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For trombonists ages 25 and under (birth date of January 1, 1995 or later)
Prize: TBD
General Requirements
- The 2021 ITA Competitions General Requirements must be strictly followed to avoid disqualification.
Recording Guidelines
- Applicants must strictly follow the Recording Guidelines for the 2021 ITA Solo and Ensemble Competitions.
Competition Rules
- The required repertoire should be submitted as a single audio file, with no editing within the submitted recording. All excerpts must be performed in the order listed. Accepted file formats include: MP3, OGG, M4A, WMA, WAV, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, AIF. Video entries are not accepted for this competition.
- Preliminary round excerpts may be recorded separately, but there may be no editing within an individual excerpt. All selections should be recorded at the same location with the same recording setup.
- The submitted file must not contain any identifying information. The audio file should be named: “KleinhammerEntry.mp3” (.wav, etc.)
- Past winners of the Edward Kleinhammer Orchestral Bass Trombone Competition are not eligible to enter the 2021 Kleinhammer competition.
- Co-Winners from the 2020 Edward Kleinhammer Orchestral Bass Trombone Competition are eligible to enter if still meeting age and other requirements
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary Round:
All items must be recorded in the order listed below:
- Aaron Copland – Symphony No.3, second movement. Trombone basso. 1 measure before Rehearsal No.33 through 1 measure before Rehearsal No.35
- Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.7, First Movement. Trombone 3. 6 measures after rehearsal No.42 to Rehearsal No.44
- Ottorino Respighi – Pines of Rome (Catacombs). Bass Trombone. 7 measures before rehearsal 11 through 1st measure of rehearsal 12
- Richard Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel. Trombone 3. Rehearsal No.36 to four measures before Rehearsal No.38
- Richard Wagner – Ride of the Walküre from Die Walküre, Act III, Scene 1. Trombone 3. B-major section: pickup to rehearsal #11 through the downbeat of 5 measures after rehearsal #12
Final Round:
Excerpts to be selected from the Preliminary Round in addition to the following:
- S. Bach – Boureé I from Suite for Violoncello No.3
- Gioachino Rossini – La Gazza Ladra
- Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No.5, Fourth Movement. Trombone 3. Rehearsal No. 97 through the downbeat of Rehearsal No. 98. Four measures before Rehearsal No. 111 to eleven measures after Rehearsal No.111
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 |
| 2013 | Scott P. Hartman | DePaul University |
| 2014 | Gabriel Roberson | Northwestern University |
| 2015 | Scott Nguyen | Northwestern University |
| 2016 | Cameron Owen | University of Alabama |
| 2017 | Christopher Bassett | New England Conservatory |
| 2018 | Eden Garza | Texas A&M University-Kingsville |
| 2019 | Adrian Gryciuk | Conservatorium van Amsterdam |
| 2020 Co-Winner | Brian Entwistle | DePaul University |
| 2020 Co-Winner | Alexander Mullins | University of North Texas |
| 2020 Co-Winner | Dávid Sztranyák | Liszt Academy of Music-Budapest |