BACHELOR OF MUSIC For FINAL AUDITION: (prescreening not required)
The audition MUST include snare drum, timpani, and keyboard percussion.
Sight-reading is required.
Suggested Repertoire and Methods:
NOTE: Listed repertoire is not required; any piece of similar difficulty will be accepted.
Snare Drum
• One orchestral excerpt AND one rudimental piece
• Delécluse, étude from 12 Études
• Peters Intermediate or Advanced Studies
• Any piece by Pratt, Wilcoxen or other studies
Timpani
• Étude by Hochrainer
• Carter, Eight Pieces for Solo Timpani (Canary or Saeta)
• Compositions by Duncan Patton
Keyboard Percussion (2 and 4 mallets)
• Bach Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin or Suites for solo cello
• Creston, Concertino for Marimba
• Tanaka, Two Movements for Marimba
• Musser, A-flat major étude or G major Preludes (2 mallets)
• GH Green Xylophone Solos
• Kreisler, Tambourine Chinois
• Burritt, October Night
MASTER OF MUSIC PRESCREENING REQUIRED
For PRESCREENING and FINAL AUDITION:
Both auditions MUST include selections for: snare drum, timpani, and keyboard percussion and MUST include both solo repertoire AND orchestral excerpts.
Sight-reading is required at the live audition.
Suggested Solo Repertoire:
Snare Drum
• Three excerpts from the standard repertoire
• One orchestral snare drum étude
• One rudimental snare drum étude
Xylophone
• Three excerpts from the standard repertoire
Timpani
• Two excerpts from the standard repertoire
Keyboard Percussion (2 and 4 mallets)
NOTE: Listed repertoire is not required; pieces of similar difficulty will be accepted.
• 4 mallets: One piece by Bach and one piece in contemporary style
• Bach Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin or Suites for solo cello (2 or 4 mallets)
Suggested 4 mallet pieces:
• Sueyoshi, Mirage
• Schwantner, Velocities
• Stout, Rumble Strips or Sendimental Structures
• Thomas, Merlin
• Lansky, Three Moves
• Miyoshi, Ripple
Tambourine
• One excerpt from the standard repertoire
