Peabody Institute - Johns Hopkins University

Percussion Audition Information

Marimba

• Four-mallet solo (approximately 5-12 minutes in length)
• Two-mallet transcription of any movement of a cello suite or violin partita or sonata by J.S. Bach
• Two-mallet sight reading will be required

Snare Drum

• One etude from either Cirone’s Portraits in Rhythm or Delecluse’s Douze Etudes

Timpani

• Etude of candidate’s choice from any of the following: Elliott Carter Eight Pieces for Solo Timpani, Richard Hochrainer Etuden Fur Timpani, Jacques Delecluse Vingt Etudes, or Vic Firth The Solo Timapnist
• Candidate will be expected to recognize and sing intervals played on the piano and demonstrate fluency of tuning

EXCERPTS FROM THE STANDARD ORCHESTRAL REPERTOIRE FOR TIMPANI, SNARE DRUM, AND XYLOPHONE SUGGESTED, BUT NOT REQUIRED.

Updated on 09/19/2018