For All Divisions 

Lists of required music by division (below)
Euphonium Artist | Tuba Artist | Euphonium Student | Tuba Student

Click here for a pdf version of the Required Music list

All music is available at Hickey's Music Online unless otherwise indicated.
These are the links you can use to order music from Hickey's:
Euphonium Artist | Tuba Artist | Euphonium Student | Tuba Student

Festival Dates: August 4-7, 2023

EUPHONIUM ARTIST

Preliminary Round (record with piano)

Fantasia di Concerto by Eduardo Boccalari (Cimarron Music Press)

Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)

Arv (Heritage) Falcone Edition by Bente Illevold (en.euphonia.no)
NOTE: Be sure that the edition you have purchased of Arv is the Falcone Edition. Bente Illevold believes that she has sent the Falcone Edition to all who had purchased the original edition. If this is not the case, please contact her directly by email indicating the receipt for the order. If you are looking for an email from her, be sure to check your spam or junk folders because her emails seem to end up in those folders, especially on Gmail accounts.
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Moving Out, Mvt. 2 "Goodbye" ONLY by Michael Goodman (michaelgoodmanmusic.com)

Semi-Final Round (accompanied)

Pantomime by Philip Sparke (Studio Music Company)

Final Round (with piano)

Concert Variations by Jan Bach (Cimarron Music/Tuba Euphonium Press)

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TUBA ARTIST

Preliminary Round (record with piano)

Concerto for Tuba, Mvt. 1 ONLY by Eric Ewazen (Southern Music Company)

Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)

Naked Tuba by Anne McGinty (McGinty Music)
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Etude No.18 (XVIII) from "Low Etudes for Tuba" by Phil Snedecor (PAS Music Productions)

Semi-Final Round (accompanied)

Music for Two Big Instruments by Alex Shapiro (Activist Music)

Final Round (with band)

Metallic Figures by Kevin Day (Murphy Music Press)

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EUPHONIUM STUDENT

NOTE: There is an age limit for the student divisions. For the 2023 Festival, a participant who will be 20 years old
or older on December 1, 2023 is NOT ELIGIBLE to apply in either student division. There are no exceptions.

Preliminary Round

Tantalus by Kevin Houben (Scherzando Music Publishing) (record with piano)
NOTE: At measure 18, and throughout the rest of the work, the instruction from the composer is to use a CUP mute. For the festival recording, this is optional and no points will be deducted if the contestant decides to play the music without the aid of a mute.
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Euph'tudes No.11 "Panza's Revenge" by Phil Snedecor (PAS Music Productions) (record unaccompanied)

Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)

Lucidity of Confusion by Peter J. Felice (Cimarron Music Press)

Semi-Final Round (accompanied)

Cyanic Ballade by Jiro Censhu (euphonium.com)

Final Round (with piano) 

Concerto "Creative States," Mvts. 1, 2, 3 ONLY by Barbara York (Cimarron Music Press)

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TUBA STUDENT

NOTE: There is an age limit for the student divisions. For the 2023 Festival, a participant who will be 20 years old
or older on December 1, 2023, is NOT ELIGIBLE to apply in either student division. There are no exceptions.

Preliminary Round (record with piano)

Suite for Tuba, Mvts. 1 & 3 ONLY by Don Haddad (Shawnee Press)

Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)

Mini-Suite for Solo Tuba, Mvts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ONLY by Charles Ingram (Cimarron Music Press)

Semi-Final Round (accompanied)

Harvey's Tuba by Eduardo Nogueroles (Potenza Music)

Final Round (with piano)

Tuba Sonata by Stephen Rush (Cimarron Music Press)

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