• Snare Drum
  • Mitchell Peters—Intermediate or Advanced Snare Drum Studies, any etude
  • Anthony Cirone—Portraits in Rhythm, any etude
  • John Pratt—14 Modern Contest Solos, any solo
  • Charley Wilcoxon—The All-American Drummer, any full-page solo
  • Warren Benson—Three Dances, any movement(s)
  • Michael Colgrass—Six Unaccompanied Solos, any movement(s)

• 2-mallet Marimba
  • Morris Goldenberg—Modern School for Xylophone, any of the roman numeral etudes
  • George Hamilton Green—The Xylophone Rags of George Hamilton Green, any rag
  • Earl Hatch—Furioso and Valse in D minor
  • J.S Bach—Violin Concerto in A minor

• 4-mallet Marimba
  • Alice Gomez—Rain Dance, Mbira Song
  • Mitchell Peters—Yellow After the Rain, Sea Refractions
  • Julie Davila—Impressions on Wood, any solo
  • Eric Sammut—Rotations 1-4
  • Paul Smadbeck—Rhythm Song
  • Keiko Abe—Frogs, Memories of the Seashore
  • Gordon Stout—Two Mexican Dances

• Timpani
  • John Beck—Sonata for Timpani
  • Richard Hochrainer—Etuden for Timpani, any etude
  • Saul Goodman—Goodman Timpani Method, any etude beginning with No. 29
  • Vic Firth—The Solo Timpanist, any solo

•  Multiple Percussion
  • William Kraft—French Suite, any movement(s)
  • William Kraft—English Suite, any movement(s)
  • Rickey Tagawa—Inspirations Diabolique, Amy movement(s)
  • Mitchell Peters—Introduction & Waltz

• Drumset
  • Latham—Advanced Funk Studies
  • Sanderbeck—Homage to Max
  • Riley—The Art of Bop Drumming, any play-along track
  • Morgan—The Jazz Drummer’s Reading Workbook , any play-along track

Examples of Appropriate Graduate Audition Repertoire: 

• Snare Drum
  • Mitchell Peters—Advanced Snare Drum Studies, Hard Times, any etude
  • Jacques Delecluse—Douze Etudes, any etude
  • Michael Colgrass—Six Unaccompanied Solos, any movement(s)
  • Warren Benson—Three Dances for Solo Snare Drum, any movement(s)
  • Joseph Tompkins—9 French-American Rudimental Solos, any etude
  • Any work by Mitch Markovich

• 4-mallet Marimba
  • Abe—Dream of the Cherry Blossoms, Michi
  • Rosauro—Concerto for Marimba – Rosauro
  • Maslanka—Variations on Lost Love, My Lady White
  • Miki—Time for Marimba
  • Stout—Two Mexican Dances, Astral Dance
  • Druckman—Reflections on the Nature of Water
  • Sejourne—Concerto for Marimba and Strings
  • Honstein—Hymning
  • Sammut—Three Spirals, Libertango
  • Burritt—October Night, Four Movements for Marimba, Chameleon
    

•  Vibraphone
  • Deane—Mourning Dove Sonnet
  • Friedman—Selections from Mirror from Another
  • Molenhoff—Selections from Music of the Day
  • J.S. Bach—Sonatas and Partitas for Violin
  • Zivkovic—Suomineito
  • Improvised solo over a form

• Timpani
  • Carter—Eight Pieces for 4 Timpani
  • Delecluse—Vingt Etudes for Timpani
  • Bergamo—Four Pieces for Timpani 
  • Zegalski—30 Etuden for 4 Pauken

•  Multiple Percussion
  • Iannis Xenakis—Rebonds
  • Michio Kitazume—Side by Side
  • Cangelosi—Wicca, Ogre Ballet, Evil Ernie
  • Hollinden—Cold Pressed
  • Kopetzki—Canned Heat
  • William Kraft—French Suite, any movement(s)
  • William Kraft—English Suite, any movement(s)
  • Rickey Tagawa—Inspirations Diabolique, Amy movement(s)

• Drumset
  • Latham—Advanced Funk Studies
  • Sanderbeck—Homage to Max
  • Hollinden—Six Ideas for Snare, Bass and Cymbal
  • Riley—The Art of Bop Drumming, any play-along track
  • Morgan—The Jazz Drummer’s Reading Workbook , any play-along track

• Orchestral Excertps
  • Xylophone
    • Porgy and Bess, Gershwin
    • Colas Bruegnon, Kabalevsky
    • Hary Janos, Kolday
    • Polka, Shostakovic
    • Symphony No. 3, Schuman
    • Appalachian Spring, Copland
  • Glockenspiel
    • The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Dukas
    • The Magic Flute, Mozart
    • Pines of Rome, Respighi
    • La Mer, Debussy
    • Waldweben, Wagner
  • Snare Drum
    • Capriccio Espagnol, Rimsky-Korsakov
    • Scheherazade, Rimsky-Korsakov
    • Lt. Kije Suite, Prokofiev
    • Peter and the Wolf, Prokofiev
    • Symphony No. 3, Schuman
    • Clarinet Concerto, Nielsen
    • Bolero, Ravel
  • Timpani
    • Symphony No. 7, Beethoven
    • Symphony No. 5, Beethoven
    • New England Triptych, Schuman
    • Symphony No. 4, Tchaikovsky
    • Overture from Candide, Bernstein
    • Symphonic Metamorphasis, Hindemith
    • William Tell Overture, Rossini