45
  • 67
ShostakovichThe Golden Age
  • Polka
Glockenspiel excerpts
DebussyLa Mer
DukasThe Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 1727
MozartThe Magic Flute
  • Act I: Finale
RespighiPines of Rome
Vibraphone excerpt
BernsteinSymphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 620–631
Tambourine excerpts
DvořákCarnival Overture
StravinskyPetrushka (1947 version)
  • 5356
  • 204206
TchaikovskyThe Nutcracker
  • Trepak
  • Danse Arabe
Triangle excerpts
BrahmsSymphony No. 4
  • Mvt. III
LisztPiano Concerto No. 1
Cymbal excerpts
DebussyLa Mer
MussorgskyNight on Bald Mountain
RachmaninoffPiano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 32 to “Allegro Scherzando”
Rimsky-KorsakovScheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. IV
TchaikovskyRomeo and Juliet
TchaikovskySymphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV
Bass drum excerpts
StravinskyThe Rite of Spring
  • Danse de la terre: 72 to the end
  • 187–end
Bass drum/cymbals attachment
MahlerSymphony No. 1
SousaThe Stars and Stripes Forever
StravinskyPetrushka (1947 version)
  • 124127
  • 132134
A demonstration of various styles on drumset
Possible sight-reading
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