SFCM | San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Percussion audition

UNDERGRADUATE

Undergraduate percussion applicants may audition live at the Conservatory or may send in an audition video. They may not audition regionally.

• Mallet percussion
• A two-mallet piece (your choice)
• A four-mallet piece (your choice)
• Snare drum
• Etude: Cirone, Peters, Delecluse
• Rudimental: Wilcoxen, Pratt
• Timpani
• Etude: Hochrainer, Vic Firth, Goodman

GRADUATE

• Mallet percussion
• A two-mallet piece (your choice)
• A four-mallet piece (your choice)
• 2-3 orchestral excerpts on xylophone, glockenspiel, and/or vibraphone
• Snare drum
• Etude: Delecluse, Peters, Macarez
• Rudimental: Pratt, Tompkins
• 2-3 orchestral excerpts
• Timpani
• Etude: Hochrainer
• 3-4 orchestral excerpts
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• Updated on 08/10/2018