Criteria

The jury in each category will be made up of renowned professionals in the fields of Composition, Tuba and Euphonium, to whom the organization will provide the scoring system agreed for the Competition. In the evaluation phase, the following parameters will be assessed:

• Appropriateness to the category and level to which the work is submitted. Works that do not meet the level of each of the categories, will be excluded from the Competition.
• Presentation and edition of the score.
• Creativity and originality of the piece.
• Quality of the compositional elements of the work; form, melody, rhythm, textures, timbre, tempos, dynamics, registers, possibilities of interpretation, etc.

Therefore, the pieces presented must be based on Intermediate Level performance criteria:

• Use a recognizable form and aesthetic through the interpretation of the piece.
• Avoid tonalities with many accidentals.
• Do not use excessively complex rhythms.
• Use registers appropriate to the level, avoiding extreme registers continuously.
  • Euphonium: no lower than E on the first additional line below the staff and no
    higher than Bb on the fourth additional line above the staff (in the bass clef).
  • Tuba: no lower than the F# of the fourth additional line below the staff and no higher than the C of the first additional line above the staff.

Each member of the Jury will independently score with 10, 7, 5, 3 and 1 points the 5 pieces they consider appropriate. This score, together with any comments on the works deemed appropriate, will be submitted to the organizers within the agreed period.

The sum of the points awarded by the members of the Jury will be the final score for each piece presented. The pieces with the most votes in each category will be the winners.

A minimum score will be established to award the prizes, which may be declared void if the minimum score is not reached.