Assistant Principal Percussion Audition Repertoire 2017

Solo G.H. Green Xylophone Rags: Triplets Beginning to Trio. (Do not play Trio.)

Take 2nd endings. Half-note = 110

Delecluse Douze Etudes for Snare Drum: Etude No.9 Snare Drum Excerpts *Prokofiev Lt. Kije Mvt I (complete mvt)

*Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf rehearsal 49 – rehearsal 51 Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol Mvt IV (complete mvt)

Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade Mvt III & IV - (complete mvts)

Sousa Stars and Stripes (complete piece)

Demonstrate roll from pianissimo to fortissimo and back to pianissimo over 45 seconds.

Xylophone Excerpts

*Copland Appalachian Spring 5 mm after rehearsal 48 to 4 mm after rehearsal 49

*Gershwin Porgy and Bess Overture m4 - m18

*Messiaen Exotic Birds a. rehearsal 6 – rehearsal 7 b. 2 mm before rehearsal 18 – rehearsal 20 c. rehearsal 26 to 5 mm after rehearsal 27

*W. Schuman 3rd Symphony “Toccata” m230 - m244 Play octaves.

*Shostakovich Golden Age Suite- Polka 6 mm after rehearsal 45 – 1 mm after rehearsal 46

*Stravinsky Firebird Ballet 1910 rehearsal 127 – rehearsal 133

*J. Williams Cowboys Overture a. m34-38 b. m85-91

Glockenspiel Excerpts

Dukas Sorcerer’s Apprentice (complete piece)

*Respighi Pines of Rome Mvt I. I pini di Villa Borghese – (complete mvt)

Vibraphone Excerpt

*Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story rehearsal 620 – beat 1 of rehearsal 637

Cymbals (A2) Excerpts

Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture 2 mm before rehearsal O to 8 mm before rehearsal P

Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 rehearsal H to end

Bass Drum Excerpt

Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 rehearsal H to end

Bass Drum with Attached Cymbals Excerpts

*Stravinsky Petrouchka 1947 rehearsal 124 – rehearsal 127

Rossini William Tell Overture Allegro vivace – 17 mm after reh H to end

Tambourine Excerpts

Dvorak Carnival Overture (complete piece)

*Stravinsky Petrouchka 1947 rehearsal 201 – 3 mm before rehearsal 207

Drum Set

Demonstrate and improvise these styles at various tempi:

Rock Bossa Nova

Samba Swing Shuffle Jazz Waltz

Louis Prima: Sing Sing Sing Trade 8 bars time with 8 bars improvised solo (16 bars repeated) in the style of Gene Krupa. No verbatim transcriptions.

*These excerpts will be provided by mail only.

Snare Drum Excerpt - Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Mvt IV (complete mvt) p. 1/2

Snare Drum Excerpt - Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Mvt IV (complete mvt) p. 2/2

Snare Drum Excerpt - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, mvt III - (complete mvt)

Snare Drum Excerpt - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade - mvt IV - (complete mvt) p. 1/2

Snare Drum Excerpt - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade - mvt IV - (complete mvt) continued p. 2/2

Snare Drum Excerpt – Sousa: Stars and Stripes (complete piece)

Glockenspiel Excerpt – Dukas: Sorcerer’s Apprentice (complete piece) p. 1/3

Glockenspiel Excerpt – Dukas: Sorcerer’s Apprentice (complete piece) p. 2/3

Glockenspiel Excerpt – Dukas: Sorcerer’s Apprentice (complete piece) p. 3/3

Cymbals (A2) Excerpt Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture 2 mm before rehearsal O - 8 mm before rehearsal P

Cymbals (A2) Excerpt Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 rehearsal H to end

Bass Drum Excerpt Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 rehearsal H to end

Bass Drum with Attached Cymbals Excerpt Rossini William Tell Overture Allegro vivace – 17 mm after reh H to end p. 1/2

Bass Drum with Attached Cymbals Excerpt Rossini William Tell Overture Allegro vivace – 17 mm after reh H to end p. 2/2

Tambourine Excerpt Dvorak Carnival Overture (complete piece) p. 1/2

Tambourine Excerpt Dvorak Carnival Overture (complete piece) p. 2/2