Young Artist Competition Repertoire List

Compiled by Alan Stanek and Robert Walzel. In 1974, the Third Annual National Clarinet Competition was open to high school and junior high school students, including graduating seniors. For 1975, the competition was renamed The International Clarinet Competition and was open not only to high school players in the United States, but anyone 19 years of age or under not yet having entered the college level - including the United States and all foreign countries. Eligibility ages changed considerably during the years following. From 1982 to 1984 clarinetists up to age 30 or under on January 1st of the competition year were eligible. The age was lowered to 22 from 1985 to 1987, raised to age 23 from 1988 to 1992, and set at age 27 since 1993.

1974
Weber - Concertino
Debussy - Premiere Rhapsody
Unaccompanied solo of applicant’s choice

1974 Revised
Preliminary Tape
Hindemith - Sonata (mvts 1 and 4)
Rabaud - Solo de Concours
Final Round
Weber - Concertino
Stavinsky - Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet (Bb clarinet permissible on all movements)

1975
Bergson - Scene and Air from “Louisa de Monfort”
D’Ollone - Fantasie Orientale
Weber - Concerto #1

1976
Weber - Concertino
Debussy - Premiere Rhapsody

1977
Bernstein - Sonata
Poulenc - Sonata

1978
Pierne - Canzonetta
Bergson - Scene and Air

1979
Baerman (Wagner) - Adagio
Weber - Concertino

1980
Hindemith - Sonata

1981 No Competition (Paris)

1982
Hindemith - Sonata
Stravinsky - Three Pieces
Busoni - Concertino
1983
Weber - Concertino
Debussy - Premiere Rhapsody

1984
Mozart - Concerto (mvt 1)
Messager - Solo de Concours
Widor - Introduction and Rondo

1985
Weber - Concerto #1 (mvts 2 and 3)
Selection of the contestant’s choice, not to exceed 8 minutes. An etude, solo work, or portion of a larger work.
Spohr - Concerto #2 (mvt 1 only)

1986
Weber - Concertino
Selection of the contestant’s choice, not to exceed 8 minutes, etc.
Debussy - Premiere Rhapsody

1987
Weber - Concertino
Selection of the contestant’s choice, not to exceed 8 minutes, etc.
Rossini - Introduction, Theme and Variations

1988
Spohr - Concerto #1
Debussy - Premiere Rhapsody

1989
Spohr - Concerto #1 (mvt 1 only)
Unaccompanied work of the contestant’s choice

1990
Poulenc - Sonata (mvt 1 only)
Unaccompanied piece of contestant’s choice - not to exceed 8 minutes, etc.
Brahms - Sonata, Op. 120, No.1 (mvt 1 only)

1991
Saint Saëns - Sonata (mvts 1 and 2)
Weber - Concerto #2 (Recitative and Polacca)

1992
Devienne - 2nd Sonata (mvt 1)
Giron - Bagatelles (2 and 3)
Rossini - Introduction, Theme and Variations

YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION REPERTOIRE LIST for 1993 to 2009 - since raising the age limit to 27: Compliments of Robert Walzel

1993
Bassett - Soliloquies
Jongen - Recitative et Airs de Ballet
Muczynski - Time Pieces

1994
Martinu - Sonatina
Tower - Wings
Spohr - Concerto #1 in c minor

1995
Debussy - Premiere Rhapsodie
Stravinsky - Three Pieces (mvt 2 & 3)
Weber - Grand Duo Concertante

1996
Mozart - Concerto, K. 622 (mvt 1)
Whittenberg - Three Pieces, op. 39
Szalowski - Sonatina

1997
Rossini - Introduction, Theme, & Variation
Rozsa - Sonatina, op. 27
Bernstein - Sonata

1998
Deveienne - Sonata #2 (mvts 1 & 2)
Smith - Five Pieces
Crusell - Concerto in f minor, op. 5 (mvt 1)

1999
Babin - Hillendale Waltzes
Carter - GRA
Weber - Concertino

2000
Benjamin - Le Tombeau de Ravel
Sutermeister - Capriccio
Copland - Concerto

2001
Muczynski - Time Pieces
Bozza - Bucolique
Sierra - Cinco Bocetos

2002
Tomasi - Concerto (mvt 1)
Harvey - Three Etudes on Themes of Gershwin
Crusell - Introduction & Variations on a Swedish Air

2003
Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Sonata (mvts 1 & 2)
Larson - Dancing Solo (mvts 1, 2, & 4)
Debussy - Premiere Rhapsody

2004
Martinu - Sonatina
Martino - A Set for Clarinet
Deveienne - Sonata #2 (mvts 1 & 2)

2005
Messager - Solo de Concours
Stravinsky - Three Pieces
Spohr - Concerto #1 in c minor (play mvt. 3 only)

2006
Horovitz - Sonatina (mvts 2 & 3 only)
Rozsa - Sonatina, op. 27 (mvt 1 only)
Weber - Concerto #2 (recit & mvt 3 only)

2007
Rossini - Introduction, Theme and Variations
Widor - Introduction et Rondo
Persichetti - Parable VIII, op. 126

2008
Bassi - Concert Fantasia on “Rigoletto”
Debussy - Premiere Rhapsody
Messiaen - Abyss of the Birds for solo clarinet from “Quartet for the End of Time”

2009
Françaix - Tema con variazioni
Tower - Wings (clarinet alone)
Crusell - Concerto in f minor, op. 5 (mvt 1)

2010
Muczynski - Time Pieces
Riepe - Three Studies on Flight
Stamitz - Concerto in Bb Major (mvt 1 only)

2011
Kovács - Hommage á Manuel de Falla
Crusell - Concerto #3 (mvt 1 only)
Carter - GRA

2012
Bassett - Soliloquies for Solo Bb Clarinet
Spohr - Concerto #1 (mvt 1 only)
Bax - Sonata (mvt 1 only)

2013
Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Sonata, Op. 18 (mvts 1 and 2
Husa - Three Studies for Clarinet Solo (2008)
Busoni - Concertino