Contestants may only compete in one category of their choice and must play one piece from the repertoire listed for that chosen category and one contrasting piece of their choice.
VIOLIN
Gold Level – Must be age 16 by Feb. 12, 2011
Silver Level – Must be age 13 by Feb. 12, 2011
Bronze Level – Must be age 10 by Feb. 12, 2011
VIOLA
Gold Level – Must be age 16 by Feb. 12, 2011
Silver Level – Must be age 13 by Feb. 12, 2011
Bronze Level – Must be age 10 by Feb. 12, 2011
VIOLINCELLO
Gold Level – Must be age 16 by Feb. 12, 2011
Silver Level – Must be age 13 by Feb. 12, 2011
Bronze Level – Must be age 10 by Feb. 12, 2011
STRING BASS
Gold Level – Must be age 16 by Feb. 12, 2011
Silver Level – Must be age 13 by Feb. 12, 2011
Bronze Level – Must be age 10 by Feb. 12, 2011
REPERTOIRE
Harp
* Choice composition should be by a different composer and from a different historical period.
* Choice selection may be one movement from a multi- movement composition or a single movement composition.
* Memory is required.
* Intermediate and Advanced classes may be repeated as required.
Bronze – Must be age 10 by Feb. 12, 2011
2 selections, one a free choice, one from suggested repertoire, no more than 6-8 minutes total
Grandjany Little Harp Book: “Bonjour, Monsieur Rameau”
Grandjany Petite Suite Classique, Siciliana and Overture
Prelude No. 1 from Trois Preludes
Grandjany Trois Pieces Tres Faciles, Op. 7 (select one)
Gustavson The Magic Road (select one from collection)
Gustavson Twilight Waltzes (select one)
McDonald/Woods Solos for Harp, Vol. 1 (select one from collection)
McDonald/Woods Solos for Harp Vol. 2-4 (any)
Milligan Fun From the First , Album Leaf, Vol. 2 (select one from collection)
Salzedo The Art of Modulating- The Florentine Music Box, Carillon, or Reverie, Sequidilla
Salzedo Sketches fro Harpist Beginners (first or second series)(select one from collection)
Salzedo/Lawrence Pathfinder to the Harp (select No. 2 or No. 5)
Suzuki Vol. 2, Haydn – Allegro
Weidensau/Grandjany First Grade Pieces for Harp: #6 “Melissa”
Silver – Must be age 13 by Feb. 12, 2011
3 contrasting pieces, one from suggested repertoire no more than 15 minutes total. Sonatinas can count or 2 movements from Sonata.
Andres Absidioles
CPE Bach Solfeggietto
Flagello Berceuse
Forst Homage to Ravel
Grandjany Automne
The Old Chinese Song
Handel The Harmonious Blacksmith, arr. Salzedo
Haydn Theme and Variations
Lawrence Solos for the Harp Player: Durand- Chaconne
Salzedo Method for Harp: Chanson dans la nuit
Method for Harp: Fanfare
Method for Harp: La Desirade
Salzedo Suite of Eight Dances: Gavotte, Minuet, Rumba
Thomas The Minstrel’s Adieu to his Native Land
Gold – Must be age 16 by Feb. 12, 2011
3 contrasting pieces, no more than 18 minutes total, one from suggested repertoire, including contemporary Sonatinas can count, or 2 movements from Sonata
Bach Siciliana (Solos for the Harp Player
Debussy First Arabesque (Solos for the Harp Player)
Dello Joio Bagatelles
Dussek/Zabeleta Sonata in C minor (mvt. 1)
Hindemith Sonata (mvt. 1)
Grandjany Fantasie on a Theme of Haydn
Natra Sonatine
Pierne Impromptu Caprice
Prokofiev Prelude in C
Salzedo Communion or Idyllic Poem (Modern Study of the Harp)
| Violin Gold Level – Must be age 16 by Feb. 12, 2011 | |
| Bartók | Rumanian Folk Dances (all) |
| Bruch | Concerto #1 in G minor (first movement) |
