2021-2022 MPE ENSEMBLE PLACEMENT AUDITION

PERCUSSION

If the space you are recording in allows for it, you are encouraged to perform all the excerpts

back-to-back as part of one long, unedited video. If the space does not make that practical, you

may submit a separate video for each instrument.

Please prepare and submit the excerpts in this order:

Snare: Delecluse Etude No. 1

Buzz Roll Demonstration

Marimba: Nelson - Rocky Point Holiday

Timpani: Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4

Crash Cymbals: Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Overture

Timpani and Percussion Excerpts

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SNARE DRUM

Jacques Delecluse: Etude No. 1, from 12 Etudes for Snare Drum

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Buzz Roll Demonstration Tempo: quarter = 60 1) Play a buzz roll starting at pp. 2) Crescendo for 2 measures to ff 3) Decrescendo for 2 measures back to pp

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Rocky Point Holiday - Ron NelsonMarimba Part (note that the marimba part switches between the top and bottom staff thoughout the excerpt)

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2017 Timpani and Percussion Excerpts

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Applicants are required to play one solo on either marimba or xylophone (accompaniment optional), and all excerpts.

TIMPANI

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (first movement: 2 before T–U)

XYLOPHONE

Shostakovich: The Golden Age (Polka: 6 after 45–1 after 46)

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