Competition Registration

Artist Tuba/Euphonium and Chamber Ensemble

The applicants for the following competitions:

• Tuba Artist
• Euphonium Artist
• Tuba Young Artist (20 or Younger as of March 9, 2018)
• Euphonium Young Artist (20 or Younger as of March 9, 2018)
• Chamber Ensemble

are invited to submit up to 12 minutes of their playing to be considered for a full recital performance for Artists, or half-recital performance for Young Artists, at the conference. A committee of judges will evaluate the audition submissions anonymously and select the finest performances to be included on programs throughout the conference. Performers will be selected to present at the conference free of charge and will receive awards pending availability.

To enter the competition:

• Please upload up a performance, no longer than 12 minutes, to the ITEA website. You will see clear instructions on entering your submission. There will be a $20 entry fee per solo category, and a $40 fee for the chamber category.
• Submissions must be uploaded to the ITEA website by 11:59 pm on Sunday, January 28^th, 2018. All candidates will be notified by e-mail no later than Monday, February 5^th, 2018.
• Submissions shall consist of unedited performances.
• The Chamber Ensemble may consist of any instrumentation as long as it includes at least one tuba or euphonium.
• There are no guidelines for repertoire. Performers may submit the repertoire of their choice.

Mock Band Euphonium

Recorded Round:

Holst: Second Suite in F; 1st movement, beginning to 16 after F
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy; 2nd movement, beginning to bar 10 (baritone part)
Vaughan Williams: Toccata Marziale; beginning to #6

Live Final Round: (Chosen from the following)

Barber: Commando March; beginning to 2 after C
Fillmore: The Circus Bee; all – no repeats, no breakup strain
Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy; 2nd movement, beginning to bar 10 (baritone part)
Glinka: Russlan and Ludmilla; beginning to #1
Holst: First Suite in E-Flat; 1st movement, beginning to letter C
Holst: Second Suite in F; 1st movement, beginning to 16 after F
Rimsky-Korsakov: Procession of the Nobles
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Vaughan Williams: Toccata Marziale; beginning to #6

Mock Band Tuba

Recorded Round: (Chosen from the following, all bottom octave)

March, “The Stars and Stripes Forever” (Sousa)
Toccata Marziale (Vaughan Williams)
First Suite in E-Flat for Military Band, Opus 28, No. 1 (Holst)
“Rufford Park Poachers” from Lincolnshire Posy (Grainger/Fennell)

Live Final Round: (Chosen from the following, all bottom octave)

March, “The Stars and Stripes Forever” (Sousa)
First Suite in E-Flat for Military Band, Opus 28, No. 1 (Holst)
Toccata Marziale (Vaughan Williams)
Overture to Rienzi (Wagner/Patterson)
March, “Entry of the Gladiators” (Fucik/Laurendeau)
“Rufford Park Poachers” from Lincolnshire Posy (Grainger/Fennell)
Symphony in B-Flat (Hindemith)
J’ai été au bal (Grantham)
Les Preludes (Liszt/Brown)

Mock Orchestra Tuba

Recorded Round:

Wagner: Die Meistersinger: Overture – Letter [J] through [L]
Berlioz: Hungarian March – [4] to [5]
Prokofiev: Symphony No 5; Mvt. I – [3] to two measures before [6]
Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Mvt. III – 4 measures before [3] to [4]

Live Final Round: (Chosen from the following)

Berlioz: Hungarian March from “The Damnation of Faust”
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Brahms: Symphony No. 2; Mvt. IV – [O] to End
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Gershwin: American in Paris – 4 after [67] to [68]
Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Mvt. III – 4 measures before [3] to [4]
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Stravinksy: Petrouchka: Peasant and Bear (1947)
Wagner: Die Meistersinger: Overture
Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries​

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