Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Section percussion
Application deadline
June 27, 2015
Audition date
September 20–23, 2015
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(Posted on June 8, 2015; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Marimba solo
Bach—Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin, BWV 1001
  • Fugue: 1–55
Snare drum solo
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 9
Xylophone solo
Kreisler/Green—Tambourin Chinois
Snare drum
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II
Nielsen—Clarinet Concerto
  • 4 before 29 to 32
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 1–5
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 13–end
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 37–40
  • Mvt. IV: 111–end
Ravel—Boléro
Ravel—Alborada del Grazioso
  • 26–27
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV: P–U
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. IV: Beginning to 10 after L
  • Mvt. V
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. II: 98–end
Xylophone
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 48–50
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Overture
  • Act I, Scene 2: 212
  • Act II, Scene 1: 108
Gershwin—An American in Paris
  • 4–7
  • 6 after 20 to 21
Hindemith—Kammermusik
  • 17–46
  • 137–154
  • 267–278
Kabalevsky—Colas Breugnon
  • Overture
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
  • 6–7
  • 26–28
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Toccata
Shostakovich—The Golden Age
  • Polka
Stravinsky—The Firebird
  • 1 before 47 to 48
  • 127–133
Glockenspiel
Debussy—La Mer
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Mozart—The Magic Flute
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I
Vibraphone
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 567–577
  • 582–588
  • 620–629
Williams—Escapades
  • Mvt. I: 49–64
  • Mvt. I: 90–127
  • Mvt. III: 126–181
  • Mvt. III: 235–257
Tambourine
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Aragonaise
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème: 3 before D to 3 after E
Britten—Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
  • Mvt. IV, “Storm”
Chabrier—España
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 201–206
Bass drum and bass drum with attached cymbal
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 1–3
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • Danse de la terre
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 124–127
  • 132–134
  • 144–148
Castanets
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
Triangle
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
Liszt—Piano Concerto No. 2
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
Cymbals
Dvořák—Scherzo capriccioso
Mussorgsky—Night on Bald Mountain
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV
Possible sight-reading
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