All applicants
- A prepared solo on snare drum, timpani, and mallet percussion instrument (all three required)
You can choose either two- or four-mallet repertoire — you need not do both.
Suggested Audition Repertoire
These pieces are suggestions of the difficulty level you should consider. They are NOT required pieces.
You can choose either two or four mallet repertoire – you do not have to do both.
Concert snare solos are preferred over rudimental.
Snare Drum
Concert Etudes by Delecluse, Cirone, Peters, Firth
Portraits in Rhythm, Cirone
Douze Etudes, Delecluse
Solo Snare Drummer, Firth
Intermediate Snare Drum Studies, Peters
Timpani
Solos by Vic Firth, Beck, Goodman, Peters, Hochrainer
Solo Timpanist, Firth
Any solos by John Beck
Etudes from Modern Method for Timpani, Goodman
Etuden fur Timpani, Hochrainer
Any solos by Mitchell Peters
Mallets
Two-mallet solos by Goldenberg, Peters, Hatch, Zivkovic
Modern School for Xylophone, Goldenberg
Fundamental Method for Mallets, Peters
Funny Mallets, Zivkovic
Any solos by Earl Hatch
Four-mallet solos by Stout, Peters, Gomez, Abe
Any solo by Gordon Stout
Any solo by Mitchell Peters
Rain Dance, Mbira Song, Alice Gomez
Any solo by Keiko Abe