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Graduate Percussion Audition Repertoire

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To schedule an audition, or for further questions about graduate percussion programs, please contact Prof. Timothy Adams, area chair.

 

Masters Percussion Audition List

 

Solo Repertoire

  • Snare: A concert solo (e.g., Delecluse, Hard Times, etc.)
  • Mallets: A two-mallet solo (e.g., Green: Rag, Bach, Delecluse) and a contemporary four-mallet solo *(no more than 3 minutes of each)*
  • Timpani: A four-drum solo (e.g., Delecluse, Carter, or others of equivalent difficulty)

Orchestral Excerpts

  • Snare:
    • Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije Suite
      • Mvt. I, [1]-[2], [13]-End
    • Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
      • Mvt. III, [D]-[E], [F]-[H]
      • Mvt. IV, 4 before [N]-16 before [O], [P]-[R], [T]-[U]
    • Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10
      • Mvt. I, [43]-[44]
      • Mvt. II, [98]- End
      • Mvt. III, [133]-[135]
      • Mvt. IV, 4 before [206]-End
  • Xylophone:
    • Copland - Appalachian Spring
      • 4 after [48]- 3 after [49]
    • Gershwin - Porgy and Bess Overture
      • m. 4-18
    • Kabalevsky - Colas Breugnon
      • 1 after [9]-[12]
      • 1 before [36]-[37]
      • [57]-End
    • Messiaen - Oiseaux Exotiques
      • [6]-[7]
  • Glockenspiel:
    • Dukas - Sorcerer's Apprentice
      • 3 after [17]- 3 before [20]
      • [22]-[24]
    • Mozart - The Magic Flute
      • Act 1- No. 8, Finale
  • Tambourine:
    • Dvorak - Carnival Overture
      • Beginning – 4 before [C]
      • 8 before [U] - End

 

  • Triangle:
    • Brahms - Symphony No. 4
      • Mvt. III, [I] - End
  • Cymbals:
    • Tchaikovsky - Romeo & Juliet
      • [E] – 6 before [F]
      • 17 after [S] – 13 before [U]
    • Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4
      • 5 before [20] – End
  • Bass Drum:
    • Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
      • m. 10-14, m. 43-50
    • Mahler - Symphony No. 3
      • Mvt. I, 7 after [1] – 3 after [2]
  • Timpani:
    • Beethoven - Symphony No. 1
      • Mvt. II, m. 53-64, m. 81-95
      • Mvt. III, m. 44-79, last 14 measures of Trio
    • Brahms - Symphony No. 1
      • Mvt. IV, m. 375 – End
    • Mozart - Symphony No. 39
      • Mvt. I, m. 1-21
    • Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4
      • Mvt. I, 2 before [H] – [L]
      • Mvt. I, 4 before [T] – [V]

DMA Percussion Audition List

 

Solo Repertoire

  • Snare: A concert solo (e.g., Delecluse, Hard Times, etc.)
  • Mallets: A two-mallet solo (e.g., Green: Rag, Bach, Delecluse) and a contemporary four-mallet solo *(no more than 3 minutes of each)*
  • Timpani: A four-drum solo (e.g., Delecluse, Carter, or others of equivalent difficulty)

Orchestral Excerpts

  • Snare:
    • Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije Suite
      • Mvt. I, [1]-[2], [13]-End
    • Prokofiev - Symphony No. 5
      • Mvt. II, [37]-[40]
      • Mvt. IV, [111]-End
    • Ravel - Bolero
      • Start at beginning, play 16 bars
    • Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
      • Mvt. III, [D]-[E], [F]-[H]
      • Mvt. IV, 4 before [N]-16 before [O], [P]-[R], [T]-[U]
    • Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnole
      • Mvt. III, Opening to [H], [I]-[K]
      • Mvt. IV, Opening to 5 after [L]
    • Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10
      • Mvt. I, [43]-[44]
      • Mvt. II, [98]- End
      • Mvt. III, [133]-[135]
      • Mvt. IV, 4 before [206]-End
  • Xylophone:
    • Bartok - Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
      • Mvt. III, m. 1-5
      • Mvt. IV, m. 173-183
    • Copland - Appalachian Spring
      • 4 after [48]- 3 after [49]
    • Gershwin - Porgy and Bess Overture
      • m. 4-18
    • Kabalevsky - Colas Breugnon
      • 1 after [9]-[12]
      • 1 before [36]-[37]
      • [57]-End

Kodaly - Hary Janos, Mvt. VI

      • Beginning to [1]
      • [7] – 7 before [8]
      • 1 after [10] - End
    • Messiaen - Oiseaux Exotiques
      • [6]-[7]
    • Schuman - Symphony No. 3 
      • m. 230-244
  • Glockenspiel:
    • Debussy - La Mer
      • Mvt. II, Beginning – 4 before [19]
    • Dukas - Sorcerer's Apprentice
      • 3 after [17]- 3 before [20]
      • [22]-[24]
    • Mozart - The Magic Flute
      • Act 1- No. 8, Finale
    • Respighi - Pines of Rome
      • Beginning – 15 before [3]
      • [3] to 3 bars of roll
    • Stravinsky - Petrushka (1911)
      • 5 after [14] – [17]
      • [18]-[19]
      • [27] – [28]
      • 8 after [36]-[39]
      • [122]-[123]
  • Tambourine:
    • Bizet - Carmen Suites I and II
      • No. 1a “Aragonaise” Beginning – 8 before [C]
      • No. 11 “Danse Boheme” 3 before [D] – 3 after [E]
    • Chabrier – España
      • [L] – 4 before [M]
    • Dvorak - Carnival Overture
      • Beginning – 4 before [C]
      • 8 before [U] - End
    • Tchaikovsky - "Trepak" from The Nutcracker
      • 6 after [C] – End
  • Triangle:
    • Brahms - Symphony No. 4
      • Mvt. III, [I] - End
    • Dvorak - Symphony No. 9
      • 31 after [5] – [6]
    • Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1
      • Allegretto vivace – [F]
  • Cymbals:
    • Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain
      • [S] – 9 before [T]
    • Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2
      • [32] – 17 before [33]
    • Tchaikovsky - Romeo & Juliet
      • [E] – 6 before [F]
      • 17 after [S] – 13 before [U]
    • Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4
      • 5 before [20] – End
  • Bass Drum:
    • Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
      • m. 10-14, m. 43-50
    • Mahler - Symphony No. 3
      • Mvt. I, 7 after [1] – 3 after [2]
    • Stravinsky - Rite of Spring
      • Danse de la Terre, [72] – 3 after [74]
  • Timpani:
    • Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra
      • Mvt. IV, m. 42-50
      • Mvt. V, m. 556-573
    • Beethoven - Symphony No. 1
      • Mvt. II, m. 53-64, m. 81-95
      • Mvt. III, m. 44-79, last 14 measures of Trio
    • Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
      • Mvt. I, m. 346 – End
      • Mvt. II, [A] – m. 37
      • Mvt. IV, m. 1-22  
    • Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
      • Mvt. I, m. 16-35, 4 before [K] – 7 after [L], 18 before [S]-End
    • Brahms - Symphony No. 1
      • Mvt. IV, m. 375 – End
    • Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis
      • Mvt. II, 5 after [S] – [T]
      • 5 after [V] – 8 after [W]
      • 2 before [Z] – End
    • Mozart - Symphony No. 39
      • Mvt. I, m. 1-21
    • Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4
      • Mvt. I, 2 before [H] – [L]
      • Mvt. I, 4 before [T] – [V]

 

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