(DAT) Advanced Orchestral Percussion Repertoire


Percussion List

This graphic is the actual TAPE repertoire list from a Dallas Symphony Orchestra percussion audition.

These lists are based on my database of percussion repertoire from many auditions over the last 10-15 years.

With percussion, a common concern is that of matching skills, if the person that is leaving the section did most of the keyboard work, for example, then the audition will stress that area. It is important to learn what sort of strengths the section is seeking in the new player.

After acquisition and study of the list below, combined with the basic list also available here at this site, you will be ready for most any repertoire that you will encounter at percussion auditions.


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Bass Drum

Prokofiev, S. Violin Concerto #2
Tchaikovsky, P. 1812 Overture
Tchaikovsky, P. Romeo and Juliet

Bass Drum/Cymbals Attached

Mahler, G. Symphony #1
Sousa, J.P. Stars and Stripes Forever
Stravinsky, I. Petrushka (both 1911 & 1947 versions)

Bells

Gershwin, G. Rhapsody in Blue
Glazunov, A. Violin Concerto
Kodaly, Z. Háry János Suite
Messiaen, O. Oiseaux Exotiques
Ravel, M. Daphnis et Chloé
Ravel, M. Ma Mère L'Oye
Scriabin, A. Poem of Ecstasy
Strauss, R. Don Juan
Stravinsky, I. Petrushka (both 1911 & 1947 versions)
Tchaikovsky, P. Sleeping Beauty (Waltz (Act One) & (Prologue - Variation 4))
Wagner, R. Dance of the Apprentices (Die Meistersinger)
Wagner, R. Siegfired's Rhine Journey (Siegfried)
Wagner, R. Waldweben (Siegfried)

Castanets

Bizet, G. Carmen
Debussy, C. Ibéria
Prokofiev, S. Piano Concerto #3
Ravel, M. Rapsodie Espagnole
Wagner, R. Bacchanale (Tannhäuser)

Cymbals

Berlioz, H. Roman Carnival Overture
Debussy, C. La Mer
Dvorak, A. Carnival Overture
Falla, M. de Three Cornered Hat
Mussorgsky, M. Night on Bald Mountain
Prokofiev, S. Symphony #5
Ravel, M. Daphnis et Chloé
Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Scheherazade
Rossini, G. William Tell Overture
Sibelius, J. Finlandia

Miscellaneous

drum set chart reading
jazz mallets
jazz set
multi-percussion sight reading
prepared set-up piece
roll techniques
sight reading
technical study
timpani
prepared mallet piece
Bach, J.S. Fugue movement from Violin Sonatas BWV. 1001, 1003, 1005
Délecluse, J. Snare Drum Etudes

Multi-Percussion

Stravinsky, I. L'Histoire du Soldat

Snare Drum

Borodin, A. Polovetsian Dances
Britten, B. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Copland, A. Rodeo
Debussy, C. Nocturnes
Gershwin, G. An American in Paris
Kodaly, Z. Háry János Suite
Nielsen, Carl Clarinet Concerto
Nielsen, Carl Symphony #5
Prokofiev, S. Peter and the Wolf
Prokofiev, S. Symphony #5
Ravel, M Alborada del Grazioso
Ravel, M Rapsodie Espagnole
Schuman, W. New England Triptych
Shostakovich, D. Symphony #1
Shostakovich, D. Symphony #10
Sousa, J.P. Stars and Stripes Forever
Stravinsky, I. Petrushka (both 1911 & 1947 versions)
Varèse, E. Ionisation

Tambourine

Borodin, A. Polovetsian Dances
Debussy, C. Ibéria
Gliere, R. Russian Sailor's Dance
Nielsen, C. Symphony #5
Ravel, M. Rapsodie Espagnole
Respighi, O. Pines of Rome
Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Capriccio Espagnol
Stravinsky, I. Petrushka (both 1911 & 1947 versions)
Tchaikovsky, P. Capriccio Italien

Triangle

Bizet, G. Carmen
Debussy, C. Ibéria
Dvorak, A. Carnival Overture
Dvorak, A. Symphony #9
Mozart, W.A. Abduction from the Seraglio Overture
Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Capriccio Espagnol

Vibraphone

Bernstein, L. Symphonic Dances: West Side Story
Schuller, G. "Little Blue Devil" from Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee

Xylophone

Barber, S. Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
Bartók, B. Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
Bernstein, L. Overture to "Candide"
Britten, B. Soirées Musicales
Britten, B. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Copland, A. Billy the Kid
Copland, A. Rodeo
Hayman, R. Pops Hoedown
Kabalevsky, D. Comedian's Galop
Khachaturian, A. Gayne (Sabre Dance)
Kleinsinger, G. Tubby the Tuba
Kodaly, Z. Háry János Suite
Messiaen, O. Oiseaux Exotiques
Prokofiev, S. Alexander Nevsky (orchestral suite)
Ravel, M. Ma Mère l'Oye
Saint-Saëns, C. Carnival of the Animals
Saint-Saëns, C. Danse Macabre
Strauss, R. Salome (Dance of the Seven Veils)
Stravinsky, I. Firebird (all versions)
Stravinsky, I. Les Noces

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