An important part of helping your students grow as musicians is knowing where they currently stand. Holding Class Placement Auditions can help you get a handle on exactly that. By evaluating student’s performance of the same etudes you should be able to group them into those displaying basic, intermediate, and advanced skills.
These Audition Etudes focus on three primary areas of percussion: Concert Percussion, Marimba, and Timpani.
The Concert Percussion Audition Etude provides an opportunity to evaluate students performing on a variety of commonly used percussion instruments: Suspended Cymbal, Triangle, Tambourine, Hand Cymbals, Concert Bass Drum, and Snare Drum.
This Marimba Audition Etude samples a variety of skill sets: basic four mallet technique, performing arpeggios, diatonic and chromatic scales.
The students should be evaluated on how they tune the instruments before they perform the Timpani Audition Etude .
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By Herndon | MUSIC 
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