San Francisco Symphony
Assistant Principal Timpani & Section Percussion Audition Repertoire List
Preliminary, Semi-Final, & Final Rounds – September 21-23, 2025
TIMPANI
Orchestral Timpani Repertoire:
Bayer Etude No. 5
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 9
Brahms Symphony No. 4 Mvmt. 3
Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis
Martin Concerto for Seven Winds, Percussion, & Strings
Mahler Symphony No. 5
Mozart Symphony No. 41
Schuman, W. New England Triptych
Strauss, R. Rosenkavalier
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Williams Star Wars Suite
SECTION PERCUSSION
Solo Marimba Repertoire:
Bach Lute Suite in E minor Allemande
Orchestral Xylophone Repertoire:
Gershwin Porgy and Bess
Hindemith Kammermusik No. 1
Messiaen Oiseaux exotiques Reh. 4 – Reh. 7; Reh. 26 – Reh. 30
Shostakovich Symphony No. 4
Golden Age, Suite Polka
Stravinsky Les Noces
Stravinsky The Firebird (complete ballet)
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Orchestral Glockenspiel Repertoire:
Debussy La Mer
Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Mozart The Magic Flute
Respighi Roman Festivals
Pines of Rome
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty
Orchestral Vibraphone Repertoire:
Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Williams Escapades
Orchestra Snare Drum Repertoire:
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
Nielsen Concerto for Clarinet
Prokofiev Lieutenant Kije Suite
Peter and the Wolf
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol
Scheherazade
Shostakovich Symphony No. 10
Orchestra Tambourine Repertoire:
Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Bizet Carmen Suite No. 1
Carmen Suite No. 2
Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Debussy Images Iberia
Dvorak Carnival Overture
Stravinsky Petrushka
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Mazurka
Orchestra Cymbals Repertoire:
Dvorak Scherzo Capriccioso
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
Rossini William Tell Overture
Sibelius Finlandia
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet
Symphony No. 4
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Orchestra Bass Drum Repertoire:
Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Mahler Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 5
Prokofiev Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 5
Respighi Roman Festivals
Rossini William Tell Overture
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Sight reading may also be required. Excerpts in bold will be sent to invited candidates.
The official pitch of the San Francisco Symphony is A=441
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