Boyer College of Music and Dance | Temple University

Percussion Audition Information

Percussion (BM)

Snare Drum 

l  Rudimental style snare drum solo (suggestions: Traditional, Pratt, Wilcoxen, Tompkins)  

l  Concert/orchestral style étude or solo (suggestions: Delecluse, Cirone, Podemski)

Mallets 

l  2-mallet solo, étude, or transcription. Strive for accuracy and musical expression. 

l  4-mallet étude or solo is recommended (REQUIRED for performance and scholarship applicants)

Timpani 

l  Étude for 3 or 4 drums (suggestions: Hochrainer, Goodman, Carroll, Peters, Hinger, Carter) 

All percussion applicants will be asked to sight-read on snare drum and marimba, and will be asked to tune various intervals on timpani. The suggested composers and books are only a sampling and are not exhaustive. Applicants may prepare additional excerpts if they wish on orchestral and accessory instruments.

Photo-copied music may not be used in the audition.

                                                                                                                     Updated on 04/19/2019