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Competition Repertoire

 

ROUND 1/Preliminary Round

FREE CHOICE FOR ALL CATEGORIES

 

Round 2/Semifinals

 

Tenor Trombone A (0-15)

Two of the following:

Trombone Concertino Mvts. 1&2 ONLY by Ferdinand David

Morceau Symphonique Op. 88 by Alexandre Guilmant

Trombone Concerto Mvts. 1&2 ONLY by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

 

Tenor Trombone B (16-20)

Two of the following:

Concerto for Trombone Mvts. 1&2 ONLY by Launy Grondahl

Sonata for Trombone Mvts. 1&2 ONLY by Eric Ewazen

Fantasy for Trombone by Malcolm Arnold

 

Tenor Trombone C (21-25)

Two of the following:

Trombone Concerto Mvts. 2&3 ONLY by Nino Rota

Colors for Trombone Red & Blue ONLY by Bert Appermont

T-Bone Concerto Mvts. 2&3 ONLY by Johan de Meij

Trombone Concerto Mvts. 2&3 ONLY by Gordon Jacob

 

Tenor Trombone Open

Two of the following:

Basta for Solo Trombone by Folke Rabe

Concerto for Alto Trombone Mvts. 2&3 ONLY by Leopold Mozart*

Keren for Solo Trombone by Iannis Xenakis

Blue Bells of Scotland by Arthur Pryor

3 pieces for Solo Trombone by Vitaly Mikhailovich Buyanovsky

 

Bass Trombone A (0-18)

Two of the following:

Concertino for Bass Trombone Mvts. 1&2 ONLY by Ernst Sachse

Concerto in One Movement by Aleksei Lebedev

Sonata for Solo Bass Trombone Mvts. 1&2 ONLY by Todd Goodman 

 

Bass Trombone B (19-25)

Two of the following:

Minstrel Man by T.J. Anderson

La Femme a Barbe by Jose Berghmans

Mediation for Solo Bass Trombone by Frigyes Hidas

 

Bass Trombone Open

Two of the following:

Hymn for Planet Earth by Steven Verhelst

Fantasia IV by Kevin Day

New Orleans by Eugene Bozza

Stereograms (1&2) by David William Brubeck

Canticles Measure 236 "Allegro con spirito" to end ONLY by Johan de Meij

 

Euphonium A (0-15)

Two of the following:

Tantalus by Kevin Houben 

Euph'tudes No.11 "Panza's Revenge" by Phil Snedecor 

Lucidity of Confusion by Peter J. Felice

 

Euphonium B (16-20)

Two of the following:

The Green Hill by Bert Appermont

Cafe 1930 by Astor Piazzolla

Cyanic Ballade by Jiro Censhu 

 

Euphonium C (21-25)

Two of the following:

Pantomime by Philip Sparke 

Arv (Heritage) Falcone Edition by Bente Illevold

Fantasia di Concerto by Eduardo Boccalari 

Concerto "Creative States" Mvts. 1, 2, 3 ONLY by Barbara York

 

Euphonium Open

Two of the following:

Moving Out Mvt. 2 "Goodbye" ONLY by Michael Goodman 

UFO Concerto Mvts. 1, 3, 5, ONLY by Johan de Meij

Concert Variations by Jan Bach 

Harlequin by Phillip Sparke

Euphonium Concerto Mvts. 1, 2 ONLY by Joseph Horovitz

 

Tuba A (0-18)

Two of the following:

Suite for Tuba Mvts. 1 & 3 ONLY by Don Haddad

Mini-Suite for Solo Tuba Mvts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ONLY by Charles Ingram 

Harvey's Tuba by Eduardo Nogueroles 

 

Tuba B (19-25)

Two of the following:

Tuba Sonata by Stephen Rush 

Concerto for Tuba Mvt. 1 ONLY by Eric Ewazen

Etude No.18 (XVIII) from "Low Etudes for Tuba" by Phil Snedecor

Tuba Open

Two of the following:

Naked Tuba by Anne McGinty 

Music for Two Big Instruments by Alex Shapiro 

Metallic Figures by Kevin Day 

 

Jazz Trombone A (0-18)**

All of the following:

-Blues tune of contestant’s choice

-Up-tempo tune of contestant’s choice

-Ballad of contestant’s choice

 

Jazz Trombone B (19-25)**

All of the following:

-Blues tune of contestant’s choice

-Up-tempo tune of contestant’s choice

-Ballad of contestant’s choice

 

Jazz Trombone Open**

All of the following:

-Blues tune of contestant’s choice

-Up-tempo tune of contestant’s choice

-Ballad of contestant’s choice

 

ROUND 3/Championship Round

FREE CHOICE FOR ALL CATEGORIES


Notes:

-Composition and ensemble categories only have one round and are entirely free-choice

-Pieces on the repertoire cannot be played for free choice rounds

*Must be played on Alto Trombone

-Playing contrasting pieces is very highly encouraged

-Jazz Trombone Repertoire is same for all three rounds (must be different pieces each time and maximum combined time is 10 minutes)

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