Undergraduate and Music Minor

• Snare solo or etude, symphonic / orchestral style
• Snare solo or etude, rudimental / traditional
• Four-mallet solo
• Two-mallet solo
• Timpani solo or etude
• Sight-reading on snare drum and keyboard
• Tuning on timpani

Master of Music, Doctor of Musical Arts and Performance Diploma

Applicants are required to submit prescreening recordings by December 1. Upload the videos to the Digital Portfolio section of the College of Music Supplemental Application. You will be given access to the Digital Portfolio after the College of Music Supplemental Applicantion is submitted.  The recording quality must be sufficient to make a reasonable judgment of ability. Recordings will be reviewed by a committee from the percussion area beginning the week following the December 1 deadline. You will be notified via email as to whether or not you have been invited for a live audition.

Prescreening Recording:

• Keyboard
  • Significant solo repertoire
• Timpani
  • Advanced solo or etude
  • One orchestral excerpt
• Snare drum
  • Advanced solo or etude
  • One orchestral excerpt
• Optional
  • Demonstrate other areas of expertise (e.g., drum set, hand drumming).

Live Audition:

• Keyboard
  • Two pieces selected from significant solo repertoire.  At least one must be 4-mallets.
  • Two xylophone excerpts
• Timpani
  • Advanced solo or etude
  • Two orchestral excerpts
• Snare drum
  • Advanced solo or etude
  • Two orchestral excerpts
• Multiple percussion
  • Please send a video to Professor Dease of a performance in advance of the live audition or bring a video to your live audition.
• Optional
  • Demonstrate other areas of expertise (e.g., drum set, hand drumming)
• Click here for general information about the DMA audition format.