Oregon Symphony Principal Percussion Audition

Repertoire
Preliminary, Semi-Final, and Final Auditions: February 3, 4, and 5, 2020

Marimba
J.S. Bach Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996 Movement I. Prelude/Presto

T. Takemitsu Rain Tree for 3 Percussion Players Player B

(Marimba entrance on pg. 5 through end of second stanza on pg. 7)
NOTE: Marimba only, all crotale notes omitted. To be played as a trio with members
of the section in finals only.

Snare Drum
Delecluse 12 Studies for Snare Drum Etude #6

Tompkins Nine French-American Rudimental Solos Vol. I Etude #8

(Please start with a mf dynamic then continue with phrasing and dynamics at your
own discretion)

Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Español

Ravel Boléro

Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé

Shostakovich Symphony No. 10

Von Suppé Pique Dame Overture

30 Second Roll ppp crescendo FFF diminuendo ppp

Xylophone
Copland Appalachian Spring

Hindemith Kammermusic No. 1

Kodály Hary Janos Suite

Messiaen Exotic Birds (6 to 7, 26 to 30)

W. Schuman Symphony No. 3

Shostakovich The Golden Age Suite Polka

Stravinsky The Firebird (Complete) Original 1910 Ballet

Glockenspiel
Mozart The Magic Flute No. 8, Finale, Act I

Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky

Respighi Pines of Rome

Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty

Vibraphone
Bernstein West Side Story (Complete)

Tambourine
Dvořák Carnival Overture

Britten Peter Grimes Four Sea Interludes

Bizet Carmen Suite No. 1 Aragonaise

Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite

Chabrier España

Cymbals
Dvořák Scherzo Capriccioso

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2

Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite Danse of the Mirlitons

Bass Drum
Mahler Symphony No. 3