2024 Concerto Competition

The Jan and Beattie Wood Concerto Competition is open to all full-session BMC instrumental students. Instruments and selected concertos are listed below. Please note: Memorization and piano accompaniment are required for all rounds.

The 2024 Concerto Competition will occur in 3 rounds:

• Preliminary round: held via video upload, May 1-31 (add a Youtube video link to your MyBMC account once registration opens). Memorization and piano accompaniment are required.
• Semi-final round: held on campus after arrival at Brevard
• Final round: Tuesday, July 6 (open to the public)

Guidelines

A student selects a concerto movement from the official repertoire list for their instrument (below) and performs it from memory with piano accompaniment for judges. The selection you play in each round must be the same; for example, you cannot play the 1st movement in one round and then the 3rd movement in the next.

Previously recorded videos with orchestra or other ensemble are not permitted for the preliminary round. Participants who advance must perform the same concerto movement/selection for all three rounds.

Winners perform with the BMC Orchestra in the "Soloists of Tomorrow" concert on Sunday, July 28, 2024 and receive a full scholarship to attend Brevard the following summer.

Previous winners are not eligible to enter again.

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2024 Concerto Competition Repertoire

Piano

Beethoven - Any concerto
Brahms - Concerto No. 1 (mvt. 1)
Brahms - Concerto No. 2 (mvt. 1)
Chopin - Concerto No. 1 or 2
Grieg - Concerto in A minor
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Liszt - Concerto No. 1 or 2
Mendelssohn - Concerto in G minor
Mozart - Any concerto K. 271 or later
Price - Piano Concerto
Prokofiev - Concerto No. 1 or 3
Rachmaninoff - Concerto No. 2, or 3 (3rd Concerto - mvt. 1 only)
Ravel - Concerto in G major
Saint-Saëns - Concerto No. 2 in G minor
Clara Schumann - Concerto in A minor
Robert Schumann - Concerto in A minor
Tchaikovsky - Concerto No. 1

Violin

Barber - Concerto (mvt. 1 or 3)
Brahms - Concerto in D major (mvt. 1)
Bruch - Concerto in G minor No. 1 (mvt. 1 or 3)
Chausson - Poème
Dvořák - Concerto in A minor (mvt. 1)
Lalo - Symphonie Espagnole (mvt. 1)
Mendelssohn - Concerto in E minor (mvt. 1 or 3)
Mozart - Concerto No. 3, 4, or 5 (mvt. 1 or 3)
Prokofiev - Concerto No. 2 (mvt. 1)
Saint-Saëns - Concerto No. 3 in B minor (mvt. 1 or 3)
Sibelius - Concerto (mvt. 1 or 3)
Tchaikovsky - Concerto in D major (mvt. 1 or 3)
Wieniawski - Concerto No. 2 in D minor (mvt. 1 or 3)

Viola

Bartók - Concerto (mvt. 1)
Forsyth - Concerto in G minor
Hindemith - Der Schwanendreher
Martinů - Rhapsody-Concerto (mvt. 1)
Rózsa - Concerto (mvt. 1)
Shulman - Theme and Variations
Stamitz - Concerto in D major (mvt. 1 OR mvts. 2 and 3)
Walton - Concerto (mvt. 1 OR mvts. 2 and 3)
Weber - Andante and Hungarian Rondo

Cello

Boccherini (Grützmacher) - Concerto in B flat major (mvt. 1 or 3)
Dvořák - Concerto in B minor
Elgar - Concerto (mvt. 1 or 4)
Haydn - Concerto in C or D major (mvt. 1 or 3)
Lalo - Concerto in D minor (mvt. 1 or 3)
Saint-Saëns - Concerto in A minor (mvt. 1 or 3)
Shostakovich - Concerto No. 1 (mvt. 1)
Tchaikovsky - Rococo Variations

Double Bass

Bottesini - Concerto No. 2 (mvt. 1 or 3)
Dragonetti - Concerto (mvt. 1)
Dittersdorf - Concerto No. 2 (mvt. 1)
Koussevitzky - Concerto (mvt. 1 or 3)
Vanhal - Concerto (mvt. 1)

