Click Here to Apply to TAPS LA Music Festival, 2023

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ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

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TAPS LA Music Festival will take place at California State University, Long Beach from June 18th-July 2nd, 2023. 

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Thanks to our generous donors, tuition is free for every fellow admitted to TAPS. Fellows pay a $265 administrative fee.   

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APPLICATION DETAILS

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Application Due Date: March 19th, 2023 

Application Fee (submit below): $45 before February 26th, $65 after. 

Results announced March 25th 

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AUDITION REPERTOIRE 

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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

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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.

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Please contact us with any questions. 

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