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Apply to TAPS!

 

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 11-25th, 2023. 

NOTE: This is a change from our previously posted dates

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 @ 11:59pm PST

Application Fee (submit below): $65   

Results announced March 25th 

AUDITION REPERTOIR

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.

Submit Application Fee Here

Your Application Fee Has Been Received

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