CLARIFICATION: No recordings are required for SWRTEC 2022. All rounds will occur live, during the conference. It is likely that some preliminary rounds and/or piano rehearsals will be as early as 8am Thursday, May 12. The schedule of competitions is TBD, and rounds may or may not be shortened to accommodate the number of entrants. Competitors should be available for the entire conference from May 12-14.

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SWRTEC 2022 will include the following categories:

Tuba Artist Solo, Euphonium Artist Solo, Tuba Student Solo, Euphonium Student Solo, Tuba Mock Band, Tuba Mock Orchestra, Euphonium Mock Band, and Chamber Music competitions.

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ELIGIBILITY: SWRTEC 2022 Competitions are open to contestants of every race, gender, and nationality. Each contestant must be a member of ITEA and a registered conference participant. Previous SWRTEC competition winners may not enter the same category again. However, they may enter a different category. Second and third place winners are eligible to enter the same category again. Participants in the Student Solo competitions must not have reached their 20th birthday as of 04/01/2022. Valid proof of birth date will be requested upon registration.

 

To be clear, competitors may enter as few or as many categories as they are eligible, but must pay each appropriate fee.

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APPLICATION/FEES: All competitors must pay a fee of $30 per competition (e.g., Artist, Student, Mock) that is entered, and $50 for the Chamber Competition (a single member of the ensemble should pay this competition fee). Competition fees are in addition to the requirement that each competitor pay the conference registration fee and any necessary ITEA membership fee.

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REPERTOIRE:

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Tuba Artist

Preliminary Round:

• Postcards V - Plog

• Allegro Sonata - Marques

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Final Round:

• Encounters II - Kraft

• Concerto for Tuba - Cunliffe 

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Tuba Student

Preliminary Round:

• Polar Vortex - Forbes

• from 3 Romances, Mvt. 1 - Schumann

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Final Round:

• Concertino - Hartley

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Euphonium Artist

Preliminary Round:

• Fantasy Variations - Yasuhide Ito

• Blue Lake Fantasies, Mvt. 1

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Final Round:

• Concert Piece - Steve Darling

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Euphonium Student

Preliminary Round:

• Once in a Blue Moon - Wan-Yun Liang

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Final Round:

• American Portrait - Lewis Buckley

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Tuba Mock Band

Preliminary and Final Rounds: To be selected from the following excerpts:

• Etude No. 48 from 78 Studies for Tuba - Grigoriev

• Symphony No. 3 - Barnes

• Celebration Overture - Creston

• Lincolnshire Posy - Grainger

• Jai été un bal - Grantham

• Symphony for Band - Hindemith

• Suite in E-flat - Holst

• Stars and Stripes - Sousa

• Toccata Marziale - Vaughn Williams

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Tommy and Pat Johnson Los Angeles Mock Orchestra Audition for Tuba

Preliminary and Final Rounds: To be selected from the following excerpts:

• Damnation of Faust - Berlioz

• Symphony No. 7 - Bruckner

• Coppelia - Delibes

• Symphonic Metamorphosis - Hindemith

• Symphony 1 - Mahler

• Symphony 5 - Prokofiev

• Fontane di Roma - Respighi

• Petruschka - Stravinsky

• Overture to Die Meistersinger - Wagner

• Ride of the Walkure - Wagner

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Euphonium Mock Band

Preliminary and Final Rounds: To be selected from the following excerpts:​

• Commando March - Barber

• Colonial Song - Grainger

• First Suite in Eb - Holst

• The Melody Shop - King

• Rocky Point Holiday - Nelson

• When Jesus Wept - Schuman

• Stars and Stripes Forever - Sousa

• Toccata Marziale - Vaughan Williams

 

Chamber Ensemble

Each member of the ensemble must perform on all pieces during the competition, and music must be performed without a conductor. Repertoire is to be chosen by the competitors within the guidelines listed below. There are no age restrictions for this category. It is desirable to show contrasting styles and tempi during each round. Ensembles will be judged on the quality of ensemble performance; it is to the benefit of each group to choose repertoire that will best display group musicianship.

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Preliminary Round: Prepare at least 8 but not more than 10 minutes of music. Include the following:

• One arrangement of a renaissance, baroque, classical, or romantic work, partial or complete.

• One original work composed for the instrumentation of the group.

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Final Round: 12 minutes of music maximum. Include the following:

• Three contrasting works, complete or partial, one of which must be an original work composed for the instrumentation of the group OR a single multi-movement work composed for instrumentation of the group. Do not repeat music from preliminary round.

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Prizes:

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!!!

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