Instructions: Below are excerpts for the Fall 2009 Ensemble Auditions. Whenever
possible pdf excerpt files have been provided
Should an excerpt not be available musicians are required find the excerpt elsewhere or perform a suitable substitution.
PERCUSSION
Snare Drum
Solo Etude of Choice
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
Prokofiev – Sym. #5 NO PDF AVAILABLE
W. Schuman – Sym. #3 NO PDF AVAILABLE
Xylophone
Gershwin - Porgy and Bess NO PDF AVAILABLE
Stravinsky - Le Noce NO PDF AVAILABLE
Bells
Debussy - La Mer NO PDF AVAILABLE
Stravinsky - Petrouchka (Goldenberg) NO PDF AVAILABLE
Cymbals
Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet NO PDF AVAILABLE
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto #2
Tambourine
Bizet - Carmen Suites 1 and 2
Timpani
Mozart – Sym. #39 NO PDF AVAILABLE
Beethoven – Sym. #9, mvt. 1, Scherzo
Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis NO PDF AVAILABLE
All percussion students should prepare for all instruments. Each excerpt has several pages, each page is a separate PDF.
Cymbals- Rachmaninov page 1
Cymbals- Rachmaninov page 2
Snare- Rimsky Korsakov page 1
Snare- Rimsky Korsakov page 2
Snare- Rimsky Korsakov page 3
Tambourine- Carmen Page 1
Tambourine- Carmen Page 2
Tambourine- Carmen Page 3
Timpani- Beethoven Page 1
Timpani- Beethoven Page 2
Timpani- Beethoven Page 3
Timpani- Beethoven Page 4
Timpani- Beethoven Page 5
Timpani- Beethoven Page 6
