ITEC Competition Semi-finalists

2010 ITEA COMPETITONS

ITEA will be hosting competitions at ITEC 2010. The following competitions will be held:

Young Artist Division Solo Euphonium
Young Artist Division Solo Tuba
Artist Division Solo Euphonium
Artist Division Solo Tuba
Arnold Jacobs Mock Orchestral Tuba
Tuba-Euphonium Quartet
Mock Band-Euphonium
Mock Band-Tuba

In addition, the following All-Star tuba-euphonium ensembles will be featured: High School, Collegiate, Collegiate Jazz, and Low Blowers (adult amateur).

RULES AND REGULATIONS

ELIGIBILITY: The International Tuba and Euphonium Conference Competitions are open to contestants of every race, gender and nationality. Each contestant must be a member of ITEA at the time of the live rounds (semi-final and final rounds) of the competition. Finalists and semi-finalists must be registered and present at the ITEC 2010 to be held May 25-29, 2010 in Tucson, Arizona.

AGE REQUIREMENTS: Contestants for the Young Artist Division Solo Competitions must have been born on or after June 1, 1991. You cannot have reached your nineteenth birthday during the conference. A copy of a birth certificate, passport or other definitive identification must be submitted with every entry application for the Young Artist Division Solo Competitions-tuba and euphonium. There is no age limit or requirement for the Artist Division Solo Competitions or for any of the other competitions

APPLICATION AND FEES: Each contestant must submit to the competitions coordinator an application form and an entrance fee of $40.00 (US) for the individual competitions. The entrance fee for the Euphonium-Tuba Quartet Competition is $80.00 (US) for the group. Contestants who wish to enter more than one competition must submit a separate application, fee and audition tape for each competition. If any competition does not receive enough entries to be a viable competition, the competition will be cancelled and all fees will be returned. Please note that Low Blowers do not pay the competition fee.
Download Application (.pdf)

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PRELIMINARY AUDITION RECORDINGS: All of the competitions require a recorded preliminary audition. These recordings can be cassette tapes or compact discs only. All preliminary round recordings must include piano accompaniment if applicable. Recordings should include only required music with no spoken dialogue. Specific details concerning repertoire are provided under each competition category. Do not include any identification marks on the disc or tape cassette nor on the disc or cassette box. Recordings will be numbered and presented anonymously to the preliminary adjudication committee. Recordings will not be returned to contestants. Send preliminary recordings directly to the competitions coordinator at the address listed below

DEADLINES: Applications and preliminary recordings for all competitions must be received by the competitions coordinator no later than February 1, 2010. Contestants from outside the United States should send applications, recordings and fees by airmail or similar air express services in order to ensure prompt delivery. Contestants chosen to perform as semi-finalists or finalists in live rounds will be notified approximately March 1, 2010. All contestants who appear at live rounds (semi-final and final rounds) in Tucson, Arizona during ITEC 2010 will receive a reduced conference registration fee.

All materials, questions and concerns should be directed to:

Timothy Olt, Competitions Coordinator, 1336 Maplecrest Drive, Troy, OH 45373, (937) 369-4580, TubaMan246@aol.com

Submit materials by February 1, 2010 to: Tim Olt, Competitions Coordinator, 1336 Maplecrest Drive, Troy, OH 45373. Include: recording, name, address, school name, current year in school, phone, and email address.

REPERTOIRE LISTING FOR ALL ROUNDS

SOLO EUPHONIUM-YOUNG ARTIST DIVISION (Helen Tyler, head judge)

Taped Round
Introduction & Allegro Spiritoso – Senaille/Catelinet (Hinrichsen Edition)

Semifinal Round
Mazurka for Solo Euphonium – Falcone (Tuba Euphonium Press)
The Holy Well – Graham (Gramercy)

Final Round
Believe Me/Endearing Young Charms – Mantia/Brasch (Tuba Euphonium Press)

SOLO EUPHONIUM-ARTIST DIVISION (Lee Harrelson, head judge)

Taped Round
Weber’s Last Waltz – William Rimmer (Studio Music)

Semifinal Round
Arioso Gloria for Euphonium – Barbara York (Cimarron)
Soliloques for Solo Euphonium – John Stevens (Tuba Euphonium Press)

Final Round
Harlequin – Philip Sparke (Anglo Press)

SOLO TUBA-YOUNG ARTIST DIVISION (Dennis AsKew, head judge)

Taped Round
Six Studies in English Folksong, mvmts. 1, 3, 6 – Vaughan Williams (Galaxy Music)
Endorphins -- James Grant (Tuba Euphonium Press)

Semifinal Round
Sonate. mvmt. 1 – Paul Hindemith (Schott)
Just A Thought -- James Grant (Tuba Euphonium Press)

Final Round
Concerto No. 1 -- Alexei Lebedev ((Hofmeister)
A Time For… - Steven Winteregg (Pasticcio)

SOLO TUBA-ARTIST DIVISION (Joseph Skillen, head judge)

Taped Round
Concertino by Rolf Wilhelm – mvmts. 1 and 2 (Strube Verlag)

Semifinal Round
Chaconne for Tuba and Piano by Paul Hayden (Magnolia Music – www.paulhayden.com)
Canzonet for solo tuba by Claude Baker (Lauren Keiser Music Publishing. Order via Hal Leonard 800-637-2852 using catalog #41615)

Choice between:
Incurzion for Tuba and CD/DAT tape – mvmt. III by Curtis Olson (Tuba Euphonium Press)
or
Let there be Funk – D. Edward Davis (available from the Composer at eddie@warmsilence.org)

Final Round
Fantasiestücke by Robert Schumann edited by Henry Howey (Tuba Euphonium Press) – first movement only
Concerto for Tuba and Piano by Jan Bach (Tuba Euphonium Press) – all movements

TUBA-EUPHONIUM QUARTET COMPETITION (2 euphonium-2 tuba) (T. J. Ricer, head judge)

Taped Round
Study on a Theme from Peter Grimes – John Ross (Cimarron Music)
Fantasy for Tuba-Euphonium Quartet – Ralph Martino (Tuba Euphonium Press)

One work selected by group (5 min max)
Semifinal Round
Urban Suite, mvmts. 2 and 3 – Shawn Kelly (Cimarron Music)
1 light classical transcription of group’s choice (5 min max)
1 jazz or other light selection of group’s choice (5 min max)

Final Round
Tuba Quartet “Funk”, mvmt. 3 – James Woodward (Cimarron Music)

Additional repertoire to be selected by group, but may not duplicate any from previous rounds. Groups will perform up to 20 minutes, and emphasis should be on engaging concert performance (ala Canadian Brass, etc.). This may include special arrangements, choreography, patter, and memorization of music is suggested.

No music may be duplicated between rounds. Works to be selected by ensemble may be original, arranged or transcribed. Works do not have to be published, but three computer generated scores must be supplied for judges.

ARNOLD JACOBS MOCK ORCHESTRAL TUBA COMPETITION (David Saltzman, head judge)

Taped Round
Vaughan Williams – Concerto for Bass Tuba, mvmt. II "Romanza," 1 to three after 2 (record with piano)
Wagner – Overture to Die Meistersinger, opening to downbeat of A, J to second beat of L
Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphoses, mvmt. II "Turandot, Scherzo", 5th measure of L through 2nd measure of P
Strauss – Ein Heldenleben, 8 through downbeat of 9, 2nd measure of 62 through one bar after 65
Berlioz – Hungarian March, 4 through 4th measure of 5
Mahler – Symphony No. 1, mvmt. 3, four before 3 through downbeat of 4

Semifinal and Final Rounds – all materials from Taped Round plus the following:
Vaughan Williams – Concerto for Bass Tuba, Mvmts. I and II
Berlioz – Romeo and Juliet
Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique
Bruckner – Symphony No. 7
Copland - Symphony No. 3
Holst – The Planets
Mahler – Symphony No. 6
Mussorgsky/Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
Prokofiev – Alexander Nevsky, mvmt. 5 “The Battle On Ice”
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 5, mvmts. 1 and 4
Respighi – Fountains of Rome
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 15, mvmt. 2
Stravinsky – Petrouschka (1911 original version)
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6
Wagner – Overture to Die Walküre
Wagner – Siegfried, Prelude and First Scene from Act II
Sightreading from standard repertoire

MOCK BAND-EUPHONIUM COMPETITION (Lauren Veronie, head judge)

Taped Round
Second Suite in F - Holst - Solo (Pickups to E - Bt. 1 of 1 before G)
Theme and Variations - Schoenberg - Solo
Stars and Stripes Forever - Sousa - All, with repeats
Festival Variations - Smith - Solo (m. 47-63)
When Jesus Wept - Schuman - Solo (Pickups to m.5 - Bt. 1 of m. 28)

