2012 Orchestral Audition Competition

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 16, 2012 to:

2012 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

CONTEST RULES

Application fee: $50.00 U.S. All applicants must be members of the ICA and submit the online Competition Application. Please mail the print-out of the confirmation page as this will serve as proof of ICA membership and payment of application fee. Non-members wishing to apply may join the ICA by including the appropriate membership fee with their contest application fee. If you choose the option to pay by check or money order in the online application process, please be sure to include appropriate payment with your application materials. The application fee is non-refundable.
Recording Instructions: Please provide a good quality recording (CD-R format required) containing the following excerpts, in this exact order with appropriate track ID numbers. Please do not write anything on your audition CD. No speaking on the recording. The soprano excerpts are first clarinet parts:
Soprano Clarinet
1. Mozart: Concerto, Movement I, exposition only
2. Beethoven: Symphony #8 – 3rd mvt. Tempo di Menuetto, no repeat
3. Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Midsummer Night’s Dream – bar 1-48
4. Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espanol – 1st mvt. solos at A & C; 3rd mvt. solo 11 bars after K to fermata at end
Bass Clarinet
1. Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite – On the Trail, #2 to 1 measure after #3
2. Khatchaturian: Piano Concerto – 1st mvt. bar 391-400; 2nd mvt. bar 2-8, and bar 220-234
3. W. Schuman: Symphony #3 – Toccata, bar 157 thru 170; Fugue, bar 328 thru 351
4. Shostakovich: Violin Concerto #1 – 2nd mvt. #23 to 4 before #25
5. Stravinsky: Rite of Spring - #5 thru 4 after #6; #11 to #12; #48 to #49; 1 bar before #141 to #142
A separate written and signed statement, attesting the recording is the playing of the contestant and has not been edited
A permanent address, telephone number and E-mail address should be provided.

Click here for our online Competition Application.

JUDGING

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 14, 2012. Semifinal and final rounds will be at ClarinetFest® 2012, to be held in Lincoln, Nebraska USA, August 1-5, 2012. 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 2012. 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.

PRIZES

First Prize:
$1000.00
The ReedWizard donated by Leslie and Ben Redwine
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 and Leslie and Ben Redwine.

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.