Flute

Chaminade - Concertino
Griffes - Poem
Hanson - Serenade
Ibert - Concerto
Jolivet - Concerto
Liebermann - Concerto
Martin - Ballade
Mozart - Concerto in G major or D major
Nielsen - Concerto

Piccolo

Liebermann - Concerto
Vivaldi - Any concerto

Oboe

Françaix - The Flower Clock
Handel - Concerto in G minor
Hummel - Adagio, Theme, and Variations
Goossens - Concerto
Marcello - Concerto
Mozart - Concerto in C major, K. 314
Strauss - Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra
Vaughan Williams - Concerto
Vivaldi - Concerto in C major

Clarinet

Debussy - Première Rhapsodie
Crusell - Concerto No. 2 in F minor
Finzi - Concerto
Mozart - Concerto in A major
Nielsen - Concerto
Stamitz - Concerto no. 7 in E flat major
Weber - Concertino
Weber - Concerto No. 1 or 2

Bassoon

Hummel - Concerto
Jacob - Concerto
Mozart - Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191
Rossini - Concerto
Vivaldi - Concerto in E minor, A minor (F. ViII No. 7), or C major (F. VIII No.13)
Weber - Concerto in F major
Weber - Andante and Rondo

Saxophone

Creston - Concerto
Glazunov - Concerto in E-flat major (alto)
Ibert - Concertino da Camera (alto)
Larsson - Concerto
Villa-Lobos - Fantasie (soprano) 

Horn

Dukas - Villanelle
Glière- Concerto (mvt. 1)
Haydn - Concerto No. 1
Mozart - Concerto No. 2 or 4
Strauss - Concerto No. 1
Strauss - Concerto No. 2 (mvt. 1)
Weber - Concertino

Trumpet

Telemann: Concerto for Trumpet in D
Fasch: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet
Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E major (or E flat)
Böhme: Concerto for Trumpet in F minor, Op. 18 
Tomasi: Concerto for Trumpet 
Arutunian: Trumpet Concerto in A flat major  
Gregson: Concerto for Trumpet Strings and Timpani  

Trombone

David, F. - Concertino
Grøndahl - Concerto
Larsson - Concertino for Trombone, Op. 45, No. 7
Martin - Ballade
Tomasi - Concerto
Wagenseil - Concerto

Bass Trombone

Ritter-George - Concerto
Ewazen - Ballade for a Bass Trombone, Harp, and Strings
Ewazen - Concerto
Lebedev - Concerto No. 1
Sachse - Concertino
Spillman - Concerto

Tuba

Arutiunian - Tuba Concerto (mvts. 2 and 1)
Broughton - Sonata (Concerto) (entire work)
Gregson - Concerto (mvts. 2 and 1)
Williams - Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra (mvts. 2 and 3)
Vaughan Williams - Concerto for Bass Tuba (entire work)

Harp

Debussy - Danse sacrée et danse profane
Glière - Concerto for Harp, Op. 74
Handel - Concerto in B flat major
Pierné - Concertstück for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 39
Ravel - Introduction et Allegro
Reinecke - Harp Concerto, Op. 182
Saint-Saëns - Morceau de concert for Harp and Orchestra in G major, Op. 154

Percussion

Abe - Prism Rhapsody
Creston - Marimba Concerto
Hovhaness - Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints
Kurka - Marimba Concerto
Larsen - Marimba Concerto
Mayuzumi - Concertino for Xylophone
Rosauro - Marimba Concerto
Sejourne - Marimba Concerto
Sejourne - Vibraphone Concerto

Timpani

Daugherty - “Raise the Roof” for Timpani and Orchestra
Kraft - Timpani Concerto No. 1
Oliverio - Timpani Concerto No. 1
Peck - Harmonic Rhythm for Timpani and Orchestra
Thärichen - Concerto for Timpani
Tyzik - Concerto for Timpani