| de Bériot | Concerto #9 in A minor, Op.104 (first movement) |
| Haydn | Concerto #1 in C Major (first movement) |
| Kabalevsky | Concerto in C Major, Op. 48 (first movement) |
| Lalo | Symphonie Espagnole, Op.21 (first movement) |
| Mendelssohn | Concerto in E minor, Op.64 (first movement) |
| Mozart | Concerto No.3 in G Major, K216 (first movement w/cadenza) |
| Mozart | Concerto No.4 in D Major, K218 (first movement w/cadenza) |
| Mozart | Concerto No 5. in A Major, K219 (first movement w/cadenza) |
| Vitali | Chaconne in G minor |
| Vivaldi | Four Seasons – Summer (first OR last movement) |
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| Violin Silver Level – Must be age 13 by Feb. 12, 2011 | |
| Barbara | Barber Vol.2, any selection |
| Bohm | Bolero |
| Bohm | Sarabande in G minor |
| Corelli | Three Sonatas, Op.5 (any one movement) |
| Dvořák | Four Romantic Pieces, Op.75 (#1 only) |
| Dvořák | Sonatina, Op.100 (first OR fourth movement) |
| Fiocco | Allegro |
| Handel | Sonata in F, Op.1 (any one movement) |
| Handel | Sonata in D, Op.1 (any one movement) |
| Haydn | Concerto #2 in G Major, (first movement) |
| Jenkinson | Elves Dance |
| Kreisler | Tempo di Minuette |
| Kreisler | Sicilienne & Rigaudon |
| Mendelssohn | Mosquito Dance |
| Monti | Czardas |
| Seitz | Concerto No.1 in D Major, Op.7 (first movement) |
| Seitz | Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.12 (first movement) |
| Severn | Polish Dance |
| Vivaldi | Concerto in G Minor, Op.4, No.6 (first OR third movement) |
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| Violin Bronze Level – Must be age 10 by Feb. 12, 2011 | |
| Bach | Marche (in D Major) |
| Bach | Musette (in D Major) |
| Bach | Giguetta (in C Major) |
| Bohm | Perpetuo Mobile, from Little Suite, No.6 |
| Dancla | Air Varie from Six Air Varies, Op.89 (any one complete) |
| Gabriel-Marie | La Cinquantaine |
| Huber | Student’s Concertino No.4 in G, Op.8 (first movement) |
| Kroll | Donkey Doodle |
| Kuchler | Concertino in D Major, Op.15 (first OR last movement) |
| Papini | Theme and Variations |
| Suzuki | Volume 3 (any selection) |
| Seitz | Student’s Concerto No.2 in G, Op.13 (first OR third movements) |
| Seitz | Student’s Concerto No.5 in D, Op.22 (first OR third movements) |
| Trott | The Puppet Show |
| Vivaldi | Concerto in A minor (first OR third movement) |
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| Viola Gold Level – Must be age 16 by Feb. 12, 2011 | |
| Bach, J.C. | Concerto in C minor (any one movement) |
| Bloch | Meditation AND Processional |
| Bloch | Suite Hebraique-Rhapsody (#1) |
| Bruch | Romance |
| Handel | Viola Concerto (any one movement) |
| Hindemith | Trauermusik |
| Hoffmeister | Concerto in D Major (any one movement) |
| Hummel | Fantasie |
| Stamitz | Concerto in D Major, Op.1 (#2 OR #3) |
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| Viola Silver Level – Must be age 13 by Feb. 12, 2011 | |
| Dancla | Air Varie de Concert |
| Eccles | Sonata in G minor (any two movements) |
| Fauré | Après un Rêve |
| Haydn | Divertimento (third movement) |
| Marcello | Sonata No.1 in F Major (any two movements) |
| Telemann | Concert in G Major (1st and 2nd movts OR 3rd and 4th movts.) |
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| Viola Bronze Level – Must be age 10 by Feb. 12, 2011 | |
| Bridge | Allegretto |
