Requirements

UPDATED JANUARY 7, 2022

Applicants will submit a final audition self-recording in an audiovisual format and attend a virtual interview with members of the faculty. There will be no performance in the virtual interview.

There is no prescreening requirement for percussion applicants.

Works with piano are not required to be performed with a pianist or piano recording.

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: Wilcoxon, Pratt
• Timpani
  1. Etude: Hochrainer, Goodman, Woud, etc.
• Sight-Reading (Mallets or Snare Drum)

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: Wilcoxon, Pratt, Tompkins
  3. 2-3 orchestral excerpts
• Timpani
  1. Etude: Hochrainer, Woud, Delecluse, etc.
  2. 3-4 orchestral excerpts

For audition dates, please visit Auditions.