Spring 2013 Wind Band and Orchestra Percussion Auditions
3-5pm, Tuesday Nov 27 for Wind Bands/Orchestra Percussion Section Auditions for spring semester 2013 ensembles, to be held in room 2326.
Audition rep:
Snare drum- Mitchell Peters - Etudes for SD, #3
Timpani - Friese/Lepak -Tuning Etude #5
Xylophone - Gershwin - Porgy and Bess (1st excerpt, up to rehearsal # 69)
Instruments and music will be setup by the audition committee. Everyone will play the same gear, except for mallets, tuning fork, etc. Open auditions, i.e. no screen will be used.
Bring only your class schedule (submit it to the committee before playing) and mallet bag into the audition. Upon entering preset your mallets at the appropriate instruments.
Begin when the committee indicates. Play the excerpts in the order listed above. Move between excerpts and instruments quickly, but do not hurry. Tune timpani after the snare drum etude. Plan to play each excerpt in its entirety, unless otherwise indicated by the committee.
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Fall 2012 Percussion Studio Audition Repertoire
Instrument Composer Piece Excerpts
Glockenspiel Kodaly Hary Janos Suite mvt. II., reh #6-end
Mvt. VI, beginning-reh #1
Xylophone Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon Overture reh. #9-12
Vibraphone Bernstein Cool m.m. 3-16
Tambourine Dvorak Carnival Overture beginning – 6 before letter B
Cymbals Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 Mvt. IV, 11 after letter G-end
Timpani Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Mvt. 3, Letter C – Mvt. 4, 4 before A
Snare drum Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade Mvt. 3, letter D-E & F-G
Mvt. 4, Letter P – T
Instruments, tuning fork / tuning pipe, and music will be setup by the audition committee in room 2234. Everyone will play the same gear, except for mallets. Open auditions, i.e. no screen will be used.
Bring only your class schedule (submit it to the committee before playing) and mallet bag into the audition. Upon entering preset your mallets at the appropriate instruments. New students, be sure to check your xylophone and timpani mallets with a studio vet before playing on rosewood bars or timpani heads.
Begin when the committee indicates. Play the excerpts in the order listed above. Move between excerpts and instruments quickly, but do not hurry. Tune the timpani after the cymbals excerpt. Plan to play each excerpt in its entirety, unless otherwise indicated by the committee.