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Click Here to Apply to TAPS LA Music Festival, 2023
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
TAPS LA Music Festival will take place at California State University, Long Beach from June 18th-July 2nd, 2023.
Thanks to our generous donors, tuition is free for every fellow admitted to TAPS. Fellows pay a $265 administrative fee.
APPLICATION DETAILS
Application Due Date: March 19th, 2023
Application Fee (submit below): $45 before February 26th, $65 after.
Results announced March 25th
AUDITION REPERTOIRE
MARIMBA
J.S. Bach, Violin Partita in B minor, Sarabande (take repeats)
Contemporary Solo of Choice (movement or sections acceptable)
SNARE DRUM
Atkatz, Tributes for Snare Drum, #27 For Giocchino or etude of same difficulty
Pratt, The Pine Cone Forest or etude of same difficulty
TAMBOURINE
Dvorak: Carnival Overture, rehearsal T-end
Stravinsky: Petrushka
TIMPANI
Hochrainer: Etude #50 from Book #2 or etude of same difficulty
MULTI-SOLO
A 1-2 minute improvisation on a minimum of two instruments of choice
IMPORTANT:
Videos can be in one take or separate takes. If in separate takes, please put all files into one video and submit only one link.
Please upload your video to a cloud service such as YouTube, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc. and double check the link is not private.
Please contact us with any questions.