Section Percussion

Auditions are first come, first served. The audition date is September 21 from 7 - 9 pm, at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church located at 1400 West Stadium Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103.

Prepare the following samples to be played at your audition.  Sight reading will be asked for as needed.

Orchestral Excerpts:
Snare Drum:

Prokofiev                               Lieutenant Kije Suite

Schumann                              Symphony #3

Rimsky-Korsakov                  Scheherazade &
Capriccio Espagnol

Xylophone:

Gershwin, G.                           Overture to Porgy and Bess

Kodaly                                                Hary Janos Suite

Kabalevsky                             Overture to Colas Breugnon

Shostakovitch                        Polka from the Golden Age

Bells:

Mozart                                    Magic Flute – Finale to Act I

Dukas                                     Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Respighi                                 Pines of Rome

Tambourine:

Berlioz                                    Roman Carnival Overture

Dvorak                                   Carnival Overture

Triangle:

Brahms                                   Symphony #4

Liszt                                        Piano Concerto #1

Cymbals:

Tchaikovsky                           Romeo and Juliet &
Symphony #4

Rachmaninoff                                    Piano Concerto #2

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