2020 ITA Solo and Ensemble Competitions Repertoire
Application Deadline: December 10, 2019
Gilberto Gagliardi Tenor Trombone Competition (ages 18 and under)
Preliminary Round:
Launy Gröndahl – Concerto pour Trombone et Piano, movement 1 (Edition S)
Final Round:
Elizabeth Raum – Fantasy for Trombone (Warwick)
Robert Marsteller Tenor Trombone Competition (ages 22 and under)
Preliminary Round:
Serge Baudo – Petite Suite (EMR)
Final Round:
Amy Mills – Red Dragonfly, movements 2 and 3 (Amy Mills Music)
Frank Smith Tenor Trombone Competition (ages 25 and under)
Preliminary Round:
James Stephenson – Sonata for Trombone and Piano, movement 1 (Stephenson Music)
Final Round:Bert Appermont – Colors, I. Yellow and II. Red (first 233 measures) (Beriato Music)

ITA Alto Trombone Competition (ages 25 and under)Preliminary Round:
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger – Concerto in Bb, movement I, Darvas & Vecsey Edition(Editio Musica Budapest)
Final Round:
Eric Ewazen – Palmetto Suite, movements 2 and 3 (Theodore Presser)
Larry Wiehe Tenor Trombone Competition (ages 23 and under)
Preliminary Round:
Arthur Pryor – Fantastic Polka (Carl Fischer)
Final Round:
Arthur Pryor- Blue Bells of Scotland (Carl Fischer)George Roberts Bass Trombone Competition (ages 20 and under)
Preliminary Round:
Alexei Lebedev – Concert Allegro (Hofmeister)Final Round:
Steven Verhelst – Danzone (Available at stevenverhelst.com)
Donald Yaxley Bass Trombone Competition (ages 25 and under)
Preliminary Round:
Jeanine Rueff – Concertstück (Leduc)Final Round:
Robert Spillman – Concerto for Bass Trombone and Piano, movements 1 and 2 (EditionMusicus)

ITA Trombone Quartet Competition

Preliminary Round:David Faleris – City of Arts and Sciences (available at davidfaleris.com)
Final Round:
Polina Nazaykinskaya – Pavana for Trombone Quartet (will be made available forquartet finalists)
Free Choice piece - 5 minutes or less in duration
Lewis Van Haney Philharmonic Prize (ages 25 and under)
Preliminary Round• Johannes Brahms – Symphony No.2. Trombone 1. Fourth movement, Letter O toend.
• Paul Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis, Turandot. Trombone 1. Letter H toletter J• Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.3. Trombone 1. Pickup to Rehearsal 33 through 2
measures after Rehearsal 34 AND 1 measure before 58 to 6 measures before 62• Jean Sibelius – Symphony No.7, Movement 1. Trombone 1. 7 measures afterRehearsal C to Rehearsal D• Richard Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel. Trombone 1. Four measures before Rehearsal
36 to four measures before Rehearsal 38
Final Round
Excerpts to be chosen from Preliminary Round repertoire, and the following:• Gordon Jacob – Trombone Concerto, movement 1. Beginning through 1st
measure of Rehearsal D• Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.5, Scherzo. Trombone 1. 13th measure ofRehearsal 15 through Rehearsal 17.
• Gioachino Rossini – La Gazza Ladra. Two excerpts. Rehearsal C to 24 bars after C.
Rehearsal F to 17 bars after F.

Edward Kleinhammer Orchestral Bass Trombone Competition (ages 25 and under)
Preliminary Round•••••

Léo Delibes – Coppelia. Bass Trombone. No.3-Mazurka. Rehearsal No.15 through16 measures after Rehearsal No.16 (measures 581-618).
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 1, movement 4, Trombone III. Rehearsal C
through 15 measures after Rehearsal C
Carl Nielsen – Flute Concerto, movement 1. Bass Trombone. Measure 81 tomeasure 96.
Richard Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel. Trombone 3. Rehearsal 36 to four measures
before Rehearsal 38
Richard Wagner – Das Rheingold, Scene 4, Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (final15 measures of the opera). Trombone 4 [NOTE: For this competition, play thisexcerpt on a bass, rather than a contrabass, trombone.]

Final Round
Excerpts to be chosen from Preliminary Round repertoire, and the following:• J.S. Bach – Boureé from Suite for Violoncello No.3
• W.A. Mozart – Requiem, Kyrie. Trombone 3. 2 before I to 3 after N.
• Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No.5, Movement 4. Trombone 3. Rehearsal No.
97 through the downbeat of Rehearsal No. 98. Four before Rehearsal No. 111 toeleven after 111
Emory Remington (trombone choir, 8 or more trombonists)
Anthony DiLorenzo – Full Tilt (Art of Sound Music)
ANDRichard Wagner – Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral, arr. Wesley Hanson (KBE)
Note: This arrangement is for 6 parts; double some or all parts to utilize at least 8players.
Kai Winding Jazz Trombone Ensemble Competition (3 or more trombonists)-Free choice of program, not to exceed 20 minutes

Carl Fontana Jazz Trombone Competition (ages 22 and under)
Preliminary Round Repertoire:••

Six to eight (6-8) choruses of a Blues (including the melody.)
Three to four (3-4) choruses of one of the following tunes: Beautiful Friendship,Emily, If I only had a Brain, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, It Might as Well be
Spring, or I Thought About You.

*It is the performer’s choice to play one or two choruses of the melody on eachselection. The maximum number of choruses, including the melody, must not be
exceeded.
Final Round Repertoire:• Blues• Medium- or Up-tempo tune from the list above• Ballad of the applicant’s choice*Finalists will be asked to complete their set in a limited amount of time rather thanstrict number of choruses.
JJ Johnson Jazz Trombone Competition (ages 25 and under)
Preliminary and Final Round Repertoire:• Six to eight (6-8) choruses of a Blues (including the melody) OR Four to Five (4-5)
choruses of a “rhythm changes” tune (examples: “I’ve Got Rhythm”, “Oleo”,“Anthropology”)• Four to six (4–6) choruses of any composition (except a blues) composed by J.J.
Johnson (including the melody).
• Original Composition by the performer*It is the performer’s choice to play one or two choruses of the melody on eachselection. The maximum number of choruses, including the melody, must not be
exceeded in the preliminary round.
** Finalists will be asked to complete their set in a limited amount of time rather thanstrict number of choruses.