2021-22 Season

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Thank you for auditioning for the Louisville Youth Orchestra!

 

Your ensemble placement and seating will be determined by the audition panel.

 

You will be assessed on:

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• the difficulty of the selections you choose

• your rhythm

• your tone quality

• your musicality
   

Please prepare the following for your audition:

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6th Grade

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• one short snare drum piece

• one mallet piece

• no sight reading required
   

Suggested source material for solo/etude:

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Snare Drum

Whaley's Fundamentals for Snare Drum
Whaley's Intermediate Studies for Snare Drum

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Mallets

Peter's Fundamental Method for Mallets Vol. 1/2
Fundamental Studies for Mallets

 

 

 

7th and 8th Grade

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• one short snare drum piece

• one mallet piece

• sight reading required on both snare drum and mallets

• Bb scale 2 octaves on mallets

• basic demonstration of snare drum rudiments and technique.
   

Suggested source material for solo/etude:

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Snare Drum

Whaley's Intermediate Studies for Snare Drum
Peter's Intermediate Snare Drum Studies

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Mallets

Peter's Fundamental Method for Mallets Vol. 1/2
McMillan's Masterpieces for Marimba

 

 

 

 

9th-­‐12th Grade

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• one short snare drum piece

• one mallet piece

• sight reading required on both snare drum and mallets

• Bb scale 2 octaves on mallets

• basic demonstration of snare drum rudiments and technique

• timpani piece (required of all applicants who want to be considered for a principal position in either the Symphony or Repertory orchestra)
   

Suggested source material for solo/etude:

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Snare Drum

Delecluse's 12 Studies for Snare Drum
Cirone's Portraits in Rhythms
Whaley's Recital Solos for Snare Drum
Peter's Intermediate Snare Drum Studies

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Mallets

Goldberg's Modern School for Mallets:
     etudes at end of the book
McMillan's Masterpieces for Marimba

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Marimba

McMillan's Masterpieces for Marimba

Peter's Fundamental Studies for Mallets

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Timpani

Firth's Solo Timpanist
Decluse's 20 Studies for Timpani
Peter's Fundamental Method for Timpani
Whaley's Musical Studies for the Intermediate Timpani

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If you have read this information page thoroughly and still have questions about the audition procedure or the excerpts, please email info@lyo.org. 

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For Strings,Woodwind, Brass, and Harp/Piano audition information and excerpts, please return to the Audition Process and click on the link for the section you want.

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