All competition questions may be directed to Jesse McConnell, SERTEC Competitions Coordinator, at sertec2018competitions@gmail.com. Preliminary recordings in relevant categories will be due by March 15, 2018 at 11:59PM. Recordings may be uploaded through the SERTEC Registration site at the time of registration. All competitors will pay a competition registration fee. Results will be announced by April 1, 2018. Selected finalists (6 in each solo and mock audition category) are required to be current members of ITEA and registered attendees of SERTEC to participate in the final round. Previous first place winners of a SERTEC competition are not eligible to participate in the same competition.

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PRIZES (effective for each category and verified as registration numbers allow):

First Place - $1,000

Second Place - $500

Third Place - $250

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COMPETITION REPERTOIRE:

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Tuba Solo Artist Competition: 

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Recorded Round - Vaughan Williams Concerto Movement 1 and Shostakovich Adagio from the Limpid Stream - Must be recorded with piano accompaniment

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Final Round - Stock Wind Cave (unaccompanied) and John Williams Concerto Movement 1 (accompanied)

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Euphonium Solo Artist Competition:

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Recorded Round - Hidas Euphoniada - Must be recorded with piano accompaniment

 

Final Round - Grant Three More Furies - ONLY FURY VII (unaccompanied) and Graham In a League with Extraordinary Gentlemen Movement 3 (accompanied)

 

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Tuba Mock Orchestra Audition:

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Recorded Round - 

Berlioz Hungarian March - Rehearsal 4 to 2 measures after Rehearsal 5

Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 Movement 1 - Rehearsal 3 to 6

Wagner Meistersinger Overture - Rehearsal J to L

Wagner Ride of the Valkyries - B major section

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Live Round - Any excerpts from the recorded round may be asked as well

Mahler Symphony No. 5, Scherzo - 13 measures before Rehearsal 16 to Rehearsal 17

Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Bydlo Movement - Beginning to Rehearsal 39

Respighi Fountains of Rome - Rehearsal 11 to 14

Revueltas Sensemaya - Rehearsal 2 to 11

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Euphonium Mock Band Audition: 

 

Recorded Round -

Holst Second Suite - Beginning to Letter B AND One measure before Letter E to 5 measures after Letter G

Barber Commando March - Letter B to 1 measure before Letter D

Robert Russell Bennett Symphonic Songs, Movement 2 - Measure 3 to measure 11

Mendelssohn Fingal's Cave - Beginning to measure 22

 

Live Round - Any excerpts from the recorded round may be asked as well

Sullivan Pineapple Poll - Measure 5 to two measures before Rehearsal 6

Schoenberg Theme and Variations, Variation V - Measures 148-168

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, Finale - Beginning to measure 9

Makris Aegean Festival Overture - Seven measures before Rehearsal 5 to Rehearsal 6

 

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Tuba/Euphonium Quartet Competition: (No recorded round)

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Live Round Repertoire (Two musical selections performed by each group)

McMillan Primordial Flame

Piece of group's choosing (between 6-8 minutes, may be a transcription or originally scored for tuba/euphonium)