Bienen School of Music - Northwestern University

Percussion Audition Information

Bachelor of Music: Percussion

For Final Audition:

The audition must include snare drum, timpani, and keyboard percussion. Sight-reading is required.

Suggested Repertoire and Methods:

NOTE: Listed repertoire is not required; any piece of similar difficulty will be accepted.

Snare Drum

• One orchestral excerpt AND one rudimental piece
• Delécluse, étude from 12 Études
• Peters Intermediate or Advanced Studies
• Any piece by Pratt, Wilcoxen or other studies

Timpani

• Étude by Hochrainer
• Carter, Eight Pieces for Solo Timpani (Canary or Saeta)
• Compositions by Duncan Patton

Keyboard Percussion (2 and 4 mallets)

• Bach Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin or Suites for solo cello
• Creston, Concertino for Marimba
• Tanaka, Two Movements for Marimba
• Musser, A-flat major étude or G major Preludes (2 mallets)
• GH Green Xylophone Solos • Kreisler, Tambourine Chinois
• Burritt, October Night 

Updated on 09/05/2018