Percussion
Audition Requirements

The Northern Utah Youth Ensembles need percussionists who are well-rounded and, if not able to play a specific percussion instrument, would be willing to learn. 

 

1. Please prepare a short solo piece or etude on your chosen instrument: snare, timpani, or mallets. Choose something that will demonstrate your musicality, dynamic control, rhythmic accuracy, and technical ability. See below for materials, if needed.

 

1. In addition, please come prepared to demonstrate the following:

 

1. Two-octave major scales on a mallet instrument (xylophone) in the following keys:

• C

• F

• Bb

 

1. The following rudiments on a snare drum:

• 5-stroke roll

• 9-stroke roll

• flam

• drag

• single paradiddle

 

1. Tune the timpani to two accurate pitches of the panel’s choosing.

 

If you would like some freely available etudes to use, you may use the suggested etudes:

https://bit.ly/4efaqa8