2010 Schedule Information

 

Please arrive Sunday (August 1) between 10AM-5PM for registration, then enjoy dinner at 5PM, then orientation at 6:30PM. You may check into the dorms anytime after 3PM.

The final concert is Saturday, August 7 from 7:30 to 9:30PM with a reception following in Joy Burns Plaza. If you need to check out of the dorms early, the rate is for the 7 nights and that is not changeable. Most people depart Sunday, August 8 in the morning. Dorm check-out is Sunday, August 8 by 10AM.    View August calendar.

 

Register for the Mock Audition Competition
See excerpts below - choose from the drop-down box.

 

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Individual Instrument Master Classes

Faculty presentations and participant playing opportunities for critique in trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba, and euphonium.

Career Seminars & Discussion Topics


Panel presentations and discussions with participants on all aspects of brass performance careers including:
CAREER SEMINARS

• Monday - Brass Design, Repair & Modification - Perantoni (chair), Deck, Endsley, Tucci, Dan Parker of CIOMIT, John Mills of Trumpet Trader

• Tuesday - Performing At Your Best! - Dr. Richard Cox (chair), Hickman, Lenthe, A. Hackleman, Bacon, Romm (co-chair)

• Wednesday - Auditioning Strategies - Krehbiel (chair), Daley, Marciando, Reynolds, M. Hackleman, Scully, Tucci

• Thursday - Brass Careers: College Teaching Track - Romm (chair), Hartman, Hickman, Martin, Bowman, Lenthe

• Friday - Brass Careers: A Freelancer's World - Dean (chair), Hood, Dombrowski, McCullough, Marciando, Hartman

• Saturday - Brass Careers: Military Bands - Bowman (chair) plus all 5 Stellar Brass

Coaching Hours

Coaching 1 - 11:30 AM until 12:45 PM
Coaching 2 - 12:45 PM until 2:00 PM

Summit Brass Rehearsal - OPEN

Watch the Summit Brass rehearse as they prepare for their Saturday finale concert. Quietness is a must.

Private Lessons - OPTIONAL

Private lessons are optional and available at the institute standard rate of $100 per hour from any faculty member. Please set up lessons when you arrive at the institute directly with the faculty member. Thank you.

Concerts - open to the public

Participants and exhibitors must have visible badge ID.

August 1, Sunday, 7:30 PM - The Denver Brass » Hamilton Recital Hall
Badge ID required or $15 ticket available at www.DenverBrass.org

August 2, Monday, 7:30 PM - United States Air Force Academy Band's Falconaires Jazz Band » Hamilton Recital Hall
FREE ADMISSION

August 3, Tuesday, 7:30 PM - Exquisite Chamber Brass - Institute Faculty » Hamilton Recital Hall
FREE ADMISSION

August 5, Thursday, 7:30 PM - Denver Municipal Band » Gates Concert Hall
FREE ADMISSION

August 6, Friday, 7:30 PM - 25th Anniversary Participants » Hamilton Recital Hall
FREE ADMISSION

August 7, Saturday, 1:30 PM - 25th Anniversary Participants » Hamilton Recital Hall
FREE ADMISSION

August 7, Saturday, 7:30 PM - Summit Brass » Gates Concert Hall
Badge ID required or $15 ticket available at www.DenverBrass.org

Mock Audition Competition Excerpts

Register for the Mock Audition Competition


Thoughts on Auditioning by Jeffrey Reynolds

Euphonium


Click for Excerpts

Preliminary round:
1. Gustav Holst:  Second Suite in F Major
  “March” Beginning to letter B
    One measure before E to 5 before G
  “Song without Words” All
2. Robert Russel Bennett:  Symphonic Songs for Band
  “Spriritual” Measures 3-11
3. Tchaikovsky:  Symphony #4 in f minor
   Beginning to measure 9
    C to down beat of D
4. Arnold Schoenberg:  Theme and Variations
    Variation V all

