Audition Requirements | Mason Gross School of the Arts

Percussion Audition Information

Percussion (BM)

Snare Drum
 •  Standard rudiments, slow to fast
 •  One solo piece or etude in orchestral style
 •  One solo piece or etude in rudimental style
 •  Sight reading

Keyboard percussion - Marimba and Xylophone
 •  All major and minor scales and arpeggios (three octaves)
 •  One solo piece with two mallets (xylophone or marimba)
 •  One solo piece with four mallets (marimba)
 •  Sight reading

Timpani
 •  Rolls
 •  One solo piece or etude
Please bring your own sticks and mallets to the auditions. Sticks and Mallets will NOT be provided for you. Only instruments are provided for you.

Updated on 10/13/2018