Percussion Audition Information
- Students must provide their own mallets and sticks for the audition.
- All instruments will be provided. However, students may bring their own snare drum.
- Students must tune the timpani using a tuning fork or a single pitch another source (i.e. pitch pipe, piano)
- Timpani solos that call for playing with the "butt" of the stick will only be allowed if a double ended "flip-stick" is used. Also, no solos that call for playing on the bowl or frame of the timpani will be allowed.
B.S. in Music Education and B.A. in Music (All areas except performance)
- Snare Drum: Solo or etude (i.e. Cirone, Delecluse, Peters, Pratt, Wilcoxon, etc.)
- Mallets: One solo (two or four mallets); All major and minor scales and arpeggios
- Timpani: Solo or etude (i.e. Carroll, Delecluse, Freise, Goodman, etc.)
- Drumset: Optional - Demonstrate various styles at various tempos
B.A. in Music Performance
- Snare Drum: One concert solo (i.e. Cirone, Delecluse, Peters, etc.) and one rudimental solo (i.e. Pratt, Wilcoxon, etc.)
- Mallets: One two-mallet solo/etude and one four-mallet solo in contrasting styles; All major and minor scales and arpeggios.
- Timpani: Solo or etude for three or more drums (i.e. Carroll, Delecluse, Freise, Goodman, etc.)
- Multiple Percussion: Optional - Submit a DVD recording of a multiple percussion solo
- Drumset: Optional - Demonstrate various styles at various tempos
Please feel free to contact Mr. Bassett with questions about audition repertoire or instruments prior to your audition.
To schedule an audition, contact Dr. Christine Smith-Dorey, undergrad-info@case.edu, 216-368-1602