Percussion Fellowship

The Eastern Festival of Music Percussion Fellow has the unique opportunity to perform with the Eastern Festival Orchestra (the professional orchestra in residence), to study with EFM faculty, and to participate in additional faculty performances during EFM's five week summer season.

Fellows must be available for the full term of the fellowship. Additional professional experience may also be gained through performances with the festival's two young artist orchestras and the EFM Percussion Ensemble (as required/assigned by percussion faculty/supervisors).

The Eastern Festival Orchestra rehearsal and performance schedule includes five to six services per week (three rehearsals, one dress rehearsal and one or two performances). In addition to the rehearsals, performances and individual practice/preparation identified above, the Percussion Fellow will assist in the management and inventory of percussion equipment, including set-up and take down of equipment for rehearsals and performances.

Fellows are also encouraged to avail themselves of the wide variety of these workshops, seminars and professional development opportunities available at EFM and to expand their understanding of all aspects of the artistic and administrative activities required of professional musicians. Work includes evening and weekend assignments and no outside (non-EFM) engagements may be accepted during the fellowship period without prior written agreement between the Fellow and EFM.

Audition requirements

• Documents

  • Statement of Interest

  • Artistic Resume

  • Repertoire List

  • Two letters of recommendation

• Recordings

  All Applicants Must Record All Excerpts.

• Audition Repertoire

  Snare Drum

  Delecluse - Etude No. 9 from Douze Etudes

  Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade

  • Movement III

  • D to E

  • 5 mm. after F to 8 mm. after F

  • G to H

  • Movement IV

  • 1 m. before C to D

  • 4 mm. before N to 19 mm. after N

  • P to R

  • S to U

  • 15 mm. after W to the 6/4 time signature

  Prokofiev – Lieutenant Kije

  • Rehearsal 1 to 3 inclusive (count through the rests at Rehearsal 2)

  Marimba

  • Bach (players choice)

  Xylophone

  Gershwin - Porgy and Bess

  • Main passage only (Goldenberg book)

  Kabalevsky - Overture to Colas Breugnon (Goldenberg book)

  • 1 m. after Rehearsal 9 to downbeat of Rehearsal 12

  • Pick up to Rehearsal 36, play for 12 measures

  • Rehearsal 57 to the end

  Shostakovich - Polka from the Golden Age Ballet (Goldenberg book or real part)

  • Beginning through A (or through Rehearsal 46), L to the end (or Rehearsal 55-56)

  Glockenspiel

  Mozart - Magic Flute (Goldenberg book)

  Dukas - Sorcerer's Apprentice

  • Rehearsal 17 to 20

  • Rehearsal 22 to 24

  • Rehearsal 26 to 27

  • 7 mm. after Rehearsal 52 to 53

  Respighi - Pines of Rome

  • Beginning to 21st m. of Rehearsal 2 (count all rests)

  • 3rd m. of Rehearsal 3 to trill (play 4 mm. of trill only)

  • 13th m. of Rehearsal 7 to the end

  Tambourine

  Dvořák - Carnival Overture

  • Beginning w/ repeats to 4 mm. before C

  • T to the end

  Cymbals

  Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2

  • Movement III; Rehearsal 32, play for 13 mm.

  Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet

  • E to 7 mm. before F

  • 18 mm. before U, play for 5 mm.

  Bass Drum

  Mahler - Symphony No. 3

  • Movement I; 6 mm. before Rehearsal 11 to downbeat of Rehearsal 11

  Stravinsky - Rite of Spring

  • Danse de la Terre; Rehearsal 72 to 6 mm. after Rehearsal 78

  Triangle

  Brahms - Symphony no. 4

  • Movement III - Rehearsal I to the end.

Additional Details

Percussion Faculty