The percussion studio at Lamont is full of dedicated musicians who work hard and love what they do, all the while preparing for professional careers in music. Percussion students study with John Kinzie, Director of Percussion Studies at Lamont and also the principal percussionist of the Colorado Symphony. Professor Kinzie started his orchestral career when he won the principal percussionist position with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra at 19 years old.
Audition Repertoire Requirements
Undergraduate (BM and BA)
- Snare Drum:
- Perform a concert solo from the Peters, Cirone or Delécluse books
- Perform a rudimentary solo from the Wilcoxon or Pratt books
- Demonstrate basic technical knowledge of rudiments and rolls
- Sight reading
- Mallets
- Perform a two-mallet solo from the standard literature, which may include the Bach Cello Suites, Violin Partitas or Sonatas
- Perform a four-mallet solo
- All major scales
- Sight reading
- Timpani
- Perform an etude from either the Goodman Timpani Method or the Friese-Lepak Timpani Method
- Recognize basic intervals
- Demonstrate a good sense of pitch
Undergraduate (Minor)
- Demonstrate major and minor scales on a mallet instrument
- Demonstrate the standard rudiments for snare drum
- Perform a piece of your choice for snare drum
- Perform a piece of your choice for mallets using either two or four mallets
Graduate (MM and Certificate in Performance)
- Snare Drum
- Perform a concert solo from either the Peters Advanced Etudes or Delécluse books
- Perform a rudimentary solo from the Pratt book
- Perform a concert roll pp-ff-pp
- Perform three standard excerpts from the orchestral literature
- Sight reading
- Mallets
- Perform a two-mallet solo from the standard literature, which may include the Bach Violin Partitas or Sonatas plus a two-mallet solo of your choice
- Perform a four-mallet solo
- Perform three xylophone or bell excerpts from the standard orchestral literature
- Sight reading
- Timpani
- Perform an etude from the Delécluse book
- Perform a roll pp-ff-pp
- Perform three timpani excerpts from the standard orchestral literature
Review requirements for Artist Diploma
Review requirements for Certificate in Orchestral Studies
Faculty
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Members of the Lamont Percussion Ensemble in performance.
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