Rich Matteson Jazz Competition – Artist Division
This competition is named after the legendary jazz euphonium player, Rich Matteson (1929-1993).
Rich Matteson was internationally recognized as one of the most exciting jazz soloists and clinicians. A graduate of the University of Iowa, Rich had a wide and varied career as public school music teacher, professional performer, conductor, arranger, composer and university professor. He was an outstanding recording musician in every jazz idiom.
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$85 USD
$75 USD
November 14, 2022
January 1, 2023
June 3, 2023
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 the competition event, for example, ITEC. The competitors must never have held a full-time professional position as a musician on any instrument.
Criteria
The jury is looking for excellent performances of high musical and technical standards.
Information
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.
Accompanists will be provided by ITEC. Live round competitors will not be allowed to use their own pianist.
Rules
Finalists and semi-finalists must be registered and present at ITEC 2023 to be held Monday, May 29 – June 3, 2023 at the Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, USA.
All competitors will pay a reduced registration fee for ITEC.
Prizes
Prize amounts will be announced in early 2023.Announcement of Winners
Winner will be announced at ITEC 2023Coordinators:
Rounds and repertoire
This competition will also have a Young Artist division. Be sure to review the age requirements so that you enter the appropriate division!
Download iReal Pro backing tracks: competitors may use these tracks for practice and their preliminary recording.
Note that TWO tunes are required for each round. Each tune recorded will have one time through the head, two choruses of improvisation, and one final time through the head.
- Blue Monk – Thelonious Monk (key of C at q=112)
- Watermelon Man – Herbie Hancock (key of F at q=120)
- Lament – JJ Johnson
- Solar – Miles Davis
- Confirmation – Charlie Parker
- Good Morning Heartache – Irene Higginbotham
- Edenderry – Marshall Gilkes (available at www.marshallgilkes.com)
