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2021 Festival Required Music
For All Divisions
Lists of required music by division (below)
Euphonium Artist | Tuba Artist | Euphonium Student | Tuba Student
Click here for a pdf version of the list
All music is available at Hickey's Music Online unlessotherwise indicated.
These are the links you can use to order music from Hickey's:
Euphonium Artist | Tuba Artist | Euphonium Student | Tuba Student
Festival Dates: August 6-9, 2021
EUPHONIUM ARTIST
Preliminary Round (record with CD accompaniment)
FLOW by Benjamin Dean Taylor (Available online)
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
Stutter Step by Benjamin Horne (Pinnacle Brass)
- AND -
Melodious Etudes for Trombone trans. by Johannes Rochut (Carl Fischer)
Book 3: Etude 92
Semi-Final Round (accompanied)
Rangitoto by Goff Richards (Studio Music)
Final Round (with piano)
Turbulence, Tide and Torque by Peter Graham (Gramercy Music)
TUBA ARTIST
Preliminary Round (record unaccompanied)
Unaccompanied Suites, BWV 1007-1012 by J.S. Bach/Sauer transcribed for tuba (Cherry Classics)
“Prelude” (Suite II, p.8)
- AND –
Sweet Dances by Elizabeth Raum (Cimarron Music Press)
#1 “Blew Tango” and #2 “Dot Polka”
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
Capriccio for Solo Tuba by Krzysztof Penderecki (Schott)
- AND –
Unaccompanied Suites, BWV 1007-1012 by J.S. Bach/Sauer transcribed for tuba (Cherry Classics)
“Sarabande” (Suite V, p.32)
Semi-Final Round (accompanied)
Concertino for Tuba by Eugene Bozza (Alphonse Leduc)
Movements 1 & 2 ONLY
Final Round (with band)
Dialogue for Tuba & Band by Shawn Okpebholo (Online at: Available online)
EUPHONIUM STUDENT
NOTE: There is an age limit for the student divisions. For the 2021 Festival, a participant who will be 20 years old
or older on December 1, 2021 is NOT ELIGIBLE to apply in either student division. There are no exceptions.
Preliminary Round (record unaccompanied)
Sonata for Euphonium by Fred L. Clinard Jr. (Shawnee Press)
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
In Modo Humano* by Thomas Rüedi (Thomas Rüedi Music Productions)
- AND -
Characteristic Study #7 by Arban/Bowman/Alessi (Encore)
Semi-Final Round (accompanied)
Mephisto Masque by Edmond Dédé/arr. D. Werden (Cimarron Music Press)
Final Round (with piano)
Sonata for Euphonium “Child's Play” by Barbara York (Cimarron Music Press)
* Winner, 2020 Solo Works Competition
TUBA STUDENT
NOTE: There is an age limit for the student divisions. For the 2021 Festival, a participant who will be 20 years old
or older on December 1, 2021, is NOT ELIGIBLE to apply in either student division. There are no exceptions.
Preliminary Round (record unaccompanied)
Impromptus for Solo Tuba by Robert Muczynski (G. Schirmer)
Movements 1 & 3 ONLY
- AND –
Song-tudes by James Stephenson (Stephenson Music)
#1 “Mission Augustus” & #22 “Re-treat”
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
Climate Strike* by Evan Zegiel (Cimarron Music Press)
Semi-Final Round (accompanied)
Suite for Tuba by Vaclav Nelhybel (Cimarron Music Press)
NOTE: Errata sheet pdf for download
Final Round (with piano)
Scenes from the Andalusia by Elizabeth Raum (Cimarron Music Press)
* Winner, 2020 Solo Works Competition
2022 Festival Required Music
For All Divisions
Lists of required music by division (below)
Euphonium Artist | Tuba Artist | Euphonium Student | Tuba Student
Click here for a pdf version of the Required Music list including Errata UPDATED 6/16/2022
Please note: ERRATA for this Festival's music included in the list below
Click here for a pdf version of just the ERRATA for this Festival's music UPDATED 6/16/2022
All music is available at Hickey's Music Online unless otherwise indicated.
These are the links you can use to order music from Hickey's:
Euphonium Artist | Tuba Artist | Euphonium Student | Tuba Student
Festival Dates: August 5-8, 2022
EUPHONIUM ARTIST
Preliminary Round (record with piano)
Concertino by Rolf Wilhelm (entire work) (TRIO Blasermusik Edition)
ERRATA: There are several published editions of this work with different tempo markings throughout the work. The adjudicators will be made aware of this issue as they judge the performances. Please use whichever published markings you are most comfortable with for your performance.
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
Modal Suite by Kayla Roth (Cimarron Music Press)
Semi-Final Round (accompanied)
Vintage by David Gillingham (C. Alan Publication)
Final Round (with band)
Amethyst Concerto by Sebastian Quesada (entire work) (IMBrassworks)
TUBA ARTIST
Preliminary Round
Variations in an Olden Style by Thomas Stevens (Editions Bim)
record with piano
- AND -
Front Lines by Laura Karpman
record unaccompanied (download available)
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
Three Furies for Solo Tuba by James Grant (Potenza Music)
Fury II & Fury III ONLY
Semi-Final Round (accompanied)
Concertino for Tuba by Rolf Wilhelm (Strube Verlag)
Movements 1 & 2 ONLY
Final Round (with piano)
Retratos by Vinicio Meza (Cimarron Music Press)
- AND -
Silhouette by John Harmon (Nichols Music Co.)