Final Round:
1. Felix Mendelssohn:  Fingal’s Cave
    Beginning to measure 22
    Letter B to the downbeat of letter C
    Letter E to the downbeat of letter F
2. Arthur Sullivan:  Pineapple Poll
    Measure 5 to nine measure before 2
    Four measures before 2 to the downbeat two measures before 6
3. Harry L. Alford:  A Step Ahead
    Entire march with and without repeats

Horn


View and Hear Excerpts at HornExcerpts.com

2 Rounds to be selected from:

1. Brahms Symphony #1, Horn 1, Mvt. 4, measures 30 - 40 (or play 11 bars starting at letter B)
2. Strauss Till Eulenspiegel, Horn 1, first 20 bars of piece
3. Tchaikovsky Symphony #5, Horn 1, Mvt. 2, beginning through 13 after A
4. Shostakovich Symphony #5, Horn 1, Mvt. 1, 17 through 1st measure of 21
5. Strauss Ein Heldenleben, Horn 1, beginning to 2
6. Beethoven Symphony #7, Horn 1, Mvt. 1, measures 86-110
7. Wagner Götterdämmerung (Short Call), Horn 1, Vivace to Allegro

Trombone


View, Print, and Hear Excerpts at yeodoug.com

2 Rounds to be selected from:

1. Ravel - Bolero
2. Mozart - Requiem (Tuba Mirum)
3. Wagner - Ride of Die Walkure, minor and major sections
4. Rossini - William Tell Overture
5. St. Saens - Symphony 3 (“Organ”), slow movement
6. Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, “Es sungen drei Engeln,” very first entrance-unison section,

Bass Trombone


View, Print, and Hear Excerpts at yeodoug.com

2 Rounds to be selected from:

1. Wagner: Ride of the Walkure, both minor and major sections.
2. Kodaly: Hary Janos suite; the entrance of the king unto his court.
3. Rossini: William Tell Overture
4. Franck: D minor Symphony; high part in the finale
5. Bartok: Miraculous Mandarin: the whole first page.
6. Hindemith: Mathis der Mahler; "Es sungen drei Engeln" unison section.

Trumpet


Preliminary round:
1. Ravel - Piano Concerto in G (opening)
2. Mahler - Symphony #3 (offstage solo)
3. Stravinsky - Pulcinella Suite (main solo + ending)

Final round:
1. Mahler - Symphony #5 (opening)
2. Copland - Billy the Kid (lyrical solo)
3. Bach - Magnificat in D (first movement)

Tuba

2 Rounds to be selected from:
1. Solo of your choice (2 minutes)
2. Wagner: die meistersinger - (opening to A) and (J to L) Click for excerpt.
3. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 (mvt 1, 3 to 6) Click for excerpt.
4. Gershwin: American in Paris (4 after 67 to 68) and (4 before 73 to 74) Click for excerpt.
5. Mahler 1 solo from mvt. 3 Click for excerpt.
6. Wagner - Ride of Die Walkure Click for excerpt.

Other Opportunities

Take advantage of this opportunity to pre-order your 25th Anniversary Rafael Méndez Brass Institute T-shirt or Polo shirt, both made of the highest quality materials available.

Order 25th Anniversary Shirts
Pre-order by June 27 and save!

T-SHIRT

S, M, L, XL: $18 (pre-order) or $19.50
2XL: $19 (pre-order) or $20.50
3XL: $22 (pre-order) or $23.50
4XL: $25 (pre-order) or $26.50

 

POLO SHIRT

S, M, L, XL: $29 (pre-order)
2XL: $31 (pre-order) or $32.50
3XL: $34 (pre-order) or $35.50
4XL: $37 (pre-order) or $38.50

Exhibits are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Saturday, August 7, exhibits will open to the public from 9 AM until 5 PM.

These exhibitors are here for your benefit. Please enjoy and take advantage of the unique opportunity to examine, sample, and acquire instruments, and invest in supplies, equipment, sheet music, books, and other information pertinent to your musicianship.

This is your chance to ask questions, shop, gather gear, goods, and information that you may not otherwise get to see, hear, and feel so up close and personal from:

2010 Exhibitors

Please check back for updates.

 

Sponsors and Supporters include:

 

 

 

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