Toronto Symphony Orchestra section percussion audition, 05/22/15—Magnum Opus

Toronto Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information

Position: Section percussion
Application deadline: April 24, 2015
Audition date: May 22, 2015
Weeks in season: 43
Payment: $85,126.24 per year

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(Posted on March 31, 2015; last updated almost 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire

Any solo on any instrument

Snare drum
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story	48–61 87–100 177–189 381–384
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum	Etude No. 9
Nielsen—Clarinet Concerto	3–4 16–18 28–33
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé	The Birth of Kijé The Burial of Kijé
Ravel—Alborada del Grazioso	26–27 33–end
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35	Mvt. III: D Mvt. III: E Mvt. III: F Mvt. III: G Mvt. IV: 1 before C to D Mvt. IV: 4 before N to O Mvt. IV: P Mvt. IV: Q Mvt. IV: T–U Mvt. IV: 15 after W to the end
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10	Mvt. II: 98–end
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 11	Mvt. II: 2 before 39 to 41 Mvt. II: 5 before 71 to 72 Mvt. II: 84–91 Mvt. IV: 5 before 134 to 138 Mvt. IV: 176–end

Xylophone
Copland—Appalachian Spring	5 after 48 to 4 after 49
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess	Overture: 4–18
Kabalevsky—Colas Breugnon	Overture: 9–12 Overture: 1 before 36 to 37 Overture: 57–end
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques	6–7 26–30
Schuman—Symphony No. 3	Toccata: 230–244
Shostakovich—Cello Concerto No. 2	Mvt. III: 100–101
Stravinsky—The Firebird	3 after 46 to 48 127–133

Vibes
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story	567–607 620–655

Glockenspiel
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice	4 after 17 to 3 before 20 22–24
Mozart—The Magic Flute	Act I: Finale
Respighi—Pines of Rome	Mvt. I: 1 to 15 before 3 Mvt. I: 13 after 7 to the end

Cymbals
Sibelius—Finlandia	N–O
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker	Danse des Mirlitons: C to 10 before E
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet	E–F 22 before U to 13 before U
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4	Mvt. IV: 11 after G to the end

Bass drum
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)	124–127
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring	Danse de la terre: 72–75 Danse de la terre: 196–end
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4	Mvt. IV: 11 after G to the end

Tambourine
Adams—Short Ride in a Fast Machine	82–122
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1	Aragonaise: 1 to 7 before C
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2	Danse Bohème: 3 before D to 2 after F
Chabrier—España	L–M 9 after O to the end
Dvořák—Carnival Overture	1 to 4 before C Q–S 8 before U to the end

Bongos, Congas, and Timbales
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story	400–542

Multi percussion
Stravinsky—L’historie du soldat	Royal March Tango Triumphal March of the Devil

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