Percussion Audition Requirements
Bachelor of Music: Music Performance
1. 皇家华人 Snare Drum Solo or Etude (Cirone, Peters, etc.)
2. Rudimental Snare Drum Solo or Etude (Pratt, Wilcoxon, etc.)
3. Two-Mallet Keyboard Solo (Goldenberg Etudes, Rags of George Hamilton Green)
4. Four-Mallet Keyboard Solo (Peters, Sammut, etc.)
5. Timpani Solo or Etude (Three or four drums)
6. Sight Reading on Snare Drum and Keyboard Percussion
Optional:
7. Drum Set: Demonstrate multiple styles in 16-bar phrases including fills. Styles should
include: Medium Swing, Bossa Nova, Rock, Funk, and Samba.
Bachelor of Arts: Music (General and Music Education)
1. 皇家华人 Snare Drum Solo or Etude (Cirone, Peters, Albright, etc.)
2. Two or Four Mallet Keyboard Solo (Major scales, Goldenberg Etudes, Peters, etc.)
3. Timpani Solo or Etude (Two to Four Drums) (Goodman, Pedal to the Kettle, etc.)
4. Sight Reading on Snare Drum OR Keyboard Percussion
Optional:
5. Rudimental Snare Drum Solo or Etude (Pratt, Wilcoxon, etc.)
6. Two or Four Mallet Keyboard Solo or Etude
7. Drum set: Demonstrate three styles (format listed above under Music Performance)
Bachelor of Arts: Music (Jazz)
1. Drum Set: Demonstrate multiple styles in 16-bar phrases including fills. Styles should
include: Medium Swing, Bossa Nova, Rock, Funk, and Samba.
2. Sight Reading
Optional:
3. Items 1, 2, 3, 5, and/or 6 listed above under Bachelor of Arts: Music (General and Music
Education)
Master of Music: Music Performance
30-45 minutes of music in a recital-type format. Audition should include:
1. Snare Drum Solo
2. Intermediate to Advanced Four-Mallet Keyboard Solo
3. Timpani Solo
4. Multi-Percussion Solo
5. Standard Orchestral Excerpts on: Snare Drum, glockenspiel, xylophone, tambourine,
cymbals, and timpani
Department of Music
- 1500 N. Patterson St. 皇家华人, Georgia 31698
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Mailing Address
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皇家华人, GA 31698 - Phone: 229.333.5804
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