Blair School of Music | Vanderbilt University

Percussion Audition Information

Percussion (BM)

For all percussion prescreening videos, include one solo or étude from each category (Snare drum, Marimba and Timpani).

Selections are required from all three areas:

Snare Drum

l  Concert solo or étude (suggestion: Cirone Portraits in Rhythm, Delecluse Douze Études, Peters Intermediate or Advanced Snare Drum Studies) 

l  Traditional rudimental solo or étude (suggestion: Pratt, Wilcoxon, Tompkins) 

Marimba

l  Contemporary Four Mallet Solo 

l  Contrasting Two Mallet Solo (suggestion: any movement of a cello suite or violin partita or sonata by J.S. Bach) 

l  Demonstration of major scales and arpeggios (live audition only) 

l  Sight-reading (live audition only)

Timpani

l  Solo or étude (suggestion: Hochrainer Etuden fur Timpani, Goodman Modern Method) 

l  Demonstrate ability to recognize, sing, and tune pitches to intervals 

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