Percussion - Undergraduate

• Snare Drum
  • Demonstrate rudiments: long roll-closed; pianissimo crescendo to fortissimo; decrescendo to pianissimo; flam, flam tap, and accent.
  • Demonstrate reading knowledge from Goldenberg's Modern School for Snare Drum, Cirone's Portraits in Rhythm or similar snare drum method.
  • Sight-reading.
• Keyboard/Mallet:
  • Major and minor scales, two octaves.
  • Any selection from Bach's Two-Part Inventions top part only, or Bach's a-minor Violin Concerto, third movement, or any of the 39 etudes found in the Goldenberg Modern School for Xylophone, Marimba, and Vibraphone.
  • Sight-reading.
  • A four-mallet marimba solo is encouraged, though not required. Suitable solos include works by Ford, Peters, Sammut, and Stout.
• Timpani:
  • Tuning of all intervals
  • Technical proficiency on 3 timpani at the level of Mitchell Peter's Scherzo for Three Timpani, Garwood Whalley's Statement for Timpani, or three timpani exercises from the Goodman or Friese-Lepak timpani methods
  • Sight-reading

Percussion - MM

• Snare Drum:
  • Piece from Douze Etudes pour Caisse Claire by Jacques Delecluse or equivalent.
  • 1-2 Standard orchestral excerpts recommended but not required.
• Marimba or Vibraphone:
  • 4 mallet work that demonstrates proficiency and musicality, e.g. Schwantner, Druckman, Vinao, Pickering, Cangelosi, or equivalent.
  • 1-2 Standard orchestral excerpts recommended but not required.
• Timpani:
  • Work for 4 drums. Suitable repertoire includes works by Carter, Beall, Psathas, Houllif, Cahn, Kraft, or equivalent.
  • 1-2 Standard orchestral excerpts recommended but not required.
• Choice of work for multi-percussion, hand percussion, or drum set styles (rock, funk, swing, mambo, bossa nova).

Percussion - DMA

• Snare Drum:
  • Piece from Douze Etudes pour Caisse Claire by Jacques Delecluse or equivalent.
  • 1-2 Standard orchestral excerpts recommended but not required.
• Marimba or Vibraphone:
  • 4 mallet work that demonstrates proficiency and musicality, e.g. Schwantner, Druckman, Vinao, Pickering, Cangelosi, or equivalent.
  • 1-2 Standard orchestral excerpts recommended but not required.
• Timpani:
  • Work for 4 drums. Suitable repertoire includes works by Carter, Beall, Psathas, Houllif, Cahn, Kraft, or equivalent.
  • 1-2 Standard orchestral excerpts recommended but not required.
• Choice of work for multi-percussion, hand percussion, or drum set styles (rock, funk, swing, mambo, bossa nova).
• Orchestral Excerpts:
  • Snare: Lt. Kije, mvt. 1: 1 to 2, Scheherazade, mvt. 4: M to U
  • Xylophone: Shostakovich: Polka from the the Age of Gold, Appalachian Spring: 5 after 48 to 4 after 49
  • Glockenspiel: Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty No. 5 Waltz
  • Cymbals: Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet E-F
  • Tambourine: Dvorak: Carnival Overture Beginning to 4 before C