Repertoire Percussion

PERCUSSION

Undergraduate Repertoire Requirements

Applicants for admission on percussion should make a video consisting of the following three categories:

I.  Mallet Instruments
Solo, etude, or study demonstrating your best technical ability and musicianship for 2 or preferably 4 mallets

• Scales: Please play 2 different major scales of your choice up and down over 2 octaves on any mallet instrument.

Suggested Repertoire for Mallets:

• One movement or solo/etude from Stout, Abe, J.S. Bach, Creston, Musser, Rosauro, or equivalent. A 4-mallet solo is preferred.

II.  Snare Drum
Solo, etude, or study demonstrating your best technical ability

• Roll: Please demonstrate a long buzz roll, soft to loud and back to soft over about 10 seconds.

Suggested Repertoire on Snare Drum:

• Portraits in Rhythm, Cirone.
• Intermediate Snare Drum Studies, Peters
• Standard Snare Drum Method, Podemski
• 14 Modern Contest Solos, Pratt

III.  Timpani
Solo, etude, or study demonstrating your best technical ability

• Please record yourself tuning the drums for the piece you are playing

Suggested Timpani Repertoire:

• The Solo Timpanist, Firth
• Fundamental Solos for Timpani, Peters.
• Please provide a copy of your music for the audition committee.

* If you do not have access to timpani, please play either a multi percussion piece or a second contrasting mallet piece. The audition committee would prefer timpani if possible.

Graduate and Artist Diploma Audition Requirements

• Applicants should make a video recording of four pieces. One each for snare drum, timpani, two and four mallets. Plan to perform contrasting works that best demonstrate your technical ability and musicianship.
• Please record three standard orchestral excerpts each on snare drum, timpani, xylophone, glockenspiel, and either tambourine or cymbals.
• Please provide a copy of your music for the audition committee.

* If you do not have access to timpani, please play a multi percussion piece.