Edward Kleinhammer Orchestral Bass Trombone Competition

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For trombonists ages 25 and under (birth date of January 1, 1991 or later)

First Prize – $2000 cash prize donated by Getzen

General Requirements

Recording Guidelines

  • Applicants must strictly follow the Recording Guidelines for the 2017 ITA Solo and Ensemble Competitions to avoid disqualification.

Competition Rules

  • The required repertoire should be submitted as a single audio file. 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 movements 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 in the 2017 Kleinhammer competition.

Preliminary Round Repertoire
All items must be recorded in the order listed below

  • J.S. Bach – Suite for Unaccompanied Cello No. 1, Minuet No. 2 with repeats.
  • Beethoven – Symphony No.9. Trombone basso. Movement 4. Andante maestoso 17 measures before rehearsal N through 16 measures after rehearsal N.
  • Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben. Trombone 3. Rehearsal 55 through two measures before rehearsal 59. AND rehearsal 61 through the first measure of rehearsal 65. *Note: 55-59 may be recorded in a separate take from 61-65. No editing is permitted during either section.
  • Berlioz – Hungarian March. Trombone 3. 6 measures before rehearsal 4 through 2 measures after rehearsal 5.
  • Respighi – Pines of Rome (Catacombs). Bass Trombone. 7 measures before rehearsal 11 through 1st measure of rehearsal 12.
  • Haydn – Creation. (No. 26). Bass Trombone. Start at the beginning, stop at letter A. *Note: the final round may require the entire movement at the discretion of the judges. For the recorded round, be sure to stop after the last note on beat three in the measure before rehearsal A.

Final Round Repertoire
Excerpts to be selected from the Preliminary Round in addition to the following:

  • Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries. Trombone 3. B-major section: pickup to rehearsal 6 through the downbeat of three measures after rehearsal 7.
  • Haydn – Creation, No. 26. Bass Trombone. Entire movement.
  • Franck – Symphony in D-minor, Trombone 3, Movement 1, Letter N to Letter O. AND Movement 3, Letter N to 16 measures before Letter O.
  • Respighi – Fountains of Rome. Trombone 3. Prepare from the pickup to rehearsal 11 through 6 measures before rehearsal 17.
  • Richard Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel. Trombone 3. Prepare from the 3rd measure of rehearsal 18 through the downbeat 6 measures before rehearsal 20, AND from rehearsal 36 through the downbeat 4 measures before rehearsal 38.

Past Winners

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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