Each Fall students audition before a faculty committee with a finalist to perform as soloist with the Wind Ensemble in the spring.
LAWRENCE WIND ENSEMBLE
CONCERTO COMPETITION
Guidelines
Offered annually by the Wind Ensemble based on concert availability.
Competition auditions to take place Sunday, January 25, 2009 from 1-4.
Open to any student enrolled in applied music study at Lawrence University
who has been nominated in writing by their studio teacher approximately one
week prior to audition date.
Solo applicants must memorize repertoire, and singers must prepare a minimum
of fifteen minutes of music, not necessarily a single work.
Competitors are not disqualified from competing in future Wind Ensemble Concerto
Competitions, but winners may not enter a future competition by the Wind Ensemble.
The committee will consist of no fewer than 3 and no more than 7 judges. Some
or all of the judges may be selected from the Lawrence Conservatory faculty
who do not have students auditioning for the LSO competition in the same year.
Auditions will be a maximum of 15 minutes in length. The student participant
may organize their own audition excerpts that best represent their overall
performance within the 15 minute audition limit. The audition must include
excerpts from every movement in the Concerto or every section in the one movement
work . All cadenzas should be performed. The faculty judges will not interrupt
the students predetermined 15 minute audition presentation.
Competitors must provide their own accompanist and their own copy of the score
for the judges .
Accompanists and their schedules are the responsibility of the student.
Judges have the right not to pick a winner.
Winner is to perform with the Wind Ensemble on a season concert selected in
advance of the competition (May 22, 2009).
It is the responsibility of the applicant to consult with the wind ensemble
conductor if your concerto selection requires unusual instrumentation. A transcription
for Wind Ensemble or Band must be available if the work is not originally
scored for winds.
Past Winners
2008 - David Plank, piano
2007 - Anna Suechting, horn and Bethany Wiese, tuba
2006 - Nikoma Baccus, flute and Kim Reece, alto saxophone
2005 - Jocelyn Greenbaum, horn
2004-Sara Kind, alto saxophone
2003- Will Samson, tuba
2001- Anna Najoom, clarinet
2000- Luke Tomkinson, clarinet