There will be two types of competitions, Solo and Mock Orchestral (please note that competitors will be limited to one competition only either solo or mock orchestral). There are separate high school and collegiate divisions for the solo competition.
The repertoire for the competitions is listed below.
Solo(please indicate on your registration form whether you will provide your own accompanist or not)
High School
Select one of the following
Mozart 3rd Horn Concerto, K.447, Mvt. 1 or Franz Strauss Nocturne
Franz Strauss 1st Concerto or Mvt. 1 or Morceau de Concert by Saint-Saens
College
Round 1 Choice of one
Mozart 2nd Concerto, K. 417 Mvt. 1 or Hindemeth Sonata (1939) Mvt. 1
Round 2 Choice of one
Krol Laudatio, Gardner Why, or Hill Jazz Soliloquies (Any movement)
Mock Orchestral Excerpt Competition
High Horn: (1st Horn Parts)
Wagner
Siegfried's Call (Short Call) from Die Gotterdammerung
8 bars after reh. 30 to 26 bars after reh. 30
Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 (1st movement)
mm. 86 - 103
Brahms
Symphony No. 3 (3rd movement)
mm. 98 - 110
R. Strauss
Ein Heldenleben
mm. 1 - 17
R. Strauss
Don Juan
17 bars before reh. O to 7 bars after reh. O
Low Horn:
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5, (1st Movement), 2nd horn
3bars after reh. 17 to reh. 21
Von Weber
Der Freischutz Overture, 4th horn
mm. 10 - 25
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.4, (1st Movement) 2nd horn
Opening to 6 bars after reh. A
Mahler
Symphony No. 1, (3rd Movement) 2nd horn
3 bars after reh. 13 to reh. 15
Beethoven
Symphony No. 9, (3rd Movement) 4th Horn
mm. 82 - 99