Graduate Percussion Audition 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
• Timpani: A four-drum solo (e.g., Delecluse, Carter, or others of equivalent difficulty)
• Orchestral Repertoire:
  ◦  Snare: Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije, Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherezade, Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10
  ◦  Xylophone: Gershwin - Porgy and Bess (opening), Kabalevsky - Colas Breugnon, Messiaen - Oiseaux exotiques, Copland - Appalachian Spring
  ◦  Glockenspiel: Dukas - Sorcerer's Apprentice, Mozart - The Magic Flute
  ◦  Tambourine: Dvorak - Carnival Overture
  ◦  Triangle: Brahms - Symphony No. 4
  ◦  Cymbals: Tchaikovsky - Romeo & Juliet and Symphony No. 4
  ◦  Bass Drum: Mahler - Symphony No. 3, Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
  ◦  Timpani: Mozart - Symphony No. 39, Beethoven - Symphony No. 1, Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4, Brahms - Symphony No. 1

DMA applicants should prepare ALL of the items listed above for the MM audition (snare, mallet, and timpani solos and the indicated orchestral excerpts), plus the following additional excertps:

• Snare: Ravel - Bolero, Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnole, Prokofiev - Symphony No. 5
• Xylophone: Bartok - Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta, Kodaly - Hary Janos, Schuman - Symphony No. 3
• Glockenspiel: Respighi - Pines of Rome, Stravinsky - Petrushka (1911), Debussy - La Mer
• Tambourine: Chabrier - España, Tchaikovsky - "Trepak" from The Nutcracker, Bizet - Carmen Suites I and II
• Triangle: Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1, Dvorak - Symphony No. 9
• Cymbals: Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2, Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain
• Bass Drum: Stravinsky - Rite of Spring
• Timpani: Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 and Symphony No. 9, Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis, Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra