Competitions
All competitions are restricted to high school, college and university students born on or after June 1, 1979. All competitors must be enrolled as full-time students at an organized institution, and may not have performed professionally under full-time contract, or have been previously offered such employment by virtue of winning a full-time professional audition.
Available performance times for all competitions cannot be guaranteed after January 26, 2005. After that date, available times will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Each participant may compete in only one of the indiviual competitions: the high school or college solo competition, or either high horn or low horn mock orchestral auditions.
The high school solo competition is limited to students currently enrolled in a public or private high school.
High School Solo Competition
- This competition will have one round.
- The winner will perform the prepared solo at the gala concert on Sunday.
- Competitors may bring an accompanist or use a staff accompanist.
- Each competitor must prepare one work (only a single movement of a multi-movement work), selected from the following list.
Repertoire
- W.A. Mozart. Concerto No. 1 in D Major, K. 412.
- W.A. Mozart. Concerto No. 2 in E-flat Major, K. 417.
- W.A. Mozart. Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Major, K. 447.
- W.A. Mozart. Concerto No. 4 in E-flat Major, K. 495.
- Franz Strauss. Concerto, Op. 8.
- Franz Strauss. Fantasie.
- Franz Strauss. Nocturno, Op. 7.
- Franz Strauss. Theme and Variations.
- Richard Strauss. Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 11.
- Richard Strauss. Concerto No. 2 in E-flat Major.
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College Solo Competition
- This competition will have 2 rounds.
- The second round will be judged by featured artists.
- Second round competitors may bring an accompanist or use a staff accompanist.
- The winner will perform the second round selection at the gala concert on Sunday.
- Each competitor must prepare one work for each round, selected from the following lists.
Round One Repertoire
- David Loeb. Romanze No. 2. This composition for unaccompanied horn will be mailed to each competitor as soon as registration and payment have been received.
Round Two Repertoire
- Gordon Jacob. Concerto, Mvt. 1.
- Lars-Erik Larsson. Concertino, Op. 45, No. 5, Mvts. 1 & 3.
- W.A. Mozart. Concerto No. 2 in E-flat Major, K. 417, Mvt. 1.
- Richard Strauss. Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 11, Mvt. 1.
Mock Orchestral Audition: High Horn
- Excerpts will be taken from the Horn Player’s Audition Handbook, edited by Arthur LaBar and published by Warner Bros. Publications.
- Play first horn parts for all excerpts.
- The final round will be judged by regional and featured artists.
- Repertoire will be selected from the following list.
High Horn Repertoire
- J.S. Bach. Brandenburg Concerto No. 1.
- Trio 2 (LaBar, p. 10).
- Ludwig van Beethoven. Symphony No. 7.
- Mvt. 1, mm. 89–101 (LaBar, first excerpt on p. 18).
- Johannes Brahms. Symphony No. 2.
- Mvt. 1, mm. 454–477 (LaBar, last excerpt on p. 30).
- Joseph Haydn. Symphony No. 31, “Mit dem Hornsignal.”
- Mvt. 4, var. 4 (LaBar, last excerpt on p. 44–45, take all repeats).
- Dmitrii Shostakovich. Symphony No. 5.
- Low tutti, mvt. 1, mm. 122–150 (LaBar, first excerpt on p. 61).
- Solo, mvt. 1, mm. 261–276 (LaBar, second excerpt on p. 61).
- Richard Strauss. Ein Heldenleben.
- Opening 17 bars (LaBar, pp. 67–68).
- Richard Strauss. Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche.
- Opening call, mm. 6–20 (LaBar, p. 71).
- Richard Wagner. Siegfried’s Rhine Journey.
- Short Call (LaBar, p. 76).
Mock Orchestral Audition: Low Horn
- Excerpts will be taken from the Horn Player’s Audition Handbook, edited by Arthur LaBar and published by Warner Bros. Publications.
- Play second horn parts for all excerpts, unless otherwise indicated.
- The final round will be judged by regional and featured artists.
- Repertoire will be selected from the following list.
Low Horn Repertoire
- Ludwig van Beethoven. Fidelio Overture.
- Solo, mm. 49–55 (LaBar, first excerpt on p. 12).
- Ludwig van Beethoven. Symphony No. 3.
- Mvt. 3, Trio, mm. 171–201 (LaBar, pp. 14–15).
- Ludwig van Beethoven. Symphony No. 7.
- Mvt. 1, mm. 89–101 (LaBar, first excerpt on p. 18).
- Ludwig van Beethoven. Symphony No. 9.
- Mvt. 3, Adagio, mm. 82–97, Horn IV (LaBar, pp. 21).
- Joesph Haydn. Symphony No. 31, “Mit dem Hornsignal.”
- Mvt. 2, mm. 36–38 (LaBar, fourth excerpt on p. 43).
- Richard Strauss. Don Quixote.
- Var. I, Solo (LaBar, third excerpt on p. 66 “Gemächlich”).
- Var. VII (LaBar, first excerpt on p. 67).
- Richard Strauss. Ein Heldenleben.
- Opening 17 bars, Horn I (LaBar, pp. 67–68).
- Carl Maria von Weber. Der Freischütz Overture.
- Opening, mm. 10–25, Horn IV (LaBar, p. 77).