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Percussion

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

Antwerpen, Belgium

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General information

Instrument or role

Percussion

Job category

Performance

Number of positions

1 open position

Employment details

Type

Full-time

Tenure

Permanent

Application process

Apply by

May 11, 2025, 00:59 (time zone: Brussels)

Audition dates

Audition

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 instruments

Snare 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
Round 1
  • Snare Drum: Aarhus etude, B. Lylloff
  • Xylophone: Etude no. XVIII, M. Goldenberg
+ Orchestral excerpts from the list

Round 2
  • Tambourine Etude, J. Blai
  • Cymbals: Cymbal Exercise, A. Payson
  • Xylophone: Etude no. XVIII, M. Goldenberg
+ Orchestral excerpts from the list

Round 3
  • Marimba: Cello Suite No. 1, Courante - J.S. Bach
  • Tambourine Etude, J. Blai
+ Orchestral excerpts from the list

List 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