Percussion
Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
Antwerpen, Belgium
General information
- Instrument or role
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Percussion
- Job category
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Performance
- Number of positions
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1 open position
Employment details
- Type
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Full-time
- Tenure
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Permanent
Application process
- Apply by
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May 11, 2025, 00:59 (time zone: Brussels)
- Application link
- https://www.antwerpsymphonyorchestra.be/nl/pQd78Cd/auditie--slagwerk
Audition dates
- Audition
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May 19, 2025, 11:00 (time zone: Brussels)
We do not reimburse any expenses made for the audition: neither travel expenses, nor hotel costs.List of instrumentsSnare Drum:- Pearl Philharmonic Aluminium 14” x 5” (Calf Skin)
- Pearl Philharmonic 13” x 4” Maple (Calf Skin)
- Dresdner Apparatebau 14,29” x 5,5” (Calf skin)
Xylophone:- Concorde X6002 GA
- Yamaha YX500R
Glockenspiel:- Deagan Parsifal (without pedal)
- Yamaha YG2500 (with pedal)
Vibraphone:- Musser M55 Gold
Marimba:- Yamaha 5100A
Triangles:- Selection of Thein and Kolberg
Tambourines:- Selection of Luft and Black Swamp
Bass Drum:- Dörfler
Cymbals:- Selection of Meinl Symphonic and Zildjian K (17”, 18”, 19”, 20”)
*Candidates are allowed to bring their own Snare Drum, Triangle and Tambourine.
Audition information
- Audition repertoire
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Round 1
- Snare Drum: Aarhus etude, B. Lylloff
- Xylophone: Etude no. XVIII, M. Goldenberg
+ Orchestral excerpts from the listRound 2- Tambourine Etude, J. Blai
- Cymbals: Cymbal Exercise, A. Payson
- Xylophone: Etude no. XVIII, M. Goldenberg
+ Orchestral excerpts from the listRound 3- Marimba: Cello Suite No. 1, Courante - J.S. Bach
- Tambourine Etude, J. Blai
+ Orchestral excerpts from the listList of orchestral excerpts:Snare Drum:- Scheherezade, N.R. Korsakov
- Pique Dame, F.v. Suppé
- Symphony no. 5 , S. Prokofiev
- Symphony no. 10, D. Shostakovich
- Lieutenant Kije, S. Prokofiev
- Symphony no. 7, D. Shostakovich
Xylophone:- Porgy and Bess, G. Gershwin
- Oiseaux exotiques, O. Messiaen
- The Bolt, D. Shostakovich
- Firebird, I. Stravinsky
- Les Nocces, I. Stravinsky
Glockenspiel:- La mer, C. Debussy
- Pini di Roma, O. Respighi
- Magic Flute, W.A. Mozart
Vibraphone:- Escapades from “Catch me if you can”: 3. Joy Ride, J. Williams
Tambourine:- Carnival Overture, A. Dvorak
- Petrouchka, I. Stravinsky
Triangle:- Brahms 4 Etude
- Liszt Piano Concerto No 1
Bass Drum:- Symphony no. 3, G. Mahler
- Sacre du Printemps, I. Stravinsky (Danse de la Terre + Danse Sacral with Timpanist)
Cymbals:- Symphony no. 4, P.I. Tchaikovsky (with BD player)
- Piano Concerto no. 2, S. Rachmaninov
- Romeo and Julia, P.I. Tchaikovsky