The Arnold Jacobs Mock Orchestral Tuba Competition gives tuba students the opportunity to show their skills in the orchestral repertoire. The repertoire and setup is like a regular audition.
Tuba Mock Orchestral Competition
ELIGIBILITY
All competitors must be ITEA members at the time of the live rounds (semifinals and finals) of the competition. Finalists and semi-finalists must be registered and present at ITEC. The competitors must never have held a full-time professional position as a musician on any instrument.
SUBMISSION OF MATERIALS
Recordings must be electronically submitted as one (1) MP3 file not to exceed 15MB. All preliminary round recordings must include accompaniment where applicable. Recordings should be unedited (apart from removing silences and combining tracks) and include only required music with no speaking. Multiple work/movement and multiple excerpt submissions should be contained on one (1) MP3 format file only in the order specified for submission. All identifying information must be removed from the file (i.e. no names of individuals, schools or teachers in the file title or in the metadata). All recordings will be presented to judges anonymously.
Upload or link directly to file in Dropbox, Google Drive, etc. NO VIDEOS, only sound files.
There will be two deadlines for competition submissions: Before and after the “early bird” deadline. See date and fee details.
Contestants who wish to enter more than one competition must submit a separate application, fee, and recording for each competition. If any competition does not receive enough entries to be a viable competition, the competition will be canceled and all fees will be refunded.
All of the competitions with live rounds require a recorded preliminary audition. These recordings must be electronically submitted as one (1) MP3 file not to exceed 15MB, along with an electronic application. See repertoire requirements for each round. All preliminary round recordings must include accompaniment where applicable. Recordings should be unedited and include only required music with no speaking. Multiple work/movement and multiple excerpt submissions should be contained on one (1) MP3 format file only in the order specified for submission. All identifying information must be removed from the file (i.e. no names of individuals, schools or teachers in the file title or in the metadata). All recordings will be presented to judges anonymously. Any failure to follow these guidelines may result in immediate disqualification.
Adjudication panels for each competition category will feature prominent performers, scholars, and educators in the relevant field. For recorded rounds and online competitions, panels will include international musicians. For live rounds, panels will be limited to musicians able to attend ITEC.