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We’re all ears. Before we became players, singers, conductors, and composers, listening was our first love. And it’s still the skill that underlies everything we do at SFCM. Hearing who you are and how far you’ve come is the first step toward a beautiful musical partnership. We can’t wait to hear you.

Audition Requirements: Percussion

Live auditions at the Conservatory are required of the following applicants:

• Applicants residing in California
• Graduate applicants residing in the United States

Regional auditions are not available for percussion applicants.

Final audition recordings are accepted from the following applicants:

• Undergraduate applicants residing outside of California
• Graduate applicants residing outside the United States

Final recordings must be submitted online through the formal Application, found here, no later than December 1.

Undergraduate

• Mallet percussion
  1. A two-mallet piece (your choice)
  2. A four-mallet piece (your choice)
• Snare drum
  1. Etude: Cirone, Peters, Delecluse
  2. Rudimental: Wilcoxen, Pratt
• Timpani
  1. Etude: Hochrainer, Vic Firth, Goodman

Graduate and Postgraduate

• Mallet percussion
  1. A two-mallet piece (your choice)
  2. A four-mallet piece (your choice)
  3. 2-3 orchestral excerpts on xylophone, glockenspiel, and/or vibraphone
• Snare drum
  1. Etude: Delecluse, Peters, Macarez
  2. Rudimental: Pratt, Tompkins
  3. 2-3 orchestral excerpts
• Timpani
  1. Etude: Hochrainer
  2. 3-4 orchestral excerpts

Audition Dates at SFCM

Percussion

February 2
February 3