College of Musical Arts

Percussion Repertoire

Suggested Percussion Repertoire for Graduate Assistant Audition

1. Advanced works for Marimba
   1. 4-mallet works
      • Concerto for Marimba – Rosauro
      • Concerto for Marimba and Vibraphone – Milhaud
      • Dream of the Cherry Blossoms – Abe
      • Merlin – Thomas
      • Michi – Abe
      • My Lady White – Maslanka
      • Time for Marimba – Miki
      • Two Mexican Dances – Stout
      • Variations of Lost Love – Maslanka
      • Water and Fire – Skoog
      • Wind in the Bamboo Grove – Abe
   2. 2-mallet works
      • Concertino for Marimba – Creston
      • Tambourin Chinois – Kreisler
      • Selected Rags – G.H. Green
2. Works for Vibraphone (4-mallet works)
   • Ben Vindo – Rosauro
   • Mourning Dove Sonnet – Deane
   • Selections from Mirror from Another – Friedman
   • Selections from Music of the Day – Molenhoff
   • Trilogy – Huesgen
   • Wallflower, Snowbird and Carillon – Gibson
3. Timpani (minimum of 4 drums)
   • Eight Pieces for 4 Timpani – Carter
   • Four Verses for Timpani – Houllif
   • Parita in C for 6 Timpani – Druschetzsky
   • 3 Movements for 5 Timpani – Beck
4. Snare Drum
   • American Suite – Gauthreaux
   • 6 Pieces for Unaccompanied Snare Drum – Colgrass
   • Three Dances – Benson
   • Any work by Mitch Markovitch
5. Multiple Percussion or Drumset
   • Any work by David Holliden
   • Concerto for Solo Percussionist – Suderburg
   • Concerto pour Batterie – Milhaud
   • Inspirations Diabolique – Tagawa
   • French Suite – Kraft
6. Orchestral Excepts
   • Porgy and Bess – Gershwin (xylophone)
   • Colas Bruenon – Kabalevsky (xylophone)
   • The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Dukas (bell)
   • Carnival Overture – Dvorak (tambourine)
   • Capriccio Espagnol – Rimsky-Korsokov (snare)
   • Lieutenant Kije Suite – Prokofiev (snare)
   • Scheherzade – Rimsky-Korsokov (snare)
   • Symphony No. 3 – Schumann (snare)