Mid-South Horn Conference
March 24-25, 2006
Wichita State University

Competitions

General Information

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.

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Competition Repertoire

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

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