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To be considered for participation in a live competition round at NERTEC, you must submit a preliminary audio recording by 1/1/2026.
Title your recording LASTNAME_COMPOSER.mp3/wav and send to NERTEC2026@iteaonline.org. Recorded excerpts may be submitted as separate audio files within one email submission.
All preliminary competition rounds require a fee of $30 (per competition) at registration. Please indicate during registration which competition you will be entering.
If you are chosen to compete in a live solo round, there will be an additional $30 fee to cover collaborative pianist costs.
Information on competition prizes will be announced soon.
Mock Band - Tuba
Recorded Preliminary Round (due 1/1/26):
Barnes - Symphony No. 3
Beginning to mm. [34]
Sousa - The Stars and Stripes Forever (Both excerpts)
Beginning to second ending
Beginning to double bar
Vaughan Williams - Tocatta Marziale
Beginning to 2 mm. after [5]
Live Round (including preliminary round excerpts)
Grainger - Lincolnshire Posy - 3rd Movement, "Rufford Park Poachers"
Pickups to [51] to 2 mm. after [83]
Grantham - J'ai été au bal
Pickups to [116] to [140]
Hindemith - Symphony in B-flat
[I] to [K]
Liszt/King - Mazeppa (both excerpts)
Sousa - George Washington Bicentennial
Mock Band - Euphonium
Recorded Preliminary Round (due 1/1/26):
Holst - Suite in F
Pick-ups to [E] to 16 mm. after [F]
Holst - Chaconne from Suite in E-flat
Pick-up to [A] to [C]
Day - Havana
mm. 13 - 22
mm. 40 - 52
Berlioz arr. Safranek - The Roman Carnival Overture
[1] to [4]
Vaughan Williams - Tocatta Marziale
Beginning to [6]
Live Round (can also include excerpts from the preliminary round):
Williams trans. Lavender - Raiders March
mm. 67 - 104 (take upper div.)
King - The Melody Shop (full)
Holst - The Planets (Band Version)
Mars, [4] to 6 mm. after [4]
Mars, solo to fermata
Grantham - J'ai eté au bal
mm. 128 - 168
Schuman - When Jesus Wept
Pick-up to mm. 77 - 102
Grainger - Colonial Song
mm. 21 - 45
Mussorgsky arr. Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition, IV. Bydlo
9 mm. before [38] to [39]
[42] to 5 mm. after [44]
Giroux - The Sun Catcher
mm. 300 - 328
Mock Orchestra - Tuba
Recorded Preliminary Round (due 1/1/26):
Wagner - Overture to Die Meistersinger
[J] to [L]
Berlioz - Hungarian March
[4] to 4 mm. after [5]
Prokofiev - Symphony no. 5, mvmt. 1
[3] to [6]
Live Round (can also include excerpts from the preliminary round):
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
mvmt. 5 (complete)
Gershwin - An American in Paris
3 mm. after [67] to [68]
Mahler - Symphony no. 1
4 mm. before [3] to 5 mm. after [3]
Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet
6 mm. before [5] to [6]
Revueltas - Sensemaya
[2] to [8]
Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
7 mm. before [37] to 3 mm. before [38]
Wagner - Die Walkure
pickup to [11] to 4 mm. after [12]
Tuba Student Solo (20 years and under)
Competitors must be under the age of 20, not reaching their 20th birthday by the date of the final round, Friday March 6, 2026.
Recorded Preliminary Round (due 1/1/26):
Live Round:
Concert Allegro - A. Lebedev
70 Studies for BBb Tuba, Etude #30 ONLY - Vladislav Blazhevich
Tuba Artist Solo (21 years and over)
Recorded Preliminary Round (due 1/1/26):
Live Round:
Concerto for Bass Tuba (movement I ONLY) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Twenty Characteristic Etudes, Etude #2 ONLY - Gregory Fritze
NOTE: tempo app. quarter = 116. All repeats first time, no repeats after DC
Euphonium Student Solo (20 years and under)
Competitors must be under the age of 20, not reaching their 20th birthday by the date of the final round, Friday March 6, 2026.
Recorded Preliminary Round (due 1/1/26):
Live Round:
Golden Hour - Cait Nishimura
25 Advanced Studies for Euphonium, Volume 1, Etude No. 1 ONLY - Kevin Day
Euphonium Artist Solo (21 years and older)
Recorded Preliminary Round (due 1/1/26):
Live Round:
Concerto per Flicorno Basso - Amilcare Ponchielli, arr. Henry Howey (mm. 35-233)
Amateur Solo Competition
This competition is open to any non-professional tuba or euphonium players who are looking for an opportunity to compete and perform. For questions of eligibility, please email NERTEC2026@iteaonline.org.
Recorded Preliminary Round: Bordogni/Bel Canto of choice (due 1/1/26)
Live Round Tuba: Suite for Tuba and Piano - Don Haddad
Live Round Euphonium: Rhapsody for Euphonium and Piano - James Curnow
Chamber Ensemble Competition
Ensembles must include majority tuba and euphonium instruments and may be no less than 3 people in size. Each member must register individually for the preliminary competition.
Preliminary and live rounds repertoire may be selected by each ensemble, but may not extend past 15 minutes in length. Repertoire for preliminary and live rounds do not have to be the same.
Recorded Preliminary Round is due 1/1/26.
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