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 about 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Any unaccompanied two- or four-mallet solo by J. S. Bach
Snare drum excerpts
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 1
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 1–2
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 13–end
Ravel—Boléro
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Part 2 Toccata: 143–165
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. I: 43–44
  • Mvt. II: 73 to 10 after 73
  • Mvt. II: 98–end
Xylophone excerpts
Copland—Appalachian Spring
Gershwin—An American in Paris
  • 4–7
  • 20–21
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
  • 4–5
  • 6–7
Shostakovich—The Golden Age
  • Polka
Glockenspiel excerpts
Debussy—La Mer
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 17–27
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Act I: Finale
Respighi—Pines of Rome
Vibraphone excerpt
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 620–631
Tambourine excerpts
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 53–56
  • 204–206
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Trepak
  • Danse Arabe
Triangle excerpts
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. III
Liszt—Piano Concerto No. 1
Cymbal excerpts
Debussy—La Mer
Mussorgsky—Night on Bald Mountain
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 32 to “Allegro Scherzando”
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. IV
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV
Bass drum excerpts
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • Danse de la terre: 72 to the end
  • 187–end
Bass drum/cymbals attachment
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
Sousa—The Stars and Stripes Forever
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 124–127
  • 132–134
A demonstration of various styles on drumset
Possible sight-reading
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