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Northwest Horn Symposium Competitions

The Northwest Horn Symposium will feature competitions for performers and composers.


2024 Performance Competitions
All Performance competition participants must be registered for the full symposium in order to participate. Competitors may compete in more than one category. Winners will be announced at the featured artist concerts of the symposium.

Utility Horn Mock Audition
All excerpts can be found at: www.hornsociety.org/hornexcerpts-org

This excerpt list contains the types of excerpts you may find in a utility horn, regional orchestra, or sub-list audition. Both high and low-horn excerpts are present.

Age restriction:  None
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Excerpts:
  • R. Strauss, Til Eulenspiegel, horn 1, beginning to rehearsal 1.
  • L. v. Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, movement 3, horn 2, measures 171 to 202.
  • L. v. Beethoven, Symphony No. 8, movement 3, horn 1, measures 45 to 78.
  • G. Mahler, Symphony No. 5, movement 3, horn obligato in F, beginning-rehearsal 2
  • D. Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, movement 1, horn 2, rehearsal 17 to first bar of 21.
  • P. Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4, movement 1, horn 1, beginning to 6 after A.
  • J. Brahms, Symphony No. 1, ​movement 2, horn 1, rehearsal E to F.

2024 NwHS Solo Competition

The 2024 Northwest Horn Symposium will have two divisions, a high school division and a collegiate division.

The University Division will have 2 rounds. Music for the preliminary round will be unaccompanied. Music for the final round will be with piano. Students must select music from the list for each round. Pianists will be provided for the final round. The winner of the final round will be invited to perform on the final concert of the symposium.

The High School Division will have one round. If competitors select a piece from the repertoire list, a pianist will be provided. Competitors may select a piece not on the list, but if the piece is not on the list the competitor must provide their own pianist. The winner of this competition will be invited to perform with piano on the final concert of the symposium. The winner and runner up of the High School Division will win a scholarship to the Interlochen Arts Academy. Please see below for details.

High School Division Repertoire List:


Concert Rondo, W.A. Mozart
Hunter's Moon, Gilbert Vinter
Horn Concerto No. 1, mvt. I, Richard Strauss

University Division Repertoire List:

Preliminary Round:
The Confessions of St. Augustine: Erika Raum
Horn Lokk: Sigurd Berge
Fantasy: Malcolm Arnold

Final Round:
Villanelle, Paul Dukas
Adagio and Allegro, Robert Schumann
Sonate, mvt. I, Jane Vignery

Horn Quartet Competition

The horn quartet competition will have one round. Competing groups should present 7-10 minutes of music that demonstrates what they do best. This can include one longer piece of music or several shorter contrasting pieces or individual movements lasting a total of up to 10 minutes. All pieces/movement choices should be complete, not excerpts or sections of larger works.
The Interlochen Arts Academy has generously donated the following scholarships to the winner and runner up of this competition

1st prize - $10,000 merit scholarship to attend the Interlochen Arts Academy
2nd prize - $7,500 merit scholarship to attend the Interlochen Arts Academy

Here are the details and rules about this award. Students are NOT required to be prepared to accept this award to compete in the competition. 

  • Students currently in grades 8-11 (including home-schooled students) are eligible to win this award. Students outside this age range may still win the competition, but are not eligible to receive the scholarship award. This merit scholarship offer is valid only for enrollment in Fall 2024 at Interlochen Arts Academy and is non-transferable and non-deferrable.
  • Winners will still need to complete an application to be accepted into the Academy; more information can be found here: https://www.interlochen.org/academy-boarding-school/admission/how-to-apply. Should the horn studio be full at the time of acceptance, qualified students will be placed on a wait-list.
  • Upon completion of the Academy application, students will be considered for financial aid in addition to their merit scholarship. Any financial aid award is in addition to the merit scholarship amount, and is based on parental income and financial need.
  • This prize is a minimum award. Based on audition videos, exceptional applicants may be offered additional scholarship. However, merit scholarships are not "stackable." For example, if you have already applied for Fall 2024 and received a merit scholarship, the higher of the two scholarships is the final merit scholarship offer.
  • Please contact Dr. Lauren Hunt at [email protected] with any questions.

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