Tuesday & Wednesday, May 25 & 26, 2010
The auditions were two and a half days long and there was some great playing! I learned a lot from those of you that took the audition – some wonderful creative playing – I got a lot of great ideas for my own playing and teaching! If you took the audition, I’m happy to provide comments if you’d like some feedback – I took a lot of notes during the audition so feel free to email me and I’m happy to send you comments.
My email address is: keithaleo@aol.com
AND, the winner is: Rob Knopper – he will be taking Eric Renick’s spot – as many of you know, Eric won the principal percussion spot in the Auckland Philharmonia. Rob played great, super musical and technically sound. Rob got his degree from Juilliard and studied with Dan Druckman. Congrats Rob!
The below photos: the audition set up from my perspective in the hall. What I was looking at for 2 1/2 days! Also, a great photo of Rob and Brian Flesher (timpanist of the New World Symphony Orchestra) in front of Juilliard a few years back. Both Brian and Rob studied with me at Interlochen Arts Camp when they were in high school.
The Percussion rep list for 2010 was:
Marimba
J.S. Bach: Solo of your choice (2 or 4 mallets)
Xylophone
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (beg. to B)
Kodály: Háry János Suite (Mvt. VI)
Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques (6 to 7 and 26 to 28)
Shostakovich: The Age of Gold (Polka)
Stravinsky: The Firebird (127 to 133)
Glockenspiel
Debussy: La Mer (2nd Mvt.)
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (17 to 20 & 22 to 24)
Respighi: The Pines of Rome (beg. to 21 aft. 2 & 7 to end of Mvt.)
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite (Waltz [No. 5])
Snare drum
Jacques Delécluse: Étude No. 11 from Douze Études (1964)
Prokofiev: Lt. Kijé Suite (1st Mvt., 1 to 2 & 13 to end)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol (4th Mvt., beg. to M)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (3rd Mvt., D to G & 4th Mvt., M to U)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 (2nd Mvt., 98 to end)
Bass drum
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (1st Mvt., 1 to 4)
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (72 to end of Part I)
Cymbals
Dvorák: Scherzo Capriccioso (Q to end)
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain (S to T)
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 (3rd Mvt., 32 to 33)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Tambourine
Bizet: Carmen (Aragonaise & Danse Bohème)
Dvorák: Carnival Overture (beg. to C & 8 bef. U to end)
Stravinsky: Petrouchka (1947 version, 201 to 206)
Triangle
Bizet: Carmen (Danse Bohème)
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 (3rd Mvt., I to end)
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 (E to H)
Timpani
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (1st Mvt., beg. to A & 18 bef. S to end)
Elgar: Enigma Variations (Mvt. VII)
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses (2nd Mvt., S to X)
Check out their website for more info about the orchestra. They have a lot going on – great rep, a new hall, etc. The image above is a model of the new hall.
