Concert Orchestra Check In Audition for Percussion

Please do not submit an audition online. Your audition will be held in-person before the second rehearsal on September 14th, and it will include a sight-reading component. Here is an example sight reading so you can gauge the difficulty. (You would be asked to play the upper line at a suggested tempo of โ™ฉ = 200.)

Excerpt for Triangle. “Danse Bacchanale” from Samson et Delila
Play from the first triangle entrance to letter B. You may substitute multi-measure rests with single measure rests. Half note = 66 (โ™ฉ = 132). (View Recording) (View the full part)

Excerpt for Glockenspiel. John Williams: Superman March.
Play the upper line. โ™ฉ = 116. (View Recording) (View the full part)

Excerpt for Xylophone. Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture. (View Recording)
โ™ฉ = 120

Excerpt #2. Dvoล™รกk: Symphony No. 8 in G major, 4th movement
Play after letter R to the end: โ™ฉ = 150. (View Recording) (View the full part)