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Percussion Audition Information  

Percussion (MM & DMA)

l  One selection from each of the following categories:

ü  snare drum

ü  marimba, xylophone or vibraphone (contrasting works that together demonstrate two and four-mallet technique)

ü  timpani

ü  multiple percussion; and optional drum set

l  Prospective students will complete exercises in pitch-matching (timpani) and sight reading (snare drum and marimba.)

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See below for graduate repertoire suggestions (other material welcome; please contact Dr. Whiting with questions.)

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l  Keyboard Percussion (Marimba, Xylophone, or Vibraphone): One two-mallet and one four-mallet solo of your choice, at the level of: 

²  Abe: Dream of The Cherry Blossoms or Michi

²  Miyoshi: any movement(s) from Conversation

²  Musser: any etude

²  Druckman: any movement from Reflections on the Nature of Water

²  Bach: selection from Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, Cello Suites, or Lute Suites

²  Hovhaness: Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints (option for xylophone or marimba)

²  Cowell: Ostinato Pianissimo (xylophone solo only)

²  Ragtime selection (George Hamilton Green or equivalent; no accompaniment necessary)

²  Manoury: Solo from Livre des Claviers

²  Deane: Mourning Dove Sonnet

l  Snare Drum: One selection from Delécluse Douze Etudes, Cirone Portraits in Rhythm, or Aleo Advanced Etudes for Snare Drum. Mastery of closed and open rolls at all dynamic levels

l  Timpani: Two contrasting etudes from Firth, Delécluse, or Hochrainer books 

l  Multiple Percussion: Xenakis: Rebonds A or B, Globokar: Toucher, Saariaho: Six Japanese Gardens, Volans: Asanga, Feldman: King of Denmark, Stockhausen: Zyklus

※ Please bring three copies of your music with you to give to your faculty panel.