​S.E. Shires Competitions

Eligibility
Youth Competition - pre-college and under 19 years of age on July 14, 2021
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Excerpts and S.E. Shires Solo Competition - under 26 years of age on July 14, 2021
 
Rules/Procedure
  • Submissions must include audio and video.
  • Repertoire for the Youth Competition and S.E. Shires Solo Competition should be submitted without piano accompaniment.
  • Recordings must be unedited, but audio gain changes on entire recordings are permitted.
  • Performers can skip over multi-measure rests at their discretion.
  • Excerpt Competitors must record the entire list in the order listed below, all in one take.
  • All recordings must be submitted via a YouTube link.  The YouTube video must be “Unlisted” and comments should be disabled.  This link will be submitted along with the application form.
  • There is a $40 entry fee per STS competition which must be paid via credit card via the form linked from the STS Competitions page.
  • All entrants will receive feedback from the judges.
  • It is permissible to compete in more than one STS competition, but individuals may only win one of the grand prizes.  If they are chosen as the winner in a second competition they will automatically receive second place.
  • The 2021 STS competitions are separate from the ITA competitions, and it is permissible to enter multiple STS competitions AND multiple ITA competitions.
  • Bass and Tenor players will compete head-to-head in each STS competition.
  • Semifinal rounds of the S.E. Shires Solo Competition and Youth Competition will be unaccompanied.  Pianist will be provided for solo competition finalists.  No outside pianists will be allowed.  Each finalist will be allotted two 25-minute rehearsals with the pianist.
  • All semifinalists must register for the full ITF 2021 or ITF 2021 Youth Workshop to compete in the STS Competitions. Failing to do so by April 1, 2021 may result in the loss of the semifinal round spot.
 
Dates and Deadlines
  • Applications will be accepted beginning January 1
  • Preliminary recorded round submission and payment deadline - February 10, 2021 11:59pm Eastern
  • Announcement of semifinalists - on or around March 15, 2021
  • Email delivery of written feedback to all candidates that submitted recordings - April 1, 2021
  • Semifinal rounds will be held July 13, 2021 at Columbus State University
 
COVID-19 contingencies
  • In the event that the 2021 ITF cannot be held in person, the three STS competitions will continue via recordings.  
  • Semifinalists must be registered for the streaming version of the ITF.
  • Semifinalists must re-record and submit the required repertoire with the following changes from the preliminary round:
    • The Excerpts Competition submission must contain all preliminary round excerpts AND all semi-final round excerpts
    • The Youth Competition and S.E. Shires Solo Competition submission must be done WITH piano accompaniment.
 
Repertoire
Youth Competition
TENOR TROMBONE - Saint Saens “Cavatine”
BASS TROMBONE - Lieb Concertino Basso
1st place prize: S.E. Shires Q Series Trombone
2nd place prize: $1,000 cash

S.E. Shires Solo Competition
TENOR TROMBONE - Tomasi Concerto, Mvt. 1
BASS TROMBONE - Bozza “New Orleans”
1st place prize: S.E. Shires Custom Trombone
2nd place prize: $1,000 cash

Excerpts Competition
Tenor Excerpts
Preliminary Round (taped in one take):
1) Mozart: Requiem, Second Trombone, Tuba Mirum (mm. 1 to 18)
2) Berlioz: Hungarian March, Second Trombone, (6 before rehearsal 4 to 3rd bar after rehearsal 5)
3) Ravel: Bolero, First Trombone (3rd bar of rehearsal 10 through first beat of rehearsal 11)
4) Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries, First Trombone (pickup to rehearsal 6 through 3rd bar of rehearsal 7)
5) Saint Saens: Symphony 3, First Trombone (letter Q through second bar of letter S)

Semifinal Round:
Includes all excerpts from the preliminary round and the following excerpts:
6) Mahler: Symphony 3, First Trombone (second bar of rehearsal 13 through rehearsal 17, pickup into rehearsal 33 through second bar of rehearsal 34)
7) Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, Mvt. 4, First Trombone (rehearsal 56 through 6th bar of rehearsal 57)
8) Hindemith Sinfonische Metamorphosen, Turandot, First Trombone (letter H- letter J, letter Q through first beat of letter T)
9) Rossini, La Gazza Ladra (mm. 115 to downbeat of mm. 139, mm. 271 to mm. 292, mm. 428 to end) (McAlister edition))

Bass Excerpts
Preliminary Round (taped in one take):
1) Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Mvt. 4 (mm. 595 to 626)
2) Haydn: The Creation, No. 26 (Beginning to letter C)
3) Wagner: Das Rheingold (last 15 measures of the opera)
4) Berlioz: Hungarian March (6 before rehearsal 4 to 2 after rehearsal 5)
5) Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (pickup to rehearsal 11 to 5 measures after 12 (three trombone version))

Semifinal Round:
​Includes all excerpts from the preliminary round and the following excerpts:
6) Mahler: Symphony No. 7, Mvt. 1 (3 measures before rehearsal 43 to rehearsal 44)
7) Respighi: Fountains of Rome, Mvt. 3 (pickup to rehearsal 11 to 7 before rehearsal 17)
8) Rossini: La Gazza Ladra (mm. 115 to downbeat of mm. 139, mm. 271 to mm. 292) (McAlister edition))
9) Bach: Cello Suite No. 5, Sarabande (no repeats)

Excerpts Competition Prizes: 
1st place prize: S.E. Shires Custom Trombone
2nd place prize: $1,000 cash