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Audition Requirements

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Auditions are required both for music majors to be admitted into the program as well as to receive any music scholarships, regardless of intended major. Auditions for the 2024-2024 school year will be held on FEBRUARY 24 and MARCH 9 but may also be scheduled individually. To schedule an audition time, please fill out the Department of Music audition form. Email any questions you may have to Dr. Graiser (bgraiser@astate.edu) or to the Music Department office at music@astate.edu. Please note that there are separate auditions for the A-State Drumline, which take place in August before the full marching band camp; please click here for more information on how to join the drumline.

Undergraduate audition requirements

Keyboard

  • A two-mallet solo or etude (such as an etude from Goldenberg "Modern School" book, a movement from a Bach Cello Suite, or a ragtime xylophone solo)

  • A four-mallet solo or etude (optional, but required for maximum scholarship consideration)

  • Two-mallet sightreading

 

Snare Drum

  • A concert-style solo or etude (such as an etude from the Cirone "Portraits in Rhythm" book or the Peters "Advanced Snare Drum Studies" book)

  • A rudimental/marching-style solo or etude (such as a solo from the Wilcoxon "All-American Drummer" book or the Pratt "14 Modern Contest Solos" book) OR six rudiments: Long Closed/Multiple Bounce Roll (soft-loud-soft), Long Open/Double-Stroke Roll (slow-fast-slow), Single Paradiddles, Flam Tap, Single Ratamacue, and a rudiment of the student's choosing

 

Timpani

  • A solo or etude (such as an etude from the Whaley "Musical Studies for the Intermediate Timpanist" book, the Firth "Solo Timpanist" book, or the Goodman "Modern Method for Timpani" book)

Graduate audition requirements

Keyboard

  • A four-mallet solo of suitable difficulty (marimba or vibraphone)

  • Two contrasting orchestral excerpts (can include excerpts for glockenspiel, xylophone, or vibraphone)

  • Two-mallet sightreading

 

Snare Drum

  • A concert-style solo of suitable difficulty (such as an etude from the Delecluse "Douze Etudes" book, a solo from "The Noble Snare" collection, or similar

  • Two substantial orchestral excerpts (such as "Lt. Kije," Scheherezade," etc.)

 

Timpani

  • A solo or etude of suitible difficulty OR a collection of three contrasting orchestral excerpts including an early Classical excerpt (i.e. Mozart or Haydn), a Beethoven excerpt, and a Romantic or later excerpt (i.e. Brahms or Tchaikovsky)

 

Multiple Percussion

  • A solo or etude of suitible difficulty (video recordings will be accepted)

 

Drum set and/or World Percussion (optional)

  • At least three patterns from diverse styles with appropriate fills or solos (must be played without a recording: please contact Dr. Brian Graiser with questions regarding instrument availability)

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