Aug 16 Second Rounds
Following a 7 am judges meeting, the tuba/euphonium jury had a long day ahead. The second rounds for both tuba and euphonium were scheduled back to back. With 15 euphoniums and 7 tubists, it was a full day. All performers played very well and scores were very close.
Perhaps of interest is how the jury scores each of these rounds. During the first round, a simple yes or no vote of the jury was taken. More than 50% yes votes was required to proceed to the second round. In the second round, Jurors gave scores between 0 and 22. Scores were computed by throwing out the highest and lowest scores. After this, the remaining scores were averaged. A score of 18 or higher was needed in order to proceed to the final round. Scores were not rounded up or down.
During the final round, the same 0–22 point range will be used. In this case, in order for a candidate to qualify for a first place, a minimum score of 20 is required, for a second place, a minimus of 18 and for a third prize, the minimum is 16. In the event that no player achieves an average score of 20 or more, then there will be no first prize. Assuming that the minimum scores are attained, then the prizes are awarded to the top three candidates.
First today was the euphonium second round. The required selection was the Butterworth Partita. Additionally, performers played either the first movement of Stevens Soliloquy or the first 2 movements of the Nilsen 4 Lyric Pieces. Advancing to the final round was:
Hidenori Arai
Yuko Kamata
Ayano Iwakuro
Ryunosuke Abe
Kyohei Ando
The second round of tuba performances featured the Madsen Sonata movement 1 as the required piece. Additionally was either the Penderecki Capriccio or the Gregson Alarum. Advancing to the final round are:
Moon Ji-woong
Kent Eschelman
Yoo Kyoung-suk
The final round of competition for tuba and euphonium will be on August 18. The euphoniums will be performing the Kassatti Kino Concertino while the tubists will perform Bozza Concertino.