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Percussion Audition Instructions

Percussion auditions are conducted on the snare drum (alone). Please bring solos appropriate to that instrument.

Please – no improvised pieces.

Percussionists may choose to use the selection Haskell Harr. book 2, p. 90 sheet musicThis selection is not a requirement. This is only a suggestion.

If you have had training on the timpani and mallet instruments, you are asked to play a solo on those instruments as well.

BRING DRUMSTICKS. DO NOT BRING A DRUM SET.

The music jury considers the musical potential of each applicant. Previous training or the lack of training is not necessarily a determining factor in acceptance to the program.