EUPHONIUM STUDENT
NOTE: There is an age limit for the student divisions. For the 2022 Festival, a participant who will be 20 years old
or older on December 1, 2022 is NOT ELIGIBLE to apply in either student division. There are no exceptions.
Preliminary Round (record with piano)
Midnight Euphonium by Goff Richards (Studio Music)
- AND -
Allegro Spiritoso by Jean Baptiste Senaille/Falcone (Southern Music)
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
Flagship Portraits by Frank Gulino (Cimarron Music Press)
- AND -
Characteristic Study #3 by Arban/Bowman/Alessi (Encore)
Semi-Final Round (accompanied)
Sonatina for Euphonium and Piano by Charles Ingram (Cimarron Music Press)
Final Round (with piano)
Fantasy for Euphonium and Piano by Elena Roussanova (available from composer)
ERRATA: There are TWO versions of this work that have been published. Please use the Second Edition version. This version is published by Russa Nova Publishers. Please DO NOT use the First Edition, which was published by Denis Wick Publication.
TUBA STUDENT
NOTE: There is an age limit for the student divisions. For the 2022 Festival, a participant who will be 20 years old
or older on December 1, 2022, is NOT ELIGIBLE to apply in either student division. There are no exceptions.
Preliminary Round
Air and Bourée by J. S. Bach/Bell (Carl Fisher)
record with piano
- AND -
Blue Grace by Claire Sievers (Cimarron Music Press)
record unaccompanied
ERRATA: According to composer Claire Sievers, the articulation in measures 58-64 should mirror what is written in measures 31-34; the part marking is inconsistent. The performer may choose to adopt either interpretation; there will be no deductions by judges.
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
Whale Songs by Lynn Blake John (Cimarron Music Press)
Semi-Final Round (accompanied)
Lamento by Sofia Gubaidulina (Sikorski)
ERRATA: In the second-to-last measure the tuba part has a ‘B natural” for 12 notes and the piano part has it for only 1 note. Either way will be acceptable for the competition; there will be no deductions by judges. Image of the significant part is linked here.
Final Round (with piano)
Tuba Concerto by Edward Gregson (Novello)
Movements 1 & 2 ONLY
In the second-to-last measure the tuba part has a ‘B natural” for 12 notes and the piano part has it for only 1 note. Either way will be acceptable for the competition; there will be no deductions by judges.
For All Divisions
Lists of required music by division (below)
Euphonium Artist | Tuba Artist | Euphonium Student | Tuba Student
Click here for a pdf version of the Required Music list
All music is available at Hickey's Music Online unless otherwise indicated.
These are the links you can use to order music from Hickey's:
Euphonium Artist | Tuba Artist | Euphonium Student | Tuba Student
Festival Dates: August 4-7, 2023
EUPHONIUM ARTIST
Preliminary Round (record with piano)
Fantasia di Concerto by Eduardo Boccalari (Cimarron Music Press)
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
Arv (Heritage) Falcone Edition by Bente Illevold (en.euphonia.no)
NOTE: Be sure that the edition you have purchased of Arv is the Falcone Edition. Bente Illevold believes that she has sent the Falcone Edition to all who had purchased the original edition. If this is not the case, please contact her directly by email indicating the receipt for the order. If you are looking for an email from her, be sure to check your spam or junk folders because her emails seem to end up in those folders, especially on Gmail accounts.
- AND-
Moving Out, Mvt. 2 "Goodbye" ONLY by Michael Goodman (michaelgoodmanmusic.com)
Semi-Final Round (accompanied)
Pantomime by Philip Sparke (Studio Music Company)
Final Round (with piano)
Concert Variations by Jan Bach (Cimarron Music/Tuba Euphonium Press)
TUBA ARTIST
Preliminary Round (record with piano)
Concerto for Tuba, Mvt. 1 ONLY by Eric Ewazen (Southern Music Company)
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
Naked Tuba by Anne McGinty (McGinty Music)
- AND-
Etude No.18 (XVIII) from "Low Etudes for Tuba" by Phil Snedecor (PAS Music Productions)
Semi-Final Round (accompanied)
Music for Two Big Instruments by Alex Shapiro (Activist Music)
Final Round (with band)
Metallic Figures by Kevin Day (Murphy Music Press)
EUPHONIUM STUDENT
NOTE: There is an age limit for the student divisions. For the 2023 Festival, a participant who will be 20 years old
or older on December 1, 2023 is NOT ELIGIBLE to apply in either student division. There are no exceptions.
Preliminary Round
Tantalus by Kevin Houben (Scherzando Music Publishing) (record with piano)
NOTE: At measure 18, and throughout the rest of the work, the instruction from the composer is to use a CUP mute. For the festival recording, this is optional and no points will be deducted if the contestant decides to play the music without the aid of a mute.
