2006 Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition Repertoire Selections


Name _____________________________________________________

Please indicate your selections for each round of the Jordania Competition and include this information with your entry package.

Round 1 - August 27 and 28 - The 24 contestants, on each of two successive days, will have 20 minutes to rehearse and present two selections, one from the pair of required pieces and the Wagner. You must have the entirety of both pieces ready. You will be informed which section the jury wants to hear from each piece you have selected when you arrive for your performance:

____ Schubert - Symphony No. 5, D. 485
or
____ Haydn - Symphony No. 87 in G Major
and
Wagner - Siegfried Idyll

Please note that this round will be with chamber orchestra.
12 contestants will be selected to move on to the next round.

Round 2 - August 29 and August 30 - The 12 contestants, on each of two successive days, will have 30 minutes to rehearse and present three selections, one from each pair of required pieces as well as the Stravinsky. You must have the entirety of all three pieces ready. You will be informed which section the jury wants to hear from each piece you have selected when you arrive for your performance:

____ Rossini - Overture to Barber of Seville (Kalmus Edition)
or
____ Rossini - Overture to La Cenerentola
and
____ Mozart - Symphony No. 39, K. 543
or
____ Beethoven - Symphony No. 4
and
____ Stravinsky - Concerto in D
or
____ Stravinsky - Apollon Musagete

6 contestants will be selected to move on to the next round.

Round 3 - August 31 - The 6 contestants will be allowed 40 minutes to prepare and present one of the following pair of required works, the Stravinsky and the contemporary composition selection:

____ Kodaly - Dances of Galanta
or
____ R. Strauss - Don Juan, Op. 20
and
Stravinsky - Firebird Suite (1919 version)
and
Contemporary composition - this selection will be announced when contestants arrive for competition - scores will be provided and will be given to contestants the night before their jury performance.

3 contestants will be selected to move on to the final round.

Round 4 - September 1 - Final Concert Round - The 3 finalists will rehearse and conduct the Jordania Competition Orchestra and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Orchestra in concert at the UTC Fine Arts Center. This rehearsal is part of the competition. The jury will decide which pieces each contestant will rehearse and perform at the final concert that evening. The selection will be made from the pieces each contestant has already presented.

Please be certain that this information is included in your entry package.

Contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or by email at jamesarts@worldnet.att.net or Joan Murray at 423-894-5748 or by email at clownjoni@aol.com.

Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
Jeffrey James,   President
45 Grant Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735
Tel & Fax: 516-586-3433   E-mail: jamesarts@worldnet.att.net

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