Competitions

Edit: All competitions are currently CLOSED for registration.

Competition fees are in addition to workshop registration fees. Every unique competition will be $10 for each individual. Ensemble competitions are $10 per individual in the ensemble (4 members is $40, 7 members is $70, etc.). Registration for Competitions is open until March 9th or until competitions become full. Please email questions regarding fees to jbuxbaum@astate.edu.

Solo

High School Competition

Undergraduate Competition

Graduate Competition

Mock Auditions

Orchestral Audition

Military Band Audition

Ensembles

Small Ensemble

(3-5 players)

Large Ensemble

(6+ players)

General Rules

Competitors may not be performing professionally under a full-time contract, have performed under a full-time contract in the past, or been offered such employment by winning a professional audition.

Works must be performed from legally acquired music. Please bring originals with you.
Performers may stand or sit to perform. Students are not required to perform from memory.
Only the mock Orchestral and Band auditions will be screened. Stage presence will be considered for the Solo and Ensemble competitions.

The judges reserve the right to not choose a winner in any of the competitions based on merit.

Winners may be invited to perform in a masterclass or concert at the Workshop.

Rules, Repertoire, and Eligibility

High School Solo

Eligibility: Students entering this competition must be currently enrolled in high school (Grades 9-12) or in a home-schooling program.

Rules:

Choose one work from the list below.
Parents or Guardians may sit in the room for their student's performance but may not stay for other performances.
This competition will not be open to the public.
Solo works must be performed from legally acquired music. Please bring originals with you.
While performing, competitors may sit or stand and are not required to play from memory.

Repertoire:

(choose one)

Laudatio Bernhard Krol Purchase Link Recording Link

La Calavera Alice Gomez Purchase Link Recording Link

Undergraduate Solo

Eligibility: Students entering this competition must be enrolled full-time at a college or university as an undergraduate student.

Rules:

Choose one work from the preliminary round choices.
Solo works must be performed from legally acquired music. Please bring originals with you.
The preliminary rounds of the solo competitions will be performed unaccompanied and will be closed to the public.
An accompanist will be provided for the second round and it may be open to the public.
While performing, competitors may sit or stand and are not required to play from memory.

Repertoire:

Preliminary Round (choose one)

Final Battle Cry Alexis Carrier Purchase Link Recording Link

Fantasy for Horn Malcolm Arnold Purchase Link Recording Link

Secondary Round

Concerto Op 8 mvt 1 Franz Strauss Purchase Link Recording Link

Graduate Solo

Eligibility: Students entering this competition must be enrolled full-time at a college or university as a graduate student.

Rules:

Choose one work from the preliminary and secondary round choices.
Solo works must be performed from legally acquired music. Please bring originals with you.
The preliminary rounds of the solo competitions will be performed unaccompanied and will be closed to the public.
An accompanist will be provided for the second round and it may be open to the public.
While performing, competitors may sit or stand and are not required to play from memory.

Repertoire:

Preliminary Round (choose one)

Three Portraits for Solo Horn Kerry Turner Purchase Link Recording Link

... of Hildegard, for solo horn Michelle Stebleton Purchase Link Recording Link

Secondary Round (choose one)

Imaginings Dorothy Gates Purchase Link Recording Link

Divertimento Jean Francaix Purchase Link Recording Link

Orchestral Mock Audition

Eligibility: Competitors entering the mock auditions must meet the eligibility criteria for any one of the solo competitions.

Rules:

Music can be found here.
Each competitor should prepare all of the orchestral excerpts.
Competitors should provide their own music.

Repertoire:

Beethoven Symphony No. 6, Op. 68 Horn 1 III. Allegro dotted half = 108 ms. 132-161 (50 after A – 77 after A)

Brahms Academic Festival Overture Horn 3 Un poco maestoso ms. 143-188 (10 after F – G)

Haydn Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal" Horn 1 III. Minuet: Trio ms. 41-76 (D – 10 after G)

Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3, op. 56 Horn 3 I. Vivace non troppo quarter = 126 ms. 33-67 (A – B)

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, Op. 36 Horn 4 I. Andante sostenuto ms. 1-20 (beginning – 6 after A)

Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a Horn 2 Variation 6: Vivace

Beethoven Symphony No. 8, Op. 93 Horn 2 III. Tempo di Minuetto quarter = 126 ms. 45-78

Wagner Prelude to Das Rheingold Horn 8 In moto tranquillo, sereno ms. 1-62

Military Band Mock Audition

Eligibility: Competitors entering the mock auditions must meet the eligibility criteria for any one of the solo competitions.

Rules:

Music can be found here.
Each competitor should prepare all of the band excerpts.
Competitors should provide their own music.

Repertoire:

Paul Hindemtih March from Symphonic Metamorphosis (5 before J through 9 after L)

Joseph Willcox Jenkins American Overture, Op. 13 (m. 1-23)

Arnold Schoenberg Theme and Variations, Opus 43a, Variation VI (m. 169-189)

Claude T. Smith Festival Variations Excerpt 3

Leonard Bernstein, "Symphonic Dances" from West Side Story (m. 286-293)

Arr. Paul Lavender

Percy Grainger Lincolnshire Posy, "Rufford Park Poachers" (pickup to 68 through 84)

Horn Ensemble Competitions: Small and Large

Eligibility: Ensembles, regardless of size, must be made up of students enrolled in high school, college, or university to enter the ensemble competitions.

Rules:

Ensembles must comprise only one player per part, regardless of Small (3-5 players) or Large (6+ players).
Small (3-5 players) ensembles may not perform with a conductor.
The personnel of the ensemble may not change during the performance. All performers must play on every piece.
While performing, competitors may sit or stand and are not required to play from memory.
One work must be originally written and published for the instrumentation of the ensemble.
Competitors should provide their own music as well as two copies to provide to the judges.

Repertoire:

Ensembles should choose 10 minutes of music to perform for the judges. Performance times will be 15 minutes total. Competitors are encouraged to consider diversity in repertoire, such as contrasting styles of pieces or works by composers (or arrangers) of underrepresented groups.

For any questions pertaining to competition repertoire, rules, eligibility, etc. please email thayerh@hsu.edu.

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