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 about 9 years ago)


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Audition Repertoire
Marimba repertoire
BachPartita No. 1 in B minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1002
  • Bourée
Snare drum repertoire
DelécluseTwelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 7
ProkofievLieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 12
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 13–end
ProkofievSymphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 3747
  • Mvt. IV: 111113
RavelBoléro
Rimsky-KorsakovCapriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
Rimsky-KorsakovScheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV: PR
  • Mvt. IV: TU
ShostakovichSymphony No. 10
  • Mvt. I: 4344
  • Mvt. II: 98–end
TchaikovskyThe Nutcracker
  • Act 1, No. 7: 1 before “Dal segno” to C
Xylophone repertoire
CoplandAppalachian Spring
GershwinAn American in Paris
GershwinPorgy and Bess
  • Overture: 1–B
KabalevskyColas Breugnon
  • Overture
KodályHáry János Suite
ShostakovichThe Golden Age
  • Polka
StravinskyFirebird, 1910 version
  • 127133
Glockenspiel repertoire
DebussyLa Mer
DukasThe Sorcerer’s Apprentice
MozartThe Magic Flute
RespighiPines of Rome
TchaikovskyThe Nutcracker
  • Act I, Scene 9: G to 8 before H
  • Act I, Scene 9: 16 before M to the end
Tambourine repertoire
BizetCarmen Suite No. 1
  • Aragonaise
BizetCarmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème: 3 before D to 2 after E
BrittenPeter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
  • Mvt. IV: 1011
DvořákCarnival Overture
  • 1–C
  • Q–end
StravinskyPetrushka (1947 version)
  • 201206
TchaikovskyThe 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
BizetCarmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème: H to 12 after H
BrahmsSymphony No. 4
LisztPiano Concerto No. 1
Rimsky-KorsakovCapriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. IV: 13 before M to the end of the roll
Cymbal repertoire
DvořákCarnival Overture
MussorgskyNight on Bald Mountain
  • S to 7 after S
RachmaninoffPiano Concerto No. 2
  • 32 to 13 after 32
TchaikovskyRomeo and Juliet
  • E to 6 before F
  • O to 8 before P
TchaikovskySymphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 15 after H to the end
Bass drum repertoire
MahlerSymphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 6 before 11 to 11
  • Mvt. I: 9 before 33 to 33
StravinskyThe Rite of Spring
  • Danse de la terre: 72 to the end
Vibraphone repertoire
BernsteinSymphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 567–577
  • 620–635
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