Percussion

• 4th & 5th Grade:

  • Snare

    • 1 solo piece

    • Demonstration of buzz-roll (pp to ff)

• 6th & 7th Grade:

  • Snare

    • 1 solo piece. Sample repertoire includes: Peters, Whaley, PMEA solo

    • Demonstration of buzz-roll (pp to ff)

    • Demonstration of open-roll

  • Mallets

    • 1 two-mallet solo piece. Sample Repertoire includes: Goldenberg, McMillian, Whaley, PMEA solo

    • 2 major scales

• 8th & 9th Grade:

  • Snare

    • 1 solo piece. Sample repertoire includes: Cirone, Delecluse, Peters, Whaley, PMEA solo

    • Demonstration of buzz-roll (pp to ff)

    • Demonstration of open-roll

  • Mallets

    • 1 two-mallet solo piece. Sample repertoire includes: Sammut, Davila, Smadbeck, Peters, Zeltsman

    • 2 major scales (two octaves) and arpeggios

  • Timpani

    • 1 solo piece. Sample repertoire includes: Beck, Firth, Goodman, PMEA solo

• 10th & 11th Grade:

  • Snare

    • 1 solo piece. Sample repertoire includes: Cirone, Delecluse, Peters, Whaley, PMEA solo

    • Demonstration of buzz-roll (pp to ff)

    • Demonstration of open-roll

    • Demonstration of select rudiments from the 40 International Drum Rudiments

  • Mallets

    • 1 four-mallet solo piece. Sample repertoire includes: Abe, Sammut, Davila, Smadbeck, Peters, Zeltsman

    • 2 major scales (two octaves) and arpeggios

  • Timpani

    • 1 solo piece. Sample repertoire includes: Carter, Beck, Firth