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Percussion Audition Information

 

Prescreening portfolios are required of:

  • All Composition and Jazz Composition applicants

Prescreening video recordings are required of:

  • All Artist Diploma and DMA applicants, regardless of major
  • All undergraduate, MM, and GD applicants to:

Cello, Chamber Music, Clarinet, Collaborative Piano, Conducting, Contemporary Improvisation, Flute, French Horn, Harp (dual degree only), Jazz Composition, Jazz Performance, Oboe, Piano, Saxophone, Trombone (Tenor &Bass), Trumpet, Violin, Viola, Vocal Performance, Vocal Pedagogy

Percussion (MM & GD)

Audition Requirements;

Applicants should prepare an advanced solo in each of four categories:

  • Snare (e.g. Studies by Delecluse or something of similar difficulty)
  • 2 Mallet
  • 4 Mallet (e.g. Stout Two Mexican Dances or something of similar difficulty)
  • Timpani (e.g. Carter Etudes or something of similar difficulty)

In addition, graduate applicants should prepare 4 excerpts from the standard repertoire in snare, mallets, and timpani (12 excerpts total).

 

Updated on 10/02/2018