• major scales required, minor scales requested
• sight-reading (on a percussion keyboard instrument, usually marimba; and snare drum)
• two-mallet solo or etude (marimba, xylophone, or vibraphone), without accompaniment (regional/all-state etudes are not recommended)
• four-mallet marimba or vibraphone solo or etude strongly encouraged
• snare drum solo or etude (concert style required; additional marching/rudimental snare drum solo or etude optional, but encouraged)
• timpani solo or etude (two-, three-, or four-drum work)

Examples of snare drum music and rudimental solos: 

• Portraits in Rhythm by Anthony Cirone
• Contemporary Studies by Fred Albright
• The Solo Snare Drum by Vic Firth
• Douze Etudes pour Caisse-Claire by Jacques Delecluse
• The Rudimental Cookbook by Edward Freytag

Examples of keyboard percussion music, both two and four mallet works: 

• Etudes by Clair Omar Musser (four mallet)
• Yellow After the Tain by Mitchell Peters (four mallet)
• Alice Gomez (four mallet)
• Challenge I by Earl Hatch (four mallet)
• Etudes/Frogs/Michi by Keiko Abe (four mallet)
• Etudes/Rhythm Song by Smadbeck (four mallet)
• Tune for Mary O by Rich O’Meara
• Tambourine Chinoise by Kreisler (two mallet)
• Concertino for Marimba by Paul Creston (two mallet)
• Study from Complete Method for Rhytmical Articulation by Pasquale Bona
• Study from Modern School for Xylophone, Marimba, Vibraphone by Morris Goldenberg

Examples of timpani music: 

• Etude from Fundamental Method for Timpani by Mitchell Peters
• Etude from Timpani Method by Alfred Friese and Alexander Lepak
• Etude from Modern Method for Timpani by Saul Goodman
• Etude from the Solo Timpanist by Vic Firth
• Sonata for Timpani by John H. Beck
• Suite for Timpani by David Mancini
• Soundings by Douglas Igelsrud

Percussion studio website

Visit the percussion studio website for more information about the program. .

Contact

Steven Hemphill, Percussion
Office: Building 37, Room 162
Phone: 928-523-3739
Email: Steven.Hemphill@nau.edu