Audition Requirements
Applied Major and Music Education Major
- Snare Drum - The applicant must be able to execute the following rudiments:
- One rudimental solo from any of the following authors: Harr, Wilcoxon, Pratt, etc.
- One concert solo from any of the following authors: Cirone, Podemski, Albright, etc.
- A loud closed roll
- A soft closed roll
- Playing of the following rudiments from memory:
- Flam accent #1 and 2
- Flam paradiddle
- Flamacue
- Flamtaps
- Ratamacues
- Triple Ratamacues
- Timpani - Applicant must be able to:
- Tune two drums a fourth and fifth apart
- A solo from any of the following authors: Firth, Goodman, etc.
- Keyboard Mallet - Applicant must be able to demonstrate the following:
- All major scales one octave
- A two octave chromatic scale
- Two octave major and minor arpeggios in all inversions in all keys
- A two or four mallet solo of your choice
- Drum Set (optional)
- Swing patterns, funk patterns, Latin patterns
Bachelor of Arts Major
Same as Applied and Music Education requirements.
Theory/Composition Major
Same as Applied and Music Education requirements.
Minors, Merit, and Honors
- Same snare drum requirement as major
- Tune timpani to intervals of P5 and P4
- Two octave scales on a keyboard mallet instrument up to 4 sharps and 4 flats
