Competitions
All competitions are restricted to high school, college and university students born on or after 1 June 1978. 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 6 February 2004. After that date, available times will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
In addition to the horn quartet competition, 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.
Horn Quartet Competition
- This competition will have 2 rounds.
- Competitors will be judged by the members of the TransAtlantic Horn Quartet.
- The winning quartet will perform at the gala concert on Sunday.
- Each quartet must prepare one work for each round, selected from the following lists.
Round One Repertoire
- J.S. Bach (Arr. Lockwood). Fugue in A Minor. (Hornist’s Nest)
- Kerry Turner. Fanfare for Barcs. (Phoenix)
Round Two Repertoire
- Eugène Bozza. Suite for four horns (any two movements). (Léduc)
- Paul Hindemith. Sonata for horn quartet (any single movement). (Schotts)
- William Presser. Horn Quartet (any single movement). (Presser)
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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.
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
- Paul Basler. Cantos. This composition for unaccompanied horn was commissioned for the 2004 Southeast Horn Workshop and 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).
- Dmitrii Shostakovich. Symphony No. 5.
- 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).
- 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).