
Eligibility: The competition is open to clarinetists of all ages who are not employed full-time as salaried members of a professional symphony orchestra.
Application: Please submit the ONLINE APPLICATION and mail a print-out of the confirmation page along with your other application materials. Send materials postmarked no later than Monday, April 5, 2013 to:
2013 I.C.A. Orchestral Audition Competition
Dr. Jeremy W. Reynolds, Coordinator
Professor of Clarinet, University of Denver Lamont School of Music
2344 East Iliff Avenue
Denver, CO 80208
Phone: 303-871-6365
E-mail: Jeremy.W.Reynolds@du.edu
Soprano Clarinet
- Mozart: Concerto, K. 622, Movement I, exposition only
The following are 1st clarinet excerpts:- Beethoven: Symphony #6, 1st mvt., Measures 474 – 492; 2nd mvt. Measures 68 – 78; 3rd mvt. Measures 122 – 133
- Brahms: Symphony #4, 2nd mvt., Measures 4 – 30
- Kodály: Dances of Galant, Measures 31 – 65; Measures 571 – 579
- Mahler: Symphony #7, 2nd mvt., “Nachtmusik”. Measures 10 (with triplet pickups) – 29
- Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3. 2nd mvt., Measures 9 – 122 (please do not count 16 measures rest)
- Puccini: Tosca – Act 3 “E Lucevan le Stelle,” Rehearsal 11 – Rehearsal 12
- Rossini: Overture to Semiramide, Measures 178 – 187
- Schubert: Symphony No. 8, 2nd Mvt. Measures 66 – 83, Measures 225 – 233
Click here for our online Competition Application.
Judging of recordings will be conducted with no knowledge of the contestants. Do not include any identification (your name) on the CD-R or box. There should be no speaking on the recording, such as announcing of compositions. Preliminary judging will be held by recorded audition. Semifinalists will be chosen by committee. E-mail or letters of notification will be sent by Monday, May 15, 2013. Semifinal and final rounds will be at ClarinetFest® 2013, to be held in Assisi, Italy, July 24–28, 2013. Repertoire will consist of the excerpts listed above. Past first-prize winners are not eligible to compete. All contestants will accept the decision of the judges as final. All semifinalists will receive free registration at ClarinetFest® 2013. Travel expenses will be the responsibility of the contestant. All recordings will become the property of the I.C.A. and will not be returned.
First Prize:
$1000.00
any Gregory Smith model clarinet mouthpiece
Second Prize:
$500.00
any Gregory Smith model clarinet mouthpiece
The Orchestral Audition Competition is generously sponsored in part by Gregory Smith.
The I.C.A. assumes no tax liability that competition winners may incur through receiving prize money. Individuals are responsible for investigating applicable tax laws and reporting prize winnings to requisite government agencies.