2010 Orchestral Audtition Competition

Eligibility: The competition is open to clarinetists of all ages who are not employed full-time as salaried members of a professional symphony orchestra.

Application: Please submit an Online Application and mail a print-out of the confirmation page along with your other application materials. Send materials postmarked no later than Monday, April 19, 2010 to:

2010 I.C.A. Orchestral Audition Competition
Peter Wright, coordinator
9311 River Shores Lane
Jacksonville, FL 32257-4912
Phone: 904-608-1380
E-mail: pbw3@bellsouth.net

Contest Rules

Application fee: $50 US. All applicants must be members of the I.C.A. and submit an Online Application. Non-members wishing to apply may join the I.C.A by including the appropriate membership fee with their contest application fee. Payments should be made payable to I.C.A. in U.S. currency by bank check, money order, or credit card only. The application fee is non-refundable.
Please provide a good quality recording (CD-R format required, cassette NOT acceptable) containing the following excerpts, in this exact order with appropriate track ID numbers. No speaking on the recording. All are first clarinet excerpts:
1. Mozart: Concerto, Movement I, exposition only
2. Beethoven: Symphony #4– 2nd mvt., bar 8 to downbeat of bar 17 (letter A), bar 81 (letter F) to downbeat of 89; & 4th mvt., 297-302
3. Borodin: Polovetsian Dances- 1st mvt. (6/8), beginning to letter B (no need to count 8 bar rest); 2nd mvt. (#17), 18 bars after B to C
4. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, opening solo to #1
5. Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Midsummer Night’s Dream, to bar 48
6. Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, 155 to 158; 166 to 167; 3 after 212 to 216.
7. Shostakovich: Symphony #1- 1st mvt. pickup to #1 to downbeat of #2, #8 to #9; 2nd mvt. #1 for 8 bars; 4th mvt. #6 to two before #9; #24 to 28
8. Strauss: Til Eulenspiegel, 9 after #27 for 18 bars; 6 after #30 to #33
9. Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6, 1st mvt. pickups to Adagio mosso (F major) for 7 bars; end of mvt. pickups to Meno (D major) for 10 bars.
A separate written and signed statement, attesting the recording is the playing of the contestant and has not been edited.
A permanent address, telephone number and E-mail address should be provided.

Click here for our online application.

Judging

Judging of recordings will be conducted with no knowledge of the contestants. Do not include any identification on the CD-R or box. There should be no speaking on the recording, such as announcing of compositions. Preliminary judging will be held by recorded audition. Semifinalists will be chosen by committee. E-mail or letters of notification will be sent by Monday, May 17, 2010. Semifinal and final rounds will be held at ClarinetFest® 2010 in Austin, TX, July 21-25, 2010. Repertoire will consist of the excerpts listed above. Past first-prize winners are not eligible to compete. All contestants will accept the decision of the judges as final. All semifinalists will receive free registration at ClarinetFest® 2010. Travel expenses will be the responsibility of the contestant. All recordings will become the property of the I.C.A. and will not be returned.

Prizes

First Prize:
$1000.00 US
any Gregrory Smith model clarinet mouthpiece
The Reed Wizard by Ben Armato

Second Prize:
$500.00 US
any Gregrory Smith model clarinet mouthpiece

The Orchestral Audition Competition is generously sponsored in part by Gregory Smith and Ben Armato.

The I.C.A. assumes no tax liability that competition winners may incur through receiving prize money. Individuals are responsible for investigating applicable tax laws and reporting prize winnings to requisite government agencies