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San Fran Percussion List 2025

The document outlines the audition repertoire for the Assistant Principal Timpani & Section Percussion position with the San Francisco Symphony, scheduled for September 21-23, 2025. It includes a comprehensive list of orchestral and solo pieces for timpani, marimba, xylophone, glockenspiel, vibraphone, snare drum, tambourine, cymbals, and bass drum. Additionally, it notes that sight reading may be required and specifies the official pitch of the orchestra.

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San Fran Percussion List 2025

The document outlines the audition repertoire for the Assistant Principal Timpani & Section Percussion position with the San Francisco Symphony, scheduled for September 21-23, 2025. It includes a comprehensive list of orchestral and solo pieces for timpani, marimba, xylophone, glockenspiel, vibraphone, snare drum, tambourine, cymbals, and bass drum. Additionally, it notes that sight reading may be required and specifies the official pitch of the orchestra.

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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

Davies Symphony Hall · San Francisco, CA 94102 · 415.552.8000 · 415.431.6857 fax · sfsymphony.org
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