VSOI 2020 Audition Repertoire

Percussion
You may play the selections below in any order.
Please mark the start time of each selection when you submit your video.
Recordings should be unaccompanied.

We also welcome submissions of other repertoire representative of your ability. If you choose to submit repertoire other
than the specified VSOI repertoire:
Please choose an etude or solo for each Plus one standard orchestral excerpt for
-snare drum -snare drum
-marimba OR xylophone -xylophone
-timpani -timpani

XYLOPHONE
1) Gershwin Porgy and Bess

2) Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon Overture

excerpts a & b
GLOCKENSPIEL
1) Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

SNARE DRUM
1) Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherezade
excerpts a & b

2) Shostakovich Symphony No. 10

TAMBOURINE
1) Dvořák Carnival Overture

CYMBALS
1) Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet

TIMPANI
1) Beethoven Symphony No. 9

2) Stravinsky Le sacre du printemps

3) Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

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XYLOPHONE
1) Gershwin – Porgy and Bess

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2) Kabalevsky – Colas Breugnon Overture
excerpt a

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excerpt b

GLOCKENSPIEL
1) Dukas – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

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SNARE DRUM
1) Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade
excerpt a: 3rd movement

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excerpt b: 3rd movement

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2) Shostakovich – Symphony No. 10

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TAMBOURINE
1) Dvořák – Carnival Overture

CYMBALS
1) Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet

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TIMPANI
1) Beethoven – Symphony No. 9

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2) Stravinsky – Le sacre du printemps

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2) Stravinsky – Le sacre du printemps (continued)

3) Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4

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