Audition and Portfolio Requirements | Lamont School of Music

Percussion Audition Information

Fall 2019 audition will take place on: 02/02, 02/09, 02/16/2019 (Saturday)

LIVE AUDITION

Applicants will preference their top two (2) audition dates for a live audition in Denver on the Lamont application. All auditions are approximately 20 minutes in length. The applicant will choose one of the prepared works to perform. The faculty will choose the second of the prepared works and possibly an additional work as well.

Applicants unable to travel to Denver

While Lamont faculty prefer to have applicants audition on campus, those unable to travel to Denver for a live audition may submit an unedited video audition in lieu of the on-campus audition. Recordings received after January 15 will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This video should be uploaded through the Lamont application.

AREA-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

Percussion

Undergraduate (BM and BA)

1. Snare Drum:
• Perform a concert solo from the Peters, Cirone, or Delecleuse books
• Perform a rudimental solo from the Wilcoxon or Pratt books.
• Demonstrate basic technical knowledge of rudiments and rolls
• Sight reading
2. Mallets
• Perform a two-mallet solo from the standard literature, which may include the Bach Cello Suites, Violin Partitas or Sonatas.
• Perform a four-mallet solo
• All major scales
• Sight reading
3. Timpani
• Perform an etude from either the Goodman Timpani Method or the Friese-Lepak Timpani Method
• Recognize basic intervals
• Demonstrate a good sense of pitch

Graduate (MM and certificate in performance)

1. Snare Drum
• Perform a concert solo from either the Peters Advanced Etudes or Delecleuse books
• Perform a rudimental solo from the Pratt book
• Perform a concert roll from pp-ff-pp
• Perform three standard excerpts from the orchestral literature
• Sight reading
2. Mallets
• Perform a two-mallet solo from the standard literature, which may include the Bach Violin Partitas or Sonatas plus a two-mallet solo of your choice
• Perform a four-mallet solo
• Perform three xylophone or bell excerpts from the standard orchestral literature
• Sight reading
3. Timpani
• Perform an etude from the Delecleuse book
• Perform a roll pp-ff-pp
• Perform three standard timpani excerpts from the orchestral literature
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• Updated on 08/23/2018