 [798]Re:What's considered standard for a college freshman? (370 reads) |
2001-04-02 13:04:35 |
The levels of skills and achievements of incoming college freshman percussionists, vary greatly from school to school, and even within a single percussion department. Some percussionists get to college with minimal (and sometimes no) mallet percussion experience, while others are already quite well versed in two- and four-mallet techniques and literature. Based on my somewhat limited experiences as an auditioner, as well as my simple observations of incoming freshman classes during my eight years of college/university studies, I'd say that a median level of mallet percussion skills for incoming freshman would be something along the lines of: Two mallets: the first movement of Bach's Violin Concerto in A Minor, some of the etudes in the Goldenberg book, or one of the easier George Green ragtime solos Four mallets: Yellow After The Rain is fairly common, as are some of the easier Musser etudes/preludes. (Note that the pieces I've listed here are presented as examples, and not the only literature I've heard used in Freshman auditions.) JW http://www.malletjazz.com Remote Host: |
 [795]What's considered standard for a college freshman? <Jack> |
2001-04-01 03:53:54 |
 [796]Re:What's considered standard for a college freshman? <kyle> |
2001-04-01 07:13:29 |
 [797]Re:Re:What's considered standard for a college freshman? <Jack> |
2001-04-01 12:17:47 |
| [799]Re:Re:Re:What's considered standard for a college freshman? <Scott> |
2001-04-02 22:37:51 |
| [798]Re:What's considered standard for a college freshman? <James Walker> |
2001-04-02 13:04:35 |
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2001-04-03 11:27:08 |
| [802]Re:What's considered standard for a college freshman? <Rob Willmann> |
2001-04-04 08:01:20 |