Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra

Percussion Audition List, Fall 2014

Marimba Solo:
Bach

Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin

Fugue (beginning through downbeat of bar 55)

Delecluse
Copland
Gershwin**
Kodly*

Twenty Studies for Xylophone

Appalachian Spring
Porgy and Bess Overture
Hry Jnos Suite, mvt 6

Messiaen

Oiseaux Exotiques

W. Schuman*
Stravinsky**
Stravinsky**

Symphony No. 3
Les Noces: 2nd Tableau
Les Noces: 4th Tableau

Williams

Cowboys Overture

Etude No. 10
reh. 48 to 4 after reh. 49
beginning to reh. B
beginning to reh. 1; reh. 7 to reh. 8; 12 after reh.
9 to end
reh 6-7; 1 after reh. 16 to 8 after reh. 17; reh. 26
to 3 before reh. 28
m. 230-244
reh. 59 to reh. 62
2 before reh. 88 to 3 before reh. 90; 2 before reh.
96 to reh. 98
m. 34-39; m. 85-92

Xylophone:

Glockenspiel:
Debussy
Debussy
Dukas
Messiaen
Mozart**
Respighi

La Mer: Mvmt. 2
La Mer: Mvmt. 3
Sorcerers Apprentice
Oiseaux Exotiques
Magic Flute: Finale of Act I
Pines of Rome: Mvmt. 1

beginning to reh. 19; reh. 25 to reh. 26; reh. 31 to reh. 32

reh. 58 to end
reh. 17 to reh. 20; reh. 22 to reh. 24
reh. 6 to reh. 7; reh. 28 to reh. 30
entire excerpt
beginning to 10th measure of reh. 4; reh. 7 to end

Snare Drum:
Delecluse
Kodly*
Prokofiev
Rimsky-Korsakov
Rimsky-Korsakov
Rimsky-Korsakov

Keiskleiriana I
Hry Jnos Suite Mvt. 2
Lieutenant Kije:
Mvt. 1 (Birth of Kije)
Capriccio Espagnol, mvt. 4
Scheherazade, mvt. 3
Scheherazade, mvt. 4

W. Schuman*
Shostakovich
Shostakovich

Symphony No. 3: Toccata

Symphony No. 10: Mvmt. 1
Symphony No. 10: Mvmt. 2

Thirteen Etudes for Snare Drum, Etude No. 8

reh. 5 to end of movement
reh. 1 to reh. 5; reh. 13 to end
beginning to 10th bar of reh. L
reh. D to reh. I; last 4 bars
1 before reh. C to reh. F; 4 before reh. N to
reh. R; reh. T to reh. U
m. 143 to m. 199
reh. 43 to reh. 44
reh. 98 to end

* Found in 20th Century Orchestral Studies for Percussion, by Alan Abel

** Found in Modern School for Xylophone, Marimba, and Vibraphone, by Morris Goldenberg

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Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra

Percussion Audition List, Fall 2014

Williams

Star Wars Suite for Orchestra: m. 4 to m.53

I. Main Title
Williams
Star Wars Suite for Orchestra: m. 60 to m. 73
III. The Imperial March
60-second roll: pp-ff-pp crescendo for 30 seconds, decrescendo for 30 seconds

Vibraphone:
Bernstein

West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

m. 567-577; m. 620-629

Tambourine:
Bizet
Bizet
Debussy
Debussy
Dvok
Tchaikovsky

Carmen Suite No. 2: Danse Bohme

Carmen Suite No. 1: Act 4 Prelude
Iberia: Mvmt. 1
Iberia: Mvmt. 3
Carnival Overture
Nutcracker Suite: Trepak

reh. C to 3 after reh. E

beginning to 17 after reh. B
reh. 24 to reh. 30; reh. 32-33
reh. 53-56
beginning to reh. C; reh. Q to end
6 after reh. C to end

Carmen Suite No. 2: Danse Bohme

Slavonic Dance, Op. 72, No. 2

reh. H to 2 after reh. I

reh B to reh. C

Triangle:
Bizet
Dvok

Cymbals:
Dvok
Rachmaninov
Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky

Slavonic Dance, Op. 46, No. 3

Piano Concerto No. 2: Mvmt. 3
Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy
Symphony No. 4: Mvmt. 4

m. 168 to end of mvt.

reh. 32 to Allegro Scherzando
2 before reh. O to reh. P
m. 272 to end

Sight Reading: as requested.

* Found in 20th Century Orchestral Studies for Percussion, by Alan Abel

** Found in Modern School for Xylophone, Marimba, and Vibraphone, by Morris Goldenberg

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