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Audition Repertoire and orchestral excerpts
Master of Music (Orchestral Performance)

Round 1:

Composer Work Page

Solo
Kruger Pauken und Kleine Trommel-Schule mit Orchesterstudien No. 45
(on Timpani)
Knauer Kleine Trommel Schule No. 25 4/4 Langsam (P22.23) (on snare)

Xylophone
gershwin Porgy and Bess
Excerpt 1 3
Snare drum
rimsky-korsakov Scheherazade
Excerpt 1 4
Excerpt 2 5
shostakovich Symphony no. 10
Excerpt 1 6
Bass drum
mahler Symphony no. 3
Excerpt 7
Cymbals
rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 2
Excerpt 1 8
tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture
Excerpt 1 9
Timpani
beethoven Symphony no. 9
Excerpt 1 10
Excerpt 2 11
r. strauss Rosenkavalier
Excerpt 1 12


Round 2:

Solo
Carter March from Eight Pieces for Four Timpani

Xylophone
stravinsky Firebird
Excerpt 1 13
Glockenspiel
dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Excerpt 1 14
Excerpt 2 14

Snare drum
prokofiev Lt. Kije Suite
Excerpt 1 15
rimsky-korsakov Capriccio espagnol
Excerpt 1 16
Cymbals
tchaikovsky Symphony no. 4
Excerpt 1 17
mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain
Excerpt 1 18
Timpani
mozart Magic Flute Overture
Excerpt 1 19
tchaikovsky Symphony no. 4
Excerpt 1 20
elgar Enigma Variations
Excerpt 1 21
bartok Concerto for Orchestra
Excerpt 1 22

2
gershwin Porgy and Bess Overture
xylophone

3
 rimsky-korsakov Scheherezade


excerpt 1 Movement Three D to H
snare

4
rimsky-korsakov Scheherezade
snare

excerpt 2 Movement Three P to U

5
shostakovich Symphony no. 10
snare

excerpt 1 Movement Two 98 – the end

6
mahler Symphony no. 3
bass drum

excerpt 1 Movement One 3 to 4

7
rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
cymbals

excerpt 1 Movement Three 32 to 33

8
tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Cymbals

excerpt 1 reh. E to reh. U

9
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
timpani

excerpt 1 beginning to reh. A

10
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 cont.
timpani

excerpt 2 18 before reh. S to the end

11
r. strauss Das Rosenkavalier
timpani

excerpt 1 Act 3 before figure 247 to after figure 257

12
stravinsky The Firebird
xylophone

excerpt 1 b. 127 – 133

13
dukas Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Glockenspiel

excerpt 1 17 to 20 and 22 to 24

14
prokofiev Lt. Kijé Suite
Snare

excerpt 1 First Movement 1 to 2

15
rimsky-korsakov Capriccio espagnol
Snare

excerpt 1 Fourth movement – beginning to M

16
tchaikovsky Symphony No 4
Cymbals

excerpt 1 Fourth movement – finale

17
mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain
Cymbals

excerpt 1 S to T

18
mozart Magic Flute Overture
Timpani

excerpt 1

19
tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Timpani

excerpt 1

20
elgar Enigma Variations
Timpani

excerpt 1 Movement VII

21
bartok Concerto for Orchestra
Timpani

excerpt 1 Intermzzo Interrotto bars 42-50

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