Percussion Studio Audition Repertoire

To schedule an audition, please visit our audition information page. 

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All students should plan to perform solos on the instruments below.  Example pieces are listed.

Concert Snare:

• An etude from The Solo Snare Drummer by Vic Firth
• Portraits in Rhythm by Anthony Cirone

Rudimental Snare:

• Any solo by Marty Hurley, Mitch Markovitch, Art Cappio, Charley Wilcoxon, or John Pratt
• The Rudimental Cookbook (Ed Freytag)

Keyboards (two and/or four mallets):

• Yellow After the Rain (Mitchell Peters)
• Spanish Dance (Kai Stensgaard)
• Two Mexican Dances (Gordon Stout)
• Three Preludes (Ney Rosauro)
• Furioso and Valse in D Minor (2 mallets) (Earl Hatch)
• Any ragtime solo by George Hamilton Green (2 mallets)

Timpani

• Sonata for Timpani (John Beck)
• Raga No. 1 (William Cahn)
• Eight Solos for 4 Timpani (Elliott Carter)

All state audition material can be used if you desire, but we do encourage all auditionees to try to learn something new on keyboard. There are MANY other solos that can be used - the above are just common suggestions for students to consider.

In addition, knowledge of rudiments, scales, and timpani tuning is helpful. Sight reading on snare and keyboard will also be given.