Competitions at the MasterWorks Festival

Concerto Competition

Each summer, the MasterWorks Festival sponsors a concerto competition, the winners of which perform with a festival orchestra. Students audition and perform only one movement of their selected concerto.

Auditions (with piano accompaniment) for the competition are held the first week of the festival before a panel of faculty judges. Finalists perform for the entire student body. The selected winners will have 1-2 weeks to further prepare before their rehearsals and performance with the orchestra.

The Concerto Competition finals will be held on Thursday, June 24 at 8:00 PM.

Final winners will play with the Festival Orchestra on Saturday, July 10 at 7:30 PM.

For more information on MasterWorks Festival performances click here.

The Concerto Competition Repertoire list is posted here. The concerto, movement, and opus number should be clearly marked when you submit your concerto selection. An accompanist will be provided from the piano faculty. Repertoire changes are not permitted once your score has been received by the MasterWorks office.

Additional Concerto Competition Guidelines

The Concerto Competition is limited to 60 students. The first 60 students to submit their piano accompaniment to the MasterWorks Festival Administrator postmarked on or before May 15, 2010 will have a guaranteed spot and will be notified via email. If you submit your score after the competition has reached full capacity, you will be notified via email.

Concerto submissions received after May 15, 2010 will be put on a waiting list. We will continue to accept scores for the wait-list through May 30, 2010. Should a student drop out of the competition, the first name on the waiting list will be notified of the opening. The competition roster will be set by June 1, 2010.

Any student wishing to enter the concerto competition should submit a score as soon after applying to the festival as possible. This will ensure the student a spot in the competition should they be accepted to the festival.

Students should not assume their place in the competition until receiving confirmation from the MasterWorks Festival Administrator.

Student Honors Recital

Based on nominations from the MasterWorks faculty, students are selected to compete for a spot in the MasterWorks Festival Student Honors Recital. Auditions are held the second week of the festival before a panel of faculty judges. The competition is divided into 3 age groups: high school, college, and post-college. Students are accompanied by a faculty accompanist. The winners are selected to perform the following week in a public concert.

Concerto Competition Repertoire List

All students who wish to enter the concerto competition should select from the following standard concertos. This is to insure that we will be able to obtain the orchestra parts needed for performance. The parts for many obscure concertos are very difficult or even impossible to find, particularly in the short amount of time between announcing the winners and their first rehearsal with the orchestra. 
If you have any questions about the following list, please call the MasterWorks office at 888-836-2723.

Violin

• Bach Concerto in A minor, or in E major
• Barber Concerto
• Bartok Concerto No. 2
• Beethoven Concerto (please submit cuts)
• Brahms Concerto
• Bruch Concerto
• Chausson Poeme
• Dvorak Concerto
• Elgar Concerto
• Glazunov Concerto
• Khachaturian Concerto
• Lalo Symphonie espagnole (Mvt 1 and/or 5)
• Mendelssohn Concerto
• Mozart Concerto in G,D,or A (K.216,218,219)
• Paganini Concerto
• Prokofiev Concerto No. 1 or No. 2
• Ravel Tzigane
• Saint-Saens Concerto No. 3, Introduction and Rondo capriccioso
• Schumann Concerto
• Sibelius Concerto in D minor
• Stravinsky Concerto
• Tchaikovsky Concerto
• Wieniawski Concerto

Viola

• Bartok Concerto

• Bloch Suite for Viola and Orchestra

• Handel Concerto in B minor (arr H. Casadesus)

• Hindemith Concerto or Der Schwanendreher

• Stamitz Concerto

• Telemann Concerto in G major

• Walton Concerto

Cello

• Barber Concerto

• Bloch Schelomo

• Boccherini Concerto in B-flat major

• Dvorak Concerto

• Elgar Concerto, Op. 85

• Haydn Concerto in D or C major

• Lalo Concerto
 & Saint-Saens Concerto in A minor, Op.33
• Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 107

• Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations

String Bass

• Capuzzi Concerto

• Bottesini Concerto No. 2 in B Minor

• Dittersdorf Concerto in E or E-flat major

• Dragonetti Concerto

• Koussevitsky Concerto

• Proto Carmel Fantasy for Double Bass

Flute

• CPE Bach Concerto in D minor

• Boccherini Concerto in D major

• Chaminade Concertino

• Griffes Poem
 & Haydn Concerto in D major

• Ibert Concerto (1934)

• Frank Martin Ballade

• Mozart Any concerto

• Nielsen Concerto &
Vivaldi Concerto, Op 10, No 2 or No. 3

Oboe

• Cimarosa Concerto in C minor

• Handel Concerto in G minor

• Haydn Concerto in C major
• Marcello Concerto in C minor

• Mozart Concerto in C or E-flat major

• Strauss Concerto in D major

• Telemann Concerto in D, E, or F minor

• Vaughn Williams Concerto in A minor

Clarinet

• Copland Concerto

• Debussy Premiere Rhapsodie

• Mozart Concerto

• Spohr Concerto in C minor, Op. 26

• Weber Concertino or concerto No. 1 or No.2

Bassoon

• David Concertino

• Mozart Concerto in B-flat major

• Vivaldi Any concerto

• Weber Concerto in F major, 
Hungarian Fantasy
• Hummel Bassoon Concerto in F Major

Trumpet

• Albinoni Any concerto

• Arutunian Concerto

• Haydn Concerto in E-flat major

• Hummel Concerto in E-flat major
L
• Mozart Concerto

• Riisager Concerto

• Tomasi Concerto

• Torelli Concerto in D major

French Horn

• Haydn Concerto No. 2

• Hindemith Concerto

• Jacob Concerto

• Mozart Any Concerto

• Schumann Adagio and Allegro

• F. Strauss Concerto, Op. 8

• R. Strauss Concerto No. 1

Trombone (tenor, except where indicated)

• Bozza Ballade

• David Concertino, Op. 4

• Grondahl Concerto

• Guilmant Morceau symphonique, Op. 88

• Jacob Concerto or Cameos (bass trombone)

• Larsson Concertino, Op. 45, No 7

• Walker Concerto

• Wagenseil Konzert (alto opt)

• McCarty Sonata for Bass Trombone and Strings

• Spillman Concerto (bass trombone)

Tuba

• Gregson Concerto

• Vaughan Williams Concerto

Piano

• Barber Concerto

• Bartok Concerto No. 2 or No. 3

• Beethoven Any concerto

• Chopin Concerto No. 1 or No.2

• Copland Concerto
• Franck Symphonic Variations

• Gershwin Concerto in F major

• Grieg Concerto in A minor

• LaMontaine Concerto
Liszt Concerto No. 1 or No.2

• Mendelssohn Concerto No. 1 or No. 2
• Mozart Any concerto

• Prokofiev Concerto No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, or No. 5

• Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4
• Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini
• Ravel Concerto in G major

• Saint-Saens Concerto in G minor

• Schumann Concerto in A minor

• Stravinsky Concerto for Piano and Winds
• Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor

Special Category (harp and percussion)

Any standard composition with orchestral accompaniment. Please notify our office of your selection as soon as possible.