Percussion Audition Procedures

Find a comfortable, quiet room.

This audition must be submitted as two separate recordings (no edits permitted). You will record the mallets audition and the snare drum audition separately. Follow the steps for the correct procedures.

Practice your audition before you submit it to your director. Once you have completed a take, listen to the entire recording and make sure the judge can hear the audition and the instructions in the recording.

When you are ready to audition, please begin recording and click Step 1 - Mallets - Scale 1 below.

Step 1 - Mallets - Scale 1

When you are finished performing Scale 1, proceed to Step 2 - Mallets - Scale 2 below.

Step 2 - Mallets - Scale 2

When you have finished performing Scale 2, proceed to Step 3 - Mallets - Chromatic Scale below.

Step 3 - Mallets - Chromatic Scale

When you have finished performing the chromatic scale, proceed to Step 4 - Mallets - Prepared Etude below.

Step 4 - Mallets - Prepared Etude

When you have finished performing the mallets prepared etude, stop recording.

Start a new recording and click Step 5 - Snare Drum - Double Ratamacue below.

Step 5 - Snare Drum - Double Ratamacue

When you have finished performing the double ratamacue, proceed to Step 6 - Snare Drum - Flam Accent below.

Step 6 - Snare Drum - Flam Accent

When you have finished performing the flam accent, proceed to Step 7 - Snare Drum - Double Stroke Open Roll below.

Step 7 - Snare Drum - Double Stroke Open Roll

When you have finished performing the double stroke open roll, proceed to Step 8 - Snare Drum - Concert Roll below.

Step 8 - Snare Drum - Concert Roll

When you have finished performing the concert roll, proceed to Step 9 - Snare Drum - Prepared Etude below.

Step 9 - Snare Drum - Prepared Etude

When you have finished performing the snare drum prepared etude, stop recording.

If your recording meets all of the criteria for the audition, please submit the recording to your director by Monday January 4,  2021 at 4 p.m.