2025 Festival Required Music

For All Divisions 

Lists of required music by division (below)
      Play COMPLETE work unless otherwise noted.
Euphonium Artist | Tuba Artist | Euphonium Student | Tuba Student

Click here for a pdf version of the Required Music list

Be sure that you prepare using the correct edition/publisher as identified below.

NOTE: The current Recording Guidelines pdf document was finalized for the 2024 Festival. It will give you a general idea of what you will need to do to submit a video recording for the competition. This document will be updated for the 2025 Festival some time this fall. There will be an announcement on the Falcone Festival website home page once it is available. 

Festival Dates: August 8-11, 2025

EUPHONIUM ARTIST

Preliminary Round

Brazilian Dance “Xaxando no cerrado” by Fernando Morais (Euphonium.com) (record in a single take with piano)
     – AND –
Fantasy by Johann Nepomuk Hummel/Robert Childs/Philip Wilby (Rosehill Music) (record in a single take with piano)

Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)

Two Insects by Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen (Nordic Sounds)
     – AND –
Euph’tudes No. 9 “Titania” by Phil Snedecor (PAS Music)

Semi-Final Round (accompanied)

Rule Britannia by John Hartmann/Adam Frey (Euphonium.com)

Final Round (with piano)

Concerto for Euphonium and Band by Tom Davoren (tomdavorenmusic.com)

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TUBA ARTIST

Preliminary Round

Winds of Change “Song for the Lost” by Gina Gillie (Diversify the Stand) (record in a single take with piano)
     – AND –
Nightwalker for Tuba and Fixed Media by Logan Jungman (Cimarron Music Press) (record in a single take with fixed media)

Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)

Alarum by Edward Gregson (Gramercy Music)

Semi-Final Round (accompanied)

Incantation for Tuba and Piano by Anna Segal (Cimarron Music Press)

Final Round (with band)

Teutonic Tales by Robert W. Smith (C. L. Barnhouse)

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EUPHONIUM STUDENT

NOTE: The Board of Directors of the Falcone Festival has modified the Student Eligibility for the 2025 Festival! The new details are listed under Student Eligibility on the Competition Overview web page.

Preliminary Round

Sonatine by Hidenori Arai (Cimarron Music Press) (movements may be recorded separately with piano and combined)
     – AND –
Melodious Etudes for Trombone Book 1 No. 42 by Marco Bordogni/Johannes Rochut (Carl Fischer) (record in a single take unaccompanied)

Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)

Improvisations by Clément Couty (Euphonium.com)
     – AND –
Partita Mvt. 1 “Dance” ONLY by Graham Boag (Cimarron Music Press)

Semi-Final Round (accompanied)

A Caged Bird by Barbara York (Cimarron Music Press)

Final Round (with piano) 

Sonata for Euphonium and Piano by Eduardo Nogueroles (Pinnacle Brass)
     – AND –
Loui by Fernando Deddos (Cimarron Music Press)

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TUBA STUDENT

NOTE: The Board of Directors of the Falcone Festival has modified the Student Eligibility for the 2025 Festival! The new details are listed under Student Eligibility on the Competition Overview web page.

Preliminary Round

Three Moods for Tuba by Sy Brandon (Cimarron Music Press) (movements may be recorded separately with piano and combined)

Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)

Tastebuds: Flavorful Vinaigrettes for Unaccompanied Tuba by Kayla Holsopple (Cimarron Music Press)
     – AND –
70 Studies Volume 1 No. 20 “Lento” by Vladislav Blazhevich (Robert King)

Semi-Final Round (accompanied)

Suite in One Movement by Ben Miles (Potenza Music)

Final Round (with piano)

Crossroads for Tuba and Piano by Katahj Copley (Katahj Copley Music)
     – AND –
Stuff for Solo Tuba by James Grant (Potenza Music)

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