Thank you for your interest in participating in the Joan Watson Orchestral Excerpt Competition! The competition will take place on Saturday, Jan. 19 from 1-4pm at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto. Please complete this form by January 7, 2019. The excerpts are listed below.
There will be a $500 prize for the 1st place winner, $200 for the 2nd place winner, and $100 for the 3rd place winner. Thank you to Scott Irvine for sponsoring the money for the 1st and 3rd place winners, and to St. John's Music for sponsoring the money for the 2nd place winner.
TRUMPET
All 1st Tpt.
Bizet Carmen - Prelude No. 1
Bizet Carmen Suite No. 2 - La Guarde Montante Opening - m. 17 AND B - 6 before C
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition - Promenade
Stravinsky Petroushka - Ballerina's Dance Reh. 69 - 70
Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 2 mm. 392-411
HORN
All 1st Horn unless indicated.
Wagner Siegfried - Long Call Act II Scene II
Wagner Das Rheingold - 8th Hn Opening Act I mm 17-52
Puccini Tosca - Opening Act III - 3 after Reh. 1
Strauss Don Juan - 18 before O to P
Strauss Till Eulenspiegel - Opening - Reh. 1
TENOR TROMBONE
All 1st Tbn unless indicated.
Mozart Requiem - 2nd Tbn Tuba Mirum Opening - mm. 18
Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3 - Q - R
Berlioz Damnation of Faust - 2nd Tbn Hungarian March 6 before Reh. 4 - 2 after 5
Wagner Ride of the Valkyries - Reh. 4 - 3 after 7
Wagner Tannhäuser Overture - A - 18 after A
BASS TROMBONE
Haydn Creation - No. 26
Schumann Symphony No. 3 - Mvt. IV Opening - m. 18
Mahler Symphony No. 7 - Mvt. I 6 after Reh. 42 - 44
Wagner Ride of the Valkyries - Reh. 4 - 3 after 7
Wagner The Flying Dutchman Overture - m. 9 - A
TUBA
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Wagner Die Meistersinger Overture - Opening - 1 before C AND J - 2nd beat of L
Strauss Salome - 9 after m. 140 - 2 after m. 147
Wagner Lohengrin - Prelude to Act III Reh. 5 - 5 after 6
Berlioz Damnation of Faust - Hungarian March Reh. 20 to 2 bars after Reh. 21
Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 - Mvt. I Reh. 3 - 6