| Debussy | Beau Soir |
| Handel | Bourée |
| Ravel | Pavane |
| Seitz Concerto | No.5 (first movement) |
| Stravinsky | Dance of the Princesses (from The Firebird) |
| Vaughan-Williams | Six Studies in English Folk Song (#1 and #2 OR #3 and #4) |
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| Violincello Gold Level – Must be age 16 by Feb. 12, 2011 | |
| Boccherini | Concerto in B-flat (first OR third movement) |
| Fauré | Papillon, Op.77 |
| Goltermann | Concerto #1 in A minor, Op.14 (first movement) |
| Haydn | Concerto in D (any one movement) |
| Hindemith | A Frog He Went a-Courting |
| Popper | Village Song, Op.62, No.2 |
| Schumann | Fantasy Pieces, Op.73 (any one movement) |
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| Violincello Silver Level – Must be age 13 by Feb. 12, 2011 | |
| J.S. Bach | Arioso from Cantata 156 |
| Corelli | Sonata in D, Op.5, No.8 (one slow AND one fast movement) |
| Eccles | Sonata in G minor (Largo and Allegro) |
| Fauré | Sicilienne, Op.78 |
| Goltermann | Etude-Caprice, Op.52, No.4 |
| Handel | Sonata in D (one slow AND one fast movement) |
| Klengel | Concertino in C, Op.7 (any one movement) |
| Marais | Two Old Dances |
| Saint-Saëns | Allegro Appassionato, Op.43 |
| Saint-Saëns | The Swan |
| Squire | Tarantella, Op.23 |
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| Violincello Bronze Level – Must be age 10 by Feb. 12, 2011 | |
| Suzuki | Volume 3 (any selection) |
| Suzuki | Volume 4 (any selection) |
| J.S. Bach | Bourée I and II (from Third Cello Suite) |
| Borismortier | Sonata in D, Op.50, No.3 (any one movement) |
| Gluck | Andante (from Orfeo) |
| Mendelssohn | Students Concerto in D, Op.213 (first movement) |
| Romberg | Sonata in E, Op.38, No.1 (any one movement) |
| Senaille | Allegro Spirituoso (finish at letter E) |
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| String Bass Gold Level – Must be age 16 by Feb. 12, 2011 | |
| Bottesini | Elegy in D Major (any two contrasting movements) |
| Corelli | Sonata in C minor (any two contrasting movements) |
| Dittersdorf | Concerto in E Major (any one movement) |
| Eccles | Sonata in G minor (any two contrasting movements) |
| Fauré | Après un Rêve |
| Handel | Sonata in C minor (any two contrasting movements) |
| Proto A | Carmen Fantasy |
| Zimmermann, ed. | Solos for the Double Bass Player (any one, except #6) |
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| String Bass Silver Level – Must be age 13 by Feb. 12, 2011 | |
| Bach | Minuet No.4 |
| Beethoven | Sonatina |
| Gossec | Gavotte in G Major |
| Simandi | Tempo di Polacca |
| Vance | Bagatelle |
| Vance | #11 OR #12 OR #13 from Book 3 section of Progressive Repertoire for Double Bass Vol.2 |
| Vance | #1 through #7 from Book 4 section of Progressive Repertoire for Double Bass Vol.2 |
| Weinstein | Contemporary Modal Solos (any one) |
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| String Bass Bronze Level – Must be age 10 by Feb. 12, 2011 | |
| Bach | Chorale No.1 |
| Chopin | Maiden’s Wish |
| Handel | Sarabande AND Minuet |
| Hoag | Variations on a Tune by John Blow |
| Pleyel | Menuett |
| Tuthill | Six for Bass (any two) |
| Vance | Any two contrasting pieces from #1, #2, #4, #6, #7 or #10 from Book 2 section of Progressive Repertoire for Double Bass Vol.1 |
| Vance | Repertoire for the Double Bass Book 2 |
