Timpani & Percussion
Applicants should perform the following:
Timpani
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Bartók : Concerto for Orchestra (Available in “Test Pieces for Orchestral Auditions”, Schott)
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Bartók: Violin Concerto (supplied by Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)
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R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Big Waltz) (Available in “Test Pieces for Orchestral Auditions”, Schott)
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Hindemith Sinfonische Metamorphosen (Turandot Scherzo) (Available in “Test Pieces for Orchestral Auditions”, Schott)
Percussion : Xylophone
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Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky (Available in the Goldenberg Book)
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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (Available in “Test Pieces for Orchestral Auditions”, Schott)
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Hindemith: Kammermusik, Movements 3 & 4 (Available in “Test Pieces for Orchestral Auditions”, Schott)
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Bernstein: Cool, West Side Story (Available in “Test Pieces for Orchestral Auditions”, Schott)
Snare Drum
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Movements 3 & 4 (Available in “Test Pieces for Orchestral Auditions”, Schott)
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Ravel: Rapsodie espagnol Movements 3 & 4 (available in Hathaway Snare Drum Book)e
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Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio espagnol (available in the Goldenberg Book)
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Suppé: Pique Dame (Available in the Goldenberg Book)
Marimba
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Ney Rosauro: Concerto for Marimba movement 4 "Farewell"
Available from Southern Percussion
