S.E. Shires Tenor Trombone Competition

Eligibility

• Under 26 years of age on June 18, 2024
• Must be in the STS Participant Class

​Rules/Procedure

• The 2024 S.E. Shires Competition will separate tenor and bass competitors into their own categories.  The tenors will compete with excerpts only, and basses with solos only.  The repertoire requirement will swap for the 2025 competition.  
• Preliminary round submissions are to be submitted with your competition registration and must include audio and video.
• Semifinal and final rounds will happen live at the 2024 STS.  All competitors must submit an STS Participant application separate from the competition submission(s).
• Recordings must be unedited, but audio gain changes on entire recordings are permitted.
• Performers can skip over multi-measure rests at their discretion.
• 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. 
• The link to your recording will be submitted along with the registration form and payment. See below for dates: 
• Participants must pay one STS Competition Entry fee for each competition entered via credit card via the registration form.
• All entrants will receive feedback from the judges.
• Winners will receive a TBCW Colin Williams Artist Model tenor trombone.

Repertoire
Preliminary Round:

• H. Berlioz – The Damnation of Faust, Hungarian March: one bar before Reh. 4 to two bars after Reh. 5 (Tbn. 1)

• G. Mahler – Symphony No. 5, Movement I: eight bars after Reh. 11 to four bars before Reh. 12, AND Movement II: eight bars after Reh. 24 to Reh. 25 (Tbn. 2)

• N. Rimsky Korsakov – Russian Easter Overture: Reh. M through fourteen bars after Reh. M (Tbn. 2)

• N. Rimsky Korsakov – Scheherazade, Movement II: five bars after Reh. D through Reh. E (Tbn. 2)

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Semi-Final/Final Round (in addition to preliminary round excerpts):

• Solo: J.S. Bach - Cello Suite No. 3, Bouree I (with repeats)
• 1st Trombone Excerpts:
  • A. Bruckner - Symphony No. 7, Movement IV: Reh F to four bars before Reh. I, Reh. P to Reh. S
  • P. Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis, Turandot: Reh. H to Reh. J, AND Marsch: Reh. G to the end
  • G. Mahler - Symphony No. 3, Movement I: second bar of Reh. 13 to first bar of Reh. 17, one bar before Reh. 33 to second bar of Reh. 34, one bar before Reh. 58 to six bars before Reh. 62.
  • ​M. Ravel - Bolero, second bar of Reh. 10 to first bar of Reh. 11
  • G. Rossini - La Gazza Ladra (McAlister Edition): bar 115 to downbeat of bar 139, bar 275 to bar 292, and bar 428 to the end
  • C. Saint-Saens - Symphony No. 3, Movement I: Reh. Q to second bar of Reh. S
  • R. Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra: four bars before Reh. 16 to Reh. 16, pick up to ten bars after Reh. 50 to six bars before Reh. 53
  • R. Strauss - Ein Heldenleben: Reh. 62 to Reh. 74
• 2nd Trombone Excerpts:
  • W.A. Mozart - Requiem, Tuba Mirum solo

Important Dates​

• The STS will begin notifying participants who advance to the semi-final rounds beginning on March 15th.
• Final recording submission deadline to be considered for the competitions is March 15th.