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A. Pre-Screening Requirements
For applicants to the Bachelor of Music (BM) in Performance, Performance with Teacher Certification, Music Education, and the Bachelor of Musical Arts (BMA) in Performance, please upload five unedited video recordings of the following:
- Spoken Introduction: Please introduce yourself, tell us where you are from, and what repertoire you will be performing for your pre-screening video. Next, tell us what degree program you are interested in (music education, performance, etc.), and why you are interested in the percussion program at U-M.
(Total length: 2–3 minutes)
- Snare Drum Solo or Etude (concert or rudimental—no orchestral excerpts)
- Two-Mallet Solo or Etude (no orchestral excerpts)
- Four-Mallet Solo or Etude
- Timpani Solo or Etude: No solos from Elliot Carter's Eight Pieces for Four Timpani. Please include video of yourself tuning the timpani prior to beginning to play.
Both musical ability/achievement and academic merit will be evaluated as part of the pre-screening process. A select number of highly-qualified candidates will then be invited to audition in Ann Arbor.
B. Audition
Please prepare the following selections:
Concert Snare Drum Solo or Etude
Delecluse, Cirone, Goldenberg, Peters, or equivalent
Rudimental Snare Drum Solo or Etude
Pratt, Wilcoxon, Tompkins, Markovitch, or equivalent
Two-Mallet Keyboard Solo, Transcription, or Etude
J.S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin, Suite for Solo Cello, Hatch: Furioso & Valse, Abe: Prism, G.H. Green/Breuer: Xylophone Rags, Goldenberg Etudes, or equivalent
Four-Mallet Keyboard Solo, Transcription, or Etude
Smadbeck: Rhythm Song, Abe: Frogs, Dream of the Cherry Blossoms, Michi, Stout: Two Mexican Dances, Sammut: Rotations, Libertango, or equivalent
Timpani Solo or Etude
Firth, Hochrainer, Peters, Carroll, Delecluse or equivalent
No solos from Elliot Carter's 8 pieces for solo timpani. Timpani tuning and sight-reading will also be evaluated
Orchestral excerpts may be included in your live audition, but are not required. Memorization of repertoire is neither required nor discouraged.
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Percussion (MM/SM)
A. Pre-Screening Requirements
Upload unedited recordings of the following items:
- SPOKEN INTRODUCTION
Please introduce yourself, tell us where you are from originally, where you are currently studying and what your current degree program is. Please tell us why you are interested in the percussion program at the University of Michigan, what your career goals are (post-masters) and why you think Michigan would be the best institution to serve those goals. (3 minute max)
- MALLET KEYBOARDS
Two mallets: one movement from J. S. Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin or Suites for Solo Cello – no repeats.
Four mallets: an advanced level marimba solo of your choice. (Vinao: Kahn Variations, Schwantner: Velocities, Thomas: Merlin, Lansky: Three Moves, Tanaka: Two Movements for Marimba, Miyake: Chain, or equivalent)
Excerpts:
Xylophone: Gershwin - Porgy and Bess (opening passage)
Glockenspiel: Mozart - Magic Flute
- SNARE DRUM
Concert Buzz Roll: (pp-ff-pp approx. 45 seconds)
Rudimental: 32 bars of a rudimental snare drum solo/etude of your choice (Tompkins, Wilcoxon, Pratt, Markovitch, etc. or equivalent)
Concert: A concert-style snare drum solo/etude of your choice (Delecluse, Cirone, Peters, etc. or equivalent)
Excerpts:
Prokofiev: Lt. Kije - Birth of Kije (Rehearsals 1–2)
One additional contrasting excerpt of your choice
- TIMPANI
(please include video of you tuning the drums before you play each selection)
Solo work: an advanced-level timpani solo/etude of your choice which demonstrates basic stroke/tone production and rolls at various dynamics (Lepak, Hochrainer, Goodman, Rabbio, etc. or equivalent)
Excerpts:
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 – Movement I (2 before T to 3 before U)
One additional excerpt of your choice
- CHOOSE ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:
Multi-Percussion: a full-length recording of a solo work of your choice (Lang: Anvil Chorus, Unchained Melody, Xenakis:Rebonds A or B, Kitazume: Side by Side, Hollinden: Cold Pressed, Kopetski: Canned Heat, or equivalent.)
Drumset: a sample of your time playing/ soloing in at least 3 contrasting styles. This may be done with a play-along recording, a live band, or unaccompanied solo. Examples may include: medium swing, uptempo swing, rock, funk, samba, bossa nova, songo, mambo, 12/8 Afro-Cuban, ballad-brushes, odd-time signatures, etc.
Global Music: a demonstration of your understanding of basic tones, sense of groove/feel and clear communication of style. May include, but not limited to: Afro-Cuban hand drums and percussion; Samba (all styles); pan-African hand drums and percussion; steel pan; middle-eastern frame drums/percussion; Asian festival drumming; other, etc.
Tonal Improvisation: demonstrate your abilities in this area through a solo work or an example with a supporting group. May include, but not limited to: Straight-Ahead Jazz/Bebop, Latin jazz, or jazz-fusion on Vibes/Marimba, Steel Pan, etc.
Questions regarding pre-screening submissions should be sent to:
Professor Joseph Gramley (jgramley@umich.edu)
Professor Jonathan Ovalle (ovalle@umich.edu)
B. Audition Requirements
Please select music from the solo, concerto, and orchestral literature which demonstrates your highest musical and technical abilities in snare drum, mallet-keyboard instruments, and timpani. Examples of your playing on two and four mallet keyboard is required. Two orchestral excerpts each on snare drum, xylophone, glockenspiel and timpani is required. Sight-reading and timpani tuning will be evaluated. Applicants are required to demonstrate skills in all of the above instrumental areas. Memorization is neither required nor discouraged.
If you have a performance DVD of a solo or chamber music multiple percussion work, or if you have percussion skills in the areas of drum set, pan, and/or hand drumming, please bring a non-returnable copy of the DVD of your playing which demonstrates your highest musical and technical abilities in those areas.
