Edward Kleinhammer Orchestral Bass Trombone Competition

For bass trombonists ages 25 and under - birth date of January 1, 1987 or later.

First Prize - TBA

General Rules and Requirements

Additional Rules

  • Past winners of the Lewis Van Haney Philharmonic Prize Bass Trombone Competition or the Edward Kleinhammer Orchestral Bass Trombone Competition are not eligible in the 2012 Kleinhammer Bass Trombone Competition.
  • Preliminary Round Excerpts must be recorded on the CD in the order listed below.
  • Excerpts may be recorded individually.

Preliminary Round Repertoire

All items must be recorded in the order listed below

  • Haydn
    Creation - No. 26 Beginning to Letter C
  • Schumann
    Symphony No.3, mvt. IV, beginning to 13th bar of A (omit 3 bar rest)
  • Rossini
    Overture to William Tell - Letter C to 9th bar of D
  • Wagner
    Das Rheingold - Entry of the Gods from the final scene (trombone 4)
  • Wagner
    Lohengrin - Prelude to Act III - Letter B to 3 bars before C

Final Round Repertoire

  • Solo
    Fantasie in C minor, from 12 Fantasies, by Telemann, ed. Alan Raph (Carl Fischer) - I. Grave and II. Vivace
  • Haydn
    Creation - No. 26 Beginning to Letter C
  • Schumann
    Symphony No.3, mvt. IV, beginning to 13th bar of A (omit 3 bar rest)
  • Rossini
    Overture to William Tell - Letter C to 9th bar of D
  • Kodaly
    Hary Janos - Battle and Defeat of Napoleon - 5th bar after No. 5 to "Lunga Pausa"
  • Wagner
    Das Rheingold - Entry of the Gods from the final scene (trombone 4)
  • Wagner
    Lohengrin - Prelude to Act III – Letter B to 3 bars before C

Past Winners

Van Haney

Year Winner School
1993 Jon Etterbeek Juilliard School of Music
1994 Darren McHenry Juilliard School of Music
1995 Stephen Lange Indiana University
1996 Norbert Lakzsko Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, Hungary
1997 Mark Templeton Guildhall School of Music, London, England
1998 Garnett Livingston Juilliard School of Music
1999 Scott Parkinson Juilliard School of Music
2000 Jeffrey A. Gray Juilliard School of Music
2001 Darcio Gianelli Juilliard School of Music
2002 Wes Citron Manhattan School of Music
2003 Tenor - James Williams Juilliard School of Music
Bass - no winner
2004 Tenor - Robert Kastner
Bass - Dan West University of North Texas
2005 Tenor - Kyle Covington Juilliard School of Music
Bass - Matyas Veer Liszt Academy of Music-Budapest
2006 Tenor - Marques Young
Juilliard School of Music
Bass - Zachary Bond
 Curtis Institute of Music graduate
2007 Tenor - Mark Davidson
Juilliard School of Music
Bass - Ilan Morgenstern
 University of Michigan
2008 Tenor- Shachar Israel Juilliard School of Music.

Kleinhammer

Year Winner School
2008 Daniel Brady Southern Methodist University
2009 Christian Poitinger Universität für Musik, Vienna, Austria
2010 Jeremy Stones University of North Texas
2011 Raymond Flores Conservatorio de Musica de Puerto Rico
2012 Nuno Henriques Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag, The Netherlands