Percussion (tutti)

State Opera Plovdiv announces an audition for percussion (tutti). (100% jobshare)

Requirements for candidates:

1. Completed higher or secondary music education.
2. Experience and practice in ensemble music making.

The audition consists of two stages:
Stage 1
● Evaluation of a video recording of the required works from the mandatory
repertoire list.
● The video recording must be submitted via email as a YouTube link by the 1st
of September.
Stage 2
● Candidates selected for the second round will be invited to an interview.
● State Opera Plovdiv will notify successful candidates after the end of the
audition process.

Audition repertoire:
Video preselection

Solo Repertoire:
1. Snare drum - Jacques Delécluse: One Etude between Etude N.1, N.2 and N.3.
2. Xylophone - Etude or Concert piece of the candidate’s choice

Orchestral excerpts:

1. Xylophone - Gershwin: “Porgy and Bess”, Overture
2. Glockenspiel - Delibes: “Lakme”, N.10: “Glöckchen - Arie”
3. Snare drum - Rimsky-Korsakov: “Scheherazade”, parts III. and IV
4. Castanets – Ravel: “Alborada del gracioso” (5 bars before N. “4” to N.”4”).
5. Castanets – Wagner: “Tannhäuser”, Act 1, Bacchae (10 bars before N. “38”
to the end)
6. Tambour de Basque – Bizet: “Carmen”, Act 2, N.12 “Zigeunerlied”

Links of the videos and CV must be submitted to: castingoperaplovdiv@gmail.com.