For Final Audition:
The final audition should include selections for: snare drum, timpani, keyboard percussion, and tambourine, and MUST include both solo repertoire AND orchestral excerpts. Sight-reading is required at the final audition.
Snare Drum
• Two contrasting orchestral excerpts from the standard repertoire
• One orchestral snare drum étude
• One rudimental snare drum étude by Pratt or Wilcoxin
Xylophone
• Two orchestral excerpts from the standard repertoire
Timpani
• Three orchestral excerpts from the standard repertoire
Marimba
NOTE: Listed repertoire is not required; pieces of similar difficulty will be accepted.
- One 4-mallet piece in contemporary style
Suggested 4-mallet pieces:
- Sueyoshi, Mirage
- Schwantner, Velocities
- Stout, Sedimental Structures
- Thomas, Merlin (2nd movement)
- Lansky, Three Moves (3rd movement: Slide)
- Miyoshi, Ripple
Tambourine
• One orchestral excerpt from the standard repertoire