- AND-
Euph'tudes No.11 "Panza's Revenge" by Phil Snedecor (PAS Music Productions) (record unaccompanied)
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
Lucidity of Confusion by Peter J. Felice (Cimarron Music Press)
Semi-Final Round (accompanied)
Cyanic Ballade by Jiro Censhu (euphonium.com)
Final Round (with piano)
Concerto "Creative States," Mvts. 1, 2, 3 ONLY by Barbara York (Cimarron Music Press)
TUBA STUDENT
NOTE: There is an age limit for the student divisions. For the 2023 Festival, a participant who will be 20 years old
or older on December 1, 2023, is NOT ELIGIBLE to apply in either student division. There are no exceptions.
Preliminary Round (record with piano)
Suite for Tuba, Mvts. 1 & 3 ONLY by Don Haddad (Shawnee Press)
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
Mini-Suite for Solo Tuba, Mvts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ONLY by Charles Ingram (Cimarron Music Press)
Semi-Final Round (accompanied)
Harvey's Tuba by Eduardo Nogueroles (Potenza Music)
Final Round (with piano)
Tuba Sonata by Stephen Rush (Cimarron Music Press)
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.
Refer to the new Recording Guidelines for the 2024 Festival to be certain that any video recording you ultimately submit for the competition is in accordance with those guidelines
Festival Dates: August 9-12, 2024
EUPHONIUM ARTIST
Preliminary Round (record with piano)
Sonatina for Euphonium and Piano, Mvts. 1 & 2 ONLY by Etienne Crausaz (Editions BIM) (Record with piano)
– AND –
Cascades by Al Vizzutti (Editions BIM) (Record unaccompanied)
NOTE: We are aware of the different arrangements of the Vizzutti and will accept all versions of the work. Judges are aware of the different keys available, and will not penalize competitors.
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
Rock Hopper by Gail Robertson (Cimarron Music Press)
– AND –
The Hispanic Euphonium by Eduardo Nogueroles (Potenza Music Publishing)
NOTE: Requires compensating 3rd slide to be removed
Semi-Final Round (accompanied)
Concerto for Euphonium, Mvt. 1 “Fantasy” ONLY by Martin Ellerby (Studio Music Company)
– AND –
Sonatina for Euphonium and Piano, Mvt. 3 ONLY by Etienne Crausaz (Editions BIM)
Final Round (with band)
Euphonium Concerto by Satoshi Yagisawa (De Haske Music)
TUBA ARTIST
Preliminary Round (record with piano)
Sonata for Tuba and Piano, Mvts. 1 & 2 ONLY by Bruce Broughton (LudwigMasters Music)
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
Triumph of the Demon Gods by John Stevens (Manduca Music Publications)
– AND –
Partita In A Minor, BWV 1013, “Allemande” ONLY by J. S. Bach/Russell John Tinkham (Cimarron Music Press)
Semi-Final Round (accompanied)
Tuba Concerto, Mvt. 2 ONLY by Jennifer Higdon (Lawdon Press)
Final Round (with piano)
Tuba Sonata by Amanda Harberg (self-published)
– AND –
Partita In A Minor, BWV 1013, “Sarabande” ONLY by J. S. Bach/Russell John Tinkham (Cimarron Music Press)
EUPHONIUM STUDENT
NOTE: There is an age limit for the student divisions. For the 2024 Festival, a participant who will be 20 years old
or older on December 1, 2024 is NOT ELIGIBLE to apply in either student division. There are no exceptions.
Preliminary Round (record with piano)
Andante and Rondo by Antonio Capuzzi/Philip Catelinet (Edition Peters Music)
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
Quatrille by Dario Argentesi (Cimarron Music Press)
– AND –
Euph’tudes No.13 “Slowly & singing–a la Grainger” ONLY by Phil Snedecor (PAS Music)
Semi-Final Round (accompanied)
African Sky by Andrea Hobson (self-published)
– AND –
Sonata in F, Mvts. 1 & 2 ONLY by Benedetto Marcello/Adam Frey (Euphonium.com)
Final Round (with piano)
Fantasia by Gordon Jacob (Boosey & Hawkes Music)
TUBA STUDENT
NOTE: There is an age limit for the student divisions. For the 2024 Festival, a participant who will be 20 years old
or older on December 1, 2024, is NOT ELIGIBLE to apply in either student division. There are no exceptions.
Preliminary Round (record with piano)
Introduction and Dance by J. Ed. Barat/Glenn Smith (Southern Music Company)
– AND –
Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba by Walter Hartley (Theodore Presser Music) (Complete work with repeat in 4th movement)
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
The Mechanicals by Edmund Joliffe (Cimarron Music Press)
Semi-Final Round (accompanied)
Tennessee Journey by Barbara York (Cimarron Music Press)
Final Round (with piano)
Introduction and Dance by Fernando Deddos (Cimarron Music Press) (Contrabass version ONLY)
– AND –
Drei Leichte Stücke by Alexander Lebedev (Hofmeister)
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)
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)
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)
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)