Music Teacher Preparation Concentration Audition Requirements - Percussion

1. Mallet Instruments

• a.  Major and minor scales in two octaves
• b.  One piece of two-mallet repertoire such as Kreister/Green Tamborin Chinois or Goldenberg Modern School for Marimba, Xylophone, and Vibraphone or other works or comparable or greater difficulty
• c.  One piece four-mallet repertoire such as Irvine:  Eight Antique Folks Dances or other works or comparable or greater difficulty

2. Snare

• Basic technique (flams, ruffs, and paradiddles) and Percussive Arts Society International Roll Rudiments
• One piece such as Goldenberg:  Modern School for Snare Drum or Wanamaker:  Crazy Army or other works or comparable or greater difficulty

3. Either 

• a.  Timpani – Bergamo:  Four Pieces of Timpani or other works or comparable or greater difficulty

OR

• b.  Multiple percussion – Kraft:  French Suite or other works or comparable or greater difficulty

4. Sight Reading