Audition Information for Percussion

 

Applicants must:

Instruments for auditions will be provided. Prospective students shall audition on snare drum, timpani and any keyboard mallet instrument. Applicants should be prepared to play pieces at the Conservatory Grade VIII level (Grade X for prospective Performance candidates). Technique should be demonstrated as follows:

  • Snare Drum: all 26 rudiments at M.M. quarter note=100-120.
  • Timpani: tuning two timpani from a given pitch. Exercises on striking, rolls, staccato, damping, cross striking from Goodman, Modern Method for Timpani (Mills) pp. 8-48.
  • Mallet Keyboard: major and minor scales, one octave, ascending and descending, M.M. quarter note=120.
  • Arpeggios: all major, minor, dominant sevenths, M.M. quarter note=100-200.

Percussion Faculty


Jill Ball, DMA (Michigan State)

 

For More Information on Auditions Contact:

 

Odilla Van Delinder
Undergraduate Admissions Assistant
Don Wright Faculty of Music
The University of Western Ontario
1151 Richmond Street
London, ON
N6A 3K7

Phone: 519-661-2044
Fax: 519-661-3531
E-mail: ovandeli@uwo.ca

 

 

 

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