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Percussion Audition Information

Percussion (BM)

See percussion.music.unt.edu/auditions for additional details.

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▶If you are applying for a Percussion Performance degree, (orchestral player, solo performer, etc.) the expectations are higher and you should be able to perform more advanced literature.

▶You should select pieces that best showcase your ability level.

▶Final acceptance as a music major with a percussion emphasis will be determined by an audition consisting of:

l  Prepared solos or etudes on mallets, timpani, and snare drum

l  Sightreading on snare drum and marimba

l  Scales on marimba and rolls, flams, and associated rudiments on snare drum

Jazz Studies Degree (drum set primary instrument): Drum Set, Mallets and Snare Drum

▶All applicants for Jazz drum set must perform the following as 3 separate auditions:

l  A snare drum solo or etude and sight reading

l  A marimba or vibraphone solo (can be a jazz or classical selection), sight reading and scales

l  Drum set audition - https://jazz.unt.edu/admission-auditions/percussion 

Jazz Studies Degree (vibraphone primary instrument)

▶Vibraphone Snare Drum: All applicants for Jazz vibraphone must perform the following:

l  A published solo vibraphone etude or a standard jazz ballad chord solo

l  Melody and improvise at least two choruses on a medium tempo jazz standard (swing or bossa) performed to a pre-recorded track (Jamey Aebersold recording or the equivalent)

l  Sight read a jazz style melody on vibraphone

l  Classical Snare Drum: A rudimental and/or orchestral snare solo or etude; rolls, flams, and associated rudiments

                                                                                                                          Updated on 04/26/2019