2011 YOUNG ARTISTS Up Beat COMPETITION

SUGGESTED Contemporary REPERTOIRE (choose one contemporary plus another piece of your choosing).

Note: We strongly encourage contestants to choose pieces that will demonstrate their best talents. These are NOT required pieces and performers are welcome to choose different pieces or composers if they are deemed more appropriate. We do know these composers and pieces to be of high quality and to be generally more accessible to young performers. If there are questions concerning repertoire or other matters, please email us at [email protected].

Suggested Composers:

Samuel Adler Paul Creston Libby Larsen Samuel Barber Alberto Ginastera Lowell Lieberman Bela Bartok Charles Griffes Olivier Messiaen Benjamin Britten Jennifer Higdon Erwin Schulhoff Leonard Bernstein Paul Hindemith Igor Stravinsky Aaron Copland Charles Ives Donald Martino

Suggested Repertoire:

PIANO Samuel Barber- Excursions, Op. 20, Nocturne Falla- Three Cornered Hat, Pieces espagnoles Bartok- Allegro Barbaro, 14 Bagatelles, Op. 6 Ginastera- Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2, Bolcom- Three Ghost Rags 12 American Preludes-Sonata Benjamin Britten- Notturno Granados- Goyescas (selections) Copland- Variations, Passacaglia Paul Griffes- Roman Sketches Henry Cowell- Excursion D. Kabalevsky- Sonatas (#1, 2 or 3) Paul Creston- Prelude and Dance, Op. 29 Leon Kirchner- Little Suite, Lees Kaleidoscopes Six Preludes, Op. 38 S. Prokofiev- Sonatas, Visions Fugitives George Crumb-A Little Suite for Christmas M. Ravel- Jeux d'eau C. Debussy- Preludes, Reflets dans l'eau, L'isle Joyeuse A. Schonberg- Six Pieces, Op. 19 Norman Dello Joio-Suite for Piano Erwin Schulhoff -Jazz Etudes Erno Dohnanyi -Rhapsody, Op. 11 #3, Shotakovich-Preludes and Fugue

FLUTE Jennifer Higdon- Rapidfire (1992) Roy Harris-Lyric Study (1950; AMP via G. Schirmer) Andre Jolivet- Cinq Incantations (1936) Samuel Adler- Flaunting Varese- Density-21.5 Ralph Shapey-Configurations (1965; Th. Presser) Andrew Rindfleish- Tears Shalumit Ran-East Wind Olivier Messiaen- Merle Noir Meyer Kupferman-Chaconne Sonata (1994; Copland- Duo George Rochberg-Between Two Worlds, Ukiyo-E III Robert Beaser- Variations for flute and piano (1961) Oliver Messiaen-Merle Noir (1952; LeDuc) John Harbison-Duo for flute and piano (1961; AMP)

OBOE Birtwistle - An Interrupted Endless Melody. Witold Lutoslawski- Epitaph Bejamin Britten- Six metamorphosis after Ovid P. Hindemith- Sonata P. Hindemith-Sonata Francis Poulenc- Sonata Paul Pattersons-Duologue Sequenza VII- Luciano Berio Elliott Carter- Pastorale CLARINET Luciano Berio- Lied for Clarinet Solo Copland- Concerto L. Bernstein- Sonata Libby Larsen- Dancing Solo Witold Lutoslawski-Dance Preludes (all mvts) Leslie Bassett -Soliloquies CLARINET continued: Anton Wellesz- Pieces Op. 34 Stravinsky- Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet Samuel Adler- Clarion Shalumit Ran-Scenes for Solo Clarinet Hindemith- Sonata W. Osborne- Rhapsody Donald Martino- Set for Clarinet Pierre Boulez-Sonatine

SAXOPHONE H. Villa-Lobos Concerto P. Creston- Sonata B. Heiden- Sonata P.M. Dubois- Concerto

BASSOON W. Osborne- Rhapsody S. Adler- Bassonery

VIOLIN John Adams- Concerto P. Hindemith- Sonata Samuel Adler- Sonata No. 2, Copland- Sonata Lullaby, Meadowsmountetudes Ravel- Tzigane Alban Berg- Concerto

VIOLA P. Hindemith- Sonata Op. 25 No. 2 Benjamin Britten- Lachrymae Rebecca Clarke- Sonata

CELLO G. Crumb- Sonata for Solo Cello Britten- Sonata(s) for Solo Cello Hindemith- Frog He Went A'Courting Lauren Bernofsky- Rhapsody, Tandango Bright Sheng- Seven Tunes Heard in China

SOPRANO/MEZZO SOPRANO/TENOR Kurt Weill- Sing me Not a Ballad, Speak Low Robert Owen- Faithful One (Med. Voice) S, Barber- A Nun Takes the Veil, Ned Rorem- The Lordly Hudson (High Voice) The Monk and his Cat (High Voice) Gerald Finzi- Thomas Hardy Songs (Tenor) John Duke- Little Elegy, Libby Larsen-Far in a Western Brookland, Loveliest of Trees (High Voice) Fern Hill (Tenor) William Grant Still- Breath of a Rose (High Voice)

BARITONE/BASS Charles Ives- The Light That Is Felt Benjamin Britten- William Blake Songs Gerald Finzi- Before and After Summer

HORN P. Hindemith Sonata M. Ravel- Piece en Forme de Habanera Arthur Frackenpohl- Largo and Allegro Pierre Max Dubois- A Bras Le Cor Francis Poulenc- Elégie for Horn and Piano F. Poulenc- Sonata Jean Francaix- Canon in Octave Alec Wilder- Suite

TRUMPET Butterworth- Fanfare and Berceuse P. Hindemith- Sonata L. Bernstein- Red, White and Blues Eric Ewazen- Danzante, Ballade for a Ceremony

TROMBONE P. Hindemith- Sonata Eugene Bozza- Ballade Alec Wilder- Sonata for Bass Trombone and Piano Eric Ewzen- Sonata

TUBA S. Adler- Tubetudes Lauren Bernofsky- Totentanz P. Hindemith- Sonata Eric Ewazen- Concerto PERCUSSION P. Creston- Concertino John R. Beck-West Side Impressions Sigmund Fink-Salut de Serdika Eric Ewazen- Concerto, Northern Lights Warren Benson- Three Dances for Solo Snare Drum