San Antonio Symphony percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal percussion
Application deadline
March 1, 2015
Audition date
May 26–27, 2015
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(Posted on February 10, 2015; last updated over 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Marimba repertoire
Bach—Partita No. 1 in B minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1002
  • Bourée
Snare drum repertoire
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 7
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 1–2
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 13–end
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 37–47
  • Mvt. IV: 111–113
Ravel—Boléro
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV: P–R
  • Mvt. IV: T–U
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. I: 43–44
  • Mvt. II: 98–end
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Act 1, No. 7: 1 before “Dal segno” to C
Xylophone repertoire
Copland—Appalachian Spring
Gershwin—An American in Paris
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Overture: 1–B
Kabalevsky—Colas Breugnon
  • Overture
Kodály—Háry János Suite
Shostakovich—The Golden Age
  • Polka
Stravinsky—Firebird, 1910 version
  • 127–133
Glockenspiel repertoire
Debussy—La Mer
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Mozart—The Magic Flute
Respighi—Pines of Rome
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Act I, Scene 9: G to 8 before H
  • Act I, Scene 9: 16 before M to the end
Tambourine repertoire
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Aragonaise
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème: 3 before D to 2 after E
Britten—Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
  • Mvt. IV: 10–11
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1–C
  • Q–end
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 201–206
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Act II, No. 12, C. Arabian Dance: 12 after D to the end
  • Act II, No. 12, F. La Mère Gigogne et les polichinelles: 9 before B to 9 before C
  • Act II, No. 12, F. La Mère Gigogne et les polichinelles: D–end
Triangle repertoire
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème: H to 12 after H
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
Liszt—Piano Concerto No. 1
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. IV: 13 before M to the end of the roll
Cymbal repertoire
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
Mussorgsky—Night on Bald Mountain
  • S to 7 after S
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • 32 to 13 after 32
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • E to 6 before F
  • O to 8 before P
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 15 after H to the end
Bass drum repertoire
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 6 before 11 to 11
  • Mvt. I: 9 before 33 to 33
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • Danse de la terre: 72 to the end
Vibraphone repertoire
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 567–577
  • 620–635
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