Solo Works Competition

To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival, the Festival Board of Directors called for submission of new unaccompanied compositions for the Euphonium Student and Tuba Student division competitions.

One winner and two honorable mentions were selected in each category. Each winner received $1,000 in prize money and their piece appears on the required repertoire list for the 2021 Festival competition.

We had anticipated that the Festival Artists-Adjudicators would premiere the pieces during the 2020 Festival at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. However, because the Festival occurred virtually, each of the composers premiered their piece themselves during the shortened Festival August 8-9, 2020.

Congratulations to everyone who submitted a work for this competition; the level of work and dedication that was apparent in the entries made the selection process challenging. Thank you, to all of you, for your time and dedication to our instruments.

The Festival would also like to thank Jason Smith and Will Sutton for their tireless work behind the scenes. Additionally, thank you to Chris Combest who coordinated this entire effort, as well to the committee members listed below for evaluating the entries. Without everyone’s selfless offering of time and attention, we could not have held this event.

2020 Falcone Festival Solo Works Competition Committees