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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
- Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije Suite
- 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]
- Copland - Appalachian Spring
- Glockenspiel:
- Dukas - Sorcerer's Apprentice
- 3 after [17]- 3 before [20]
- [22]-[24]
- Mozart - The Magic Flute
- Act 1- No. 8, Finale
- Dukas - Sorcerer's Apprentice
- Tambourine:
- Dvorak - Carnival Overture
- Beginning – 4 before [C]
- 8 before [U] - End
- Dvorak - Carnival Overture
- Triangle:
- Brahms - Symphony No. 4
- Mvt. III, [I] - End
- Brahms - Symphony No. 4
- Cymbals:
- Tchaikovsky - Romeo & Juliet
- [E] – 6 before [F]
- 17 after [S] – 13 before [U]
- Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4
- 5 before [20] – End
- Tchaikovsky - Romeo & Juliet
- 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]
- Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
- 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]
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 1
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
- Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije Suite
- 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
- Bartok - Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
Kodaly - Hary Janos, Mvt. VI
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- Beginning to [1]
- [7] – 7 before [8]
- 1 after [10] - End
- Messiaen - Oiseaux Exotiques
- [6]-[7]
- Schuman - Symphony No. 3
- m. 230-244
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- 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]
- Debussy - La Mer
- 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
- Bizet - Carmen Suites I and II
- 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]
- Brahms - Symphony No. 4
- 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
- Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain
- 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]
- Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
- 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]
- Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra