2001 International Tuba-Euphonium Conference Competitions Information Dennis W. AsKew, Competitions Coordinator Rules and Regulations Solo Euphonium, Young Artist Division Solo Euphonium, Artist Division Young Artist Tuba Competition Solo Tuba, Artist Division Rich Matteson Jazz Competition for Tuba and Euphonium Arnold Jacobs Orchestral Tuba Competition Euphonium/Tuba Quartet Application Form Rules and Regulations Eligibility: The International Tuba-Euphonium Competition is open to contestants of every race, gender and nationality. All contestants must be a member of TUBA at the time of the live competition. Finalists and semi-finalists must be registered and present at the 2001 ITEC to be held August 4-12, 2001 in Lahti, Finland. All entrants must be amateurs. No one may enter a competition who holds or has held a professional teaching or performance position such as a full-time orchestra/band musician or college/university instructor/professor. First place winners of previous ITEC competitions are not eligible to compete in the same category at the 2001 ITEC, however, they are eligible to compete in any of the other areas. These rules of eligibility apply to all competitions except Artist Tuba. (see below) Age requirements: Entrants for the Young Artist Division Solo Competitions must have been born on or after August 4, 1982. Entrants for the Artist Solo Competitions must have been born in 1966 or after. A copy of a birth certificate, passport or other definitive identification must be submitted with entry application. There are no age requirements for the other competitions. Application and Fees: All participants must submit to the Competitions Coordinator an application form and an entrance fee of $25.00 (U.S.) for the individual competitions. The entrance fee for the Euphonium-Tuba Quartet Competition is $35.00 (U.S.). Entrants who wish to enter more than one competition must submit separate applications, fees and audition tapes for each category. Audition tapes: All competitions will require taped preliminary audition (cassettes only). Specific details are provided under each category. Do not include any identification marks on the tape cassette or on the cassette box. Tapes will be numbered and presented anonymously to the preliminary adjudication committee. Tapes will not be returned to the entrants. Deadlines: All applications and tapes must be received no later than March 1, 2001. Entrants from outside the United States should send tapes and applications by air mail or similar air express services in order to insure prompt delivery. Entrants chosen to perform as finalists or semi-finalists will be notified approximately April 15 by the Competitions Coordinator. The Artist Tuba Competition will take place July 29 - August 3, 2001 as a part of the Lieksa Brass Week; it will consist of three live rounds in addition to the tape round. For more information please see www.musicfinland.com/lieksa. All application information can be found at that site. The fees for this competition are different from all others held at ITEC 2001. The Artist Euphonium Competition will take place just before and during ITEC 2001 and will have three live rounds in addition to the tape round. The Young Artist, Arnold Jacobs Mock Orchestra, Rich Matteson Jazz and Quartet competitions will have two live rounds, during ITEC 2001, in addition to the taped rounds. All competitors selected for the semi-finals (1st live round) will receive a reduced conference registration fee. All live round competitors (except Artist Tuba-see www.musicfinland.com/lieksa) will be expected to be in Lahti by August 4, for competitors meetings. All questions concerning any of the competitions should be directed to the Competitions Coordinator: Dennis W. AsKew, Box 6167, School of Music, UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402-6167l Telephone 336.334.5002/Fax 336.334.5497/email dwaskew@uncg.edu All competition material is available from Bernel Music Full Listing of Repertoire for All Rounds Solo Euphonium, Young Artist Division Preliminary Tape: Sabarich: Dix Etudes, etude no 5 (Edition Selmer) Handel: Adagio and Allegro from Sonata in E, Transcribed by R.Bernhard Fizgerald (Theodore Presser) Semifinal Round: Balakireff: Georgian Song, edited by Rolf F. Smedvig (International Music Company) Barat: Morceau de Concours (Alphonse Leduc) Final Round: Loillet: Sonata la b-majeur, arr. Kurt Sturzenegger (edition Marc Reift) Curnow: Rhapsody for Euphonium (Rosehill Music) Solo Euphonium, Artist Division Preliminary Tape: Jacob -—Fantasia (Boosey & Hawkes) 1st Live Round: Wilhelm --Concertino (Trio Blasermusik Edition, Germany) Semifinal Round: One of: Aagard-Nilsen --4 Lyric Pieces (Norwegian Music information Centre) Corwell --4 Short Narratives (Tuba-Euphonium Press) and One of: Roper --Sonata for Euphonium (Studio Music) Ritter George --Sonata (Tuba-Euphonium Press) and Paginini --Cantabile (Studio Music) Final Round: Wilby --Euphonium Concerto (Rosehill Music) Young Artist Tuba Competition Preliminary Tape: Sonata in G minor (movements 1 and 2)-- Antoniotti/Skillen (Bernel Music) OR Serenade No. 12 (movements 1 and 5)-- Persichetti (Elkan Vogel) Semifinal Unaccompanied: Suite for Tuba (All movements) Rodger Vaughan (Joseph Boonin) Semifinal Accompanied: One of: Andante --Tcherepnine (Belaieff) Six Studies in English Folksong (choose any three songs from movements 1-5) --Vaughan Williams (Galaxy Music Corporation ,trans. M. Wagner) and Concerto in One Movement--Alexei Lebedev (Editions Musicus) Final Unaccompanied: Monolog no. 9 (lower ossias) --Erland von Koch (STIM) Final Accompanied: One of: Vocalise --Rachmaninoff/Allen (Ludwig Music) Pavane pour une infante defunte --Faure/Skillen (Bernel Music) and Concerto - (1st movement only) --Edward Gregson (Novello) Solo Tuba, Artist Division (Please follow rules for Lieksa Brass Week 2001 www.musicfinland.com/lieksa) Preliminary Tape: Three Miniatures, 1st Movement—Plog (Editions BIM) When We Were Giants, 2nd Movement --Green (Bernel Music ) 1st Live Round: Three Miniatures, entire --Plog When We Were Giants, entire --Green Semifinal Round: One of: Gregson, Alarum (Intrada) Penderecki, Capriccio (Schott) Masson, Borealis (Editions BIM) Stevens, Salve Venere (Editions BIM) One of: Madsen, Sonata Broughton, Sonata (Masters Music) One of: Kreisler, arr. Sheridan, Liebeslied (Mythen Hollanda) Romberg, arr. Sheridan, Serenade, from Student Prince (Mythen Hollanda) Ponce, arr. Sheridan Estrellita (Mythen Hollanda) Final Round: Fagerudd: Iigo-Iigo for tuba and orchestra (Published by Uusinta kustannusyhtiö Helsinki, available September 1, 2000) Rich Matteson Jazz Competition for Tuba and Euphonium Preliminary Tape: Green Dolphin Street-C...A=latin, B/C=Swing...Melody and 2 choruses of improvisation Oleo-Bb...Melody and 2 choruses of improvisation In a Sentimental Mood-F...melody plus one improvised chorus One Selection of your choice Semifinal Round: (live, structural parameters will be communicated to those upon being chosen for this round): (Up Tempo)There is no Greater Love-Bb OR I Love You (Porter)-F (Ballad) My Funny Valentine- C minor (Bossa) Triste-Bb OR Wave-D Final Round: (Live in Concert w/ piano trio...details of performance to be set upon selection for final round): Choose One: Giant Steps/ Confirmation/ Cherokee Your Original Composition...you must provide lead sheets for trio possible reprise of your selections from rounds one and two Arnold Jacobs Orchestral Tuba Competition Preliminary Tape: All Excerpts are to be recorded in the order specified. All rests are to be metered. Extended pauses between excerpts should be removed. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 1st movement, from rehearsal number 3 to 6 Berlioz: Hungarian March Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis Scherzo, Turandot, 4 bars before M to P Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries Respighi: Fountains of Rome Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 2nd movement from 84 - 95 Nielsen: Symphony No. 5 from 57 - 59 Mussorgsky/Ravel: Bydlo, from Pictures at an Exhibition The material for live rounds (2) will be sent to competitors by May 15, 2001. The final round will be performed with trombone section. Euphonium/Tuba Quartet All quartets must consist of two tuba and two euphoniums. The tubas may be pitched in any key. Preliminary Tape: Tuba Quartett--Hidas(Tuba-Euphonium Press) Contrapunctus IX—J.S. Bach/Forbes (Tuba-Euphonium Press) Semifinal Round: Quartet for Brass—W. Ramsoe/Buttery (Whaling Music Publishers) Tubasonatina—Thom Ritter George (Tuba-Euphonium Press) Final Round: Efflorescent—Aagaard-Nilsen (Norwegian Music Information Centre) The Eagle Thunders—Gourlay (Rosehill Music) 2001 ITEC Competition Application Form (not for Artist Tuba —see www.musicfinland.com/lieksa 2001) Printable Applicatication Form will be online soon. Mail Applications to: Dennis W. AsKew Box 26167 School of Music UNC Greensboro Greensboro, NC 27402-6167 USA All Materials (application forms, fees and tapes) must be received by March 1, 2001. APPLICATION MUST INCLUDE: Name TUBA membership Number Date of Birth Mailing Address City/State Zip or Country Code Telephone (include area/country codes) Email address Instrument (check one) Tuba Euphonium Other School/Instructor (if applicable) All personnel for euphonium/tuba quartet competition must complete individual applications which should be submitted together. Submit the appropriate entry fee for each competition entered: $25.00 per individual/street musician competition $35.00 per quartet competition (one check, four applications) (U.S. Funds only--check, bank drafts or money orders made payable to TUBA) A separate application must be submitted for each competition entered. Remember that no preliminary tapes should have any identifying marks. Please indicate the competition you are entering: Solo Euphonium, Young Artist Division Solo Euphonium, Artist Division Solo Tuba, Young Artist Division Rich Matteson Jazz Improvisation Competition Arnold Jacobs Orchestral Tuba Competition Euphonium/Tuba Quartet Competition