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Graduating percussion students from Lee have gone on to pursue many interesting and exciting careers in music. The percussion facilities at Lee are first-rate with 7 dedicated percussion practice rooms, and the inventory of percussion instruments is constantly expanding. Currently the percussion studio is large enough to fill all major ensembles and small enough to ensure that each student receives one-on-one attention. We strive to explore all facets of percussion and some of the previous guest artists have included specialists in marching percussion, drum set, Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Middle-Eastern, African, jazz vibes, marimba, and concert/symphonic percussion. Percussion students have a wealth of learning opportunities including private lessons, studio classes, and clinic/masterclasses with world-class guest artists.

Following the presentation, the percussion faculty will have a brief interview with the student.Welcome to the Lee University Percussion studio! Percussion studies at Lee University provides students a program of study in orchestral, solo, chamber, world and jazz idioms.

After the 30 minutes are up, the student will connect with the percussion faculty to showcase their work via Zoom.

Students can make use of any object or device as a creative outlet, not necessarily just percussion instruments.

At their designated audition time, the student will receive a musical 'prompt' containing a combination of rhythm notation and/or pitched notation, and will have 30 minutes (without faculty supervision) to prepare a musical interpretation of the provided prompt.

The entire livestream audition process takes 45 minutes to 1 hour and will be conducted via Zoom. Once a date is determined, the student will be sent an email with an audition time. Kataoka (and cc Nathaniel Gowen at to select a date for their livestream audition.

After submitting a Music Application with the required video links, the student must email Prof.

YouTube is the preferred video platform, though any platform that smoothly enables sharing videos is permitted. In the case of multiple videos, please separate each link with a comma and a space.

A link to the video(s) must be submitted with the Music Application.

It is recognized that students may not have access to keyboard percussion instruments, and being unable to procure instruments will not be counted against the student's overall audition.

Though marimba is preferred, vibraphone and xylophone are permitted. This may be in the same video as the snare drum requirement, or recorded separately.

Students should prepare the repertoire requirements on mallet percussion (both two and four-mallet) to the best of their ability and submit a video of the performance of each piece.

Though performance on snare drum is preferred, performance on a practice pad is permitted.

Submit a video recording of the repertoire requirements for Snare Drum as outlined in the Live Audition Requirements.

The remote percussion audition includes both a video and livestream component:

Please see the Note Concerning Remote Auditions for further information. Demonstrate any/all major and minor scales on mallet instrumentsДЄll Remote Auditions require faculty approval.

Sight-reading on various percussion instruments.The following technical exercises will be administered at the audition: Stout, Abe, Sammut, Musser, Bach, Peters) Mallets - solo for four mallets to demonstrate your current skill level both technically and musically (e.g.Goldenberg: choose one-page of etude(s) from 39 etudes in Modern School for Xylophone, Marimba and Vibraphone (page 62-93).A ragtime solo by George Hamilton Green.Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, a movement from the Cello Suites Mallets - solo for two mallets (choose one of the following, or a piece of similar difficulty).Cirone, Delecluse) AND a rudimental solo (e.g. Please prepare solos/etudes for ALL of the instruments listed below: Professor Ayano Kataoka, Audition Requirements

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