Cheju International Brass Competition Day 1
After a good night’s sleep in a real bed, things are looking up. This photo at 6 am shows the beautiful weather greeting all of us who have just a bit of jetlag (Korea…14 hours ahead of Iowa time). Unfortunately, by 8 it has become rainy and overcast. There have been 3 typhoons working in this general region lately, so some wet weather is possible.
Today will be organizational. The participants will draw later in the day to determine their order of performance. Going through the booklet I see that there are 28 euphoniumist registered for the solo competition (including UNI’s own Joe Kopacz). Surprisingly, this time there are only 14 tubists registered. The judges will meet at some point today to go over the rules of competition and organize for the beginning of the performances in the morning.
Otherwise, it should be a fairly relaxed day today as final members of ensembles and judges arrive. Concerts will be featuring many ensembles including: The Chestnut Brass Quintet, Steven Mead with Sound-Inn-Brass, Georgi Solti Brass lead by Roland Szentpali, and The Spanish Brass. The days will be filled with various rounds of competitions for all brass soloists and brass quintet and evenings will feature up to 3 concerts per evening in various locations around the island.