Final Round - Specific excerpts will be emailed to semi-finalists
All excerpts from Taped Round
J'ai été au bal - Grantham
A Weekend In New York - Sparke
Hail To The Spirit Of Liberty - Sousa
Hammersmith - Holst
Festive Overture - Shostakovich/Hunsberger
Roman Carnival Overture - Berlioz/Safranek
Suite of Old American Dances - Bennett
West Point Symphony - Gould
The Cowboys - Williams/Curnow
Pineapple Poll - Sullivan/Mackerras
Sightreading

MOCK BAND-TUBA COMPETITION (Gil Corella, head judge)

Taped Round
Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa Introduction and first strain, including the first ending; Dogfight strain, including the four eighth-note pickups
Lincolnshire Posy by Percy A. Grainger Mvt. III: measure 46 through measure 84
Russlan and Ludmilla by Glinka/Winterbottom beginning to #1
Roman Carnival Overture by Berlioz/Safrenek 6 before #9 to 4 after #9

Semifinal and Final Rounds – all materials from Taped Round plus the following:
Marching Song of Democracy by Percy A. Grainger measure 179 through measure 203
Academic Festival Overture by J Brahms/Safranek Maestoso before P to end
Bartered Bride Overture by Smetana/Safranek Beginning to A
Celebration Overture by Creston Tuba 1 146 - 181
Fingal's Cave by Mendelsson/Seredy G to end
First Suite in E flat for Military Band by Gustav Holst Beginning through measure 8
La Forza Del Destino by Verdi/Lake 13 after #3 to 9 after #5
Overture to Oberon by von Weber/Lake 8 after B to 15 after B
Cloudsplitter Fanfare by Stamp
Sensemaya by Revueltas/Bencriscutto #2 to #5
Symphony in Bb by Hindemith mvt I, J to K; mvt III M to end
Toccata Marziale by Ralph Vaughan Williams Beginning through the first measure of rehearsal #3 (measure 15) From the third measure of rehearsal #9 through the downbeat of rehearsal #10 (measures 53-61)
Variations on America by Ives/Schuman/Rhoads S to end
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein, trans. Paul Lavender measure 219 through measure 244; measure 404 through measure 432; measure 654 through measure 668; measure 698 through measure 704
Third Symphony by Barnes measure 4 to 34
Barnum and Bailey's Favorite by King - second strain; dogfight
Joyce's 71st NY Reg't March by Boyer-Lake - opening to first repeat

ITEC 2010 ALL-STAR ENSEMBLES

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High School All-Star Ensemble (Tony Zilincik, head judge)

EUPHONIUM
Pages 3 and 48 from “Selected Studies for Trombone” by Voxman (Rubank)
Solo of musician’s choice

TUBA
Etudes: # 19 (p. 18) and #22 (p.21) from “70 Studies, Vol. 1” by Blazevich (Robert King)
Solo of musician’s choice

Collegiate All-Star Ensemble (Kent Eshelman, head judge)

EUPHONIUM
Etude: #17 from "40 Progressive Studies for Trombone" by H.W. Tyrell (Boosey & Hawkes)
Etude: #45 from "Melodious Etudes for Trombone, Book 1" by Bordogni/Rochut (Carl Fischer)
Band Excerpt: Commando March (Barber) – B to 2 after C (solo)

TUBA
Etude: #9 from "70 Studies for BB-Flat Tuba, Vol. 1" by Blazhevich (Robert King)
Band Excerpt: Stars and Stripes Forever (Sousa) – Introduction and first strain (play low octave, take second ending)
Band Excerpt: Toccata Marziale (Vaughan Williams) – Beginning to Rehearsal #2 (play low octave)
Orchestra Excerpt: Introduction to Act III of Lohengrin (Wagner) – B to C; 6 after D to 5 after E

2010 ITEC Collegiate All-Star Jazz Tuba/Euphonium Big Band (Marc Dickman, head judge)
6 euphonium players and 6 tuba players will be selected.
Requirements: Record and submit the following onto a CD
1. Downloadable Excerpts: euphonium | tuba.
2. Billie’s Bounce by Charlie Parker. Play the head twice and 4 choruses of
F Blues*

*Jamey Aebersold is a good source for this.
Improvisation is optional.  If you are uncomfortable with jazz soloing, you do not have to include it on the audition CD.