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Percussion Audition Information
PERCUSSION AUDITIONS
Applicants for all degree programs must
demonstrate proficiency in at least two of the following three main
areas of percussion performance for entrance into the Percussion Studio and in
all three to be considered for scholarship.
Please contact Dr. Compitello with any
questions about audition repertoire.
SNARE DRUM
- A published concert-style solo or etude from
Anthony Cirone's Portraits in Rhythm, Jacques
Delecluse's Douze Etudes pour Caisse-Claire, or equivalent.
- A published rudimental-style solo or etude
from Charles Wilcoxon's The All American Drummer, John
Pratt's Fourteen Rudimental Contest Solos, or
equivalent.
- Sight-reading
KEYBOARD PERCUSSION (Marimba, Vibraphone, Xylophone)
- Two Mallets: A published two-mallet solo or
etude from Morris Goldenberg's Modern School for Xylophone,
Marimba and Vibraphone, J.S. Bach Violin Sonatas and Partitas or Cello
Suites, or equivalent.
- Four Mallets: A published four-mallet solo
or etude.
- Sight-reading
- Scales in all major and minor keys
TIMPANI
- A published solo or etude from Richard
Hochrainer’s Etuden für Timpani (Vol. 1-3), Saul
Goodman's Modern Method for Timpani, or equivalent.
- Tuning of various intervals.
Faculty Contact: Michael Compitello, compitello@ku.edu
Updated on 09/13/2018