2026 Required Music
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IMPORTANT REMINDERS
- Lists of required music by division (below).
- Perform the COMPLETE work unless otherwise noted.
- Be sure that you prepare using the correct edition/publisher as identified below.
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EUPHONIUM ARTIST
Preliminary Round
Concerto per Flicorno Basso by Amilcare Ponchielli, arr. Henry Howey (Tuba Euphonium Press) (record with piano) NOTE: start on beat 3 in M. 26 and play to the end of M. 233
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
Four Caprices, Caprice 20 ONLY by Niccolo Paganini, arr. David Werden (Cimarron Music Press)
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Inspired by Blue by Andrea Hobson (Pinnacle Brass Publication)
Semi-Final Round (accompanied)
Concertino, Op. 107 by Cecile Chaminade, arr. David Werden (Cimarron Music Press)
Final Round (with band)
Euphonium Concerto No. 4 “Omaggio,” movements 1 & 3 ONLY by Philip Sparke (Anglo Music Publication) NOTE: for 1st movement, end at the low B at M.138; for 3rd movement, ensemble starts on beat 2 of M. 214
TUBA ARTIST
Preliminary Round
Concerto for Bass Tuba, movement 1 ONLY by Ralph Vaughan Williams (Oxford Press-Mathews Edition 2012) (record with piano)
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Twenty Characteristic Etudes, Etude #2 ONLY by Gregory Fritze (Tuba Euphonium Press) NOTE: tempo app. Quarter =116. All repeats first time, no repeats after DC
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
Mythos Suite, Five Greek Myths for Tuba, movements 3, 4 & 5 ONLY by Lynn Blake John (Cimarron Music Press)
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15 Advanced Studies for Tuba, No. 8 “Stars, Stripes and Sousa” ONLY by Andrew Duncan (Duncan Music Press)
Semi-Final Round (accompanied)
Naptown by Drew Bonner (drewbonner.com)
Final Round (with piano)
Tuba Sonata (complete) by Anthony DiLorenzo (Art of Sound Music)
EUPHONIUM STUDENT
NOTE: There is an age limit for the student divisions. Participants must not have reached their 20th birthday prior to September 1 of the Festival year. For the 2026 Festival, a participant who will be 20 years old or older on September 1, 2026 is not eligible to apply in either student division. There are no exceptions.
Preliminary Round
Golden Hour by Cait Nishimura (caitnishimura.com) (record with piano)
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25 Advanced Studies for Euphonium, Volume 1, Etude No. 1 ONLY by Kevin Day (murphymusicpress.com)
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
Proverbs, movements 1, 4 & 5 ONLY by Lynn Blake John (Cimarron Music Press)
Semi-Final Round (accompanied)
Pioneer of the New Land at Sea by Wan-Yun Liang (Cimarron Music Press)
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Adagio Cantabile, Lyrica No. 10 by Giuseppe Tartini, trans. Leonard Falcone (Cimarron Music Press)
Final Round (with piano)
Concertino No. I in Bb, Op. 7, movement 1 ONLY by Julius Klengel, arr. Leonard Falcone (Tuba Euphonium Press)
TUBA STUDENT
NOTE: There is an age limit for the student divisions. Participants must not have reached their 20th birthday prior to September 1 of the Festival year. For the 2026 Festival, a participant who will be 20 years old or older on September 1, 2026 is not eligible to apply in either student division. There are no exceptions.
Preliminary Round
12-Tonal for Tuba and Piano by Gabriel Newvine (Cimarron Music Press) (record in a single take with piano)
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Sonata Breve for Solo Tuba, movements 2 & 4 ONLY by Jack Gallagher (Brass Press) (movements may be recorded separately and combined)
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
Cadenza and Groove by Brooke Pierson (Taurus Music Publication) NOTE: last note, flutter or growl acceptable
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70 Studies for BBb Tuba, Etude #30 ONLY by Vladislav Blazhevich (Robert King)
Semi-Final Round (accompanied)
Surus for Tuba and Piano by Nicole Chamberlain (Spotted Rocket Publishing)
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Two Latin Dances, II. Tango ONLY by Lauren Bernofsky (Presser) NOTE: contrabass version
Final Round (with piano)
Blue Lake Concert Piece by Salvador Brotons (ummpstore.com)