Center Stage Brass & Williamson Music 1st Present:
Brass Ensemble Competition 2018
An online competition for brass ensembles consisting of 3 or more players of any combination of brass instruments. A cash prize is awarded to the winning ensemble of each level.
The competition has 3 levels:
- Young Brass - 8th grade or lower
- Intermediate Brass - 9th-12th grade
- Advanced Brass - College.
*No professionals are allowed, defined as your primary source of income derived from live or recorded play.
Cash prizes will consist of:
- $250 for Young Brass level winner.
- $500 for the Intermediate level winner.
- $1,000 for the Advanced level winner.
Entries are due by May 1st, 2018 by 11:59 pm (UCT -06:00). Finalists are announced by May 15th and winners will be announced by May 31st.
Winners will be determined based on 2 parts.
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Technical proficiency (70%). Technical proficiency will be evaluated by the members of the Center Stage Brass and will be based on:
- intonation
- tone
- rhythm
- technique
- interpretation
- performance
- musicality
- popular vote (30%).