*Maximum length of total combined performance of all three works – 20 minutes*

Competitors will perform works that fulfill all of the following criteria, and each video recording shall be made from start to finish without cuts and/or splices. Each work shall be uploaded separately. Since it will be a blind review process, do not include your name on the videos or on the titles of your video files:

1) Virtuosic piece of choice (examples include, but are not limited to, Paganini’s 24 Caprices or the Penderecki Cadenza for Solo Viola);

2) The Prelude of a Bach Cello Suite, the Preludio of Partita No. 3 in E Major, or the first movement of a Bach Violin Sonata; and

3) First movement of the Stamitz Viola Concerto in D Major, Op. 1 or Hoffmeister Viola Concerto in D Major, including a cadenza of choice

*Minimum length of performance – 20 minutes; maximum length of performance – 25 minutes*

The 24 competitors in the Quarter-Final Round will perform works that fulfill all 3 of the following criteria:

1) One major work for solo viola from the list below. Competitors may choose to play one or more movements from the same work to maintain time constraints; however, portions of pieces are not allowed (the Bach/Kodály Chromatic Fantasy, if chosen, must be played in its entirety) –

• Ligeti Solo Viola Sonata
• Bach/Kodály Chromatic Fantasy in D Minor
• Any Hindemith Sonata for Solo Viola
• Any Reger Suite for Solo Viola

2) One piece of choice with piano accompaniment from a category below (Note: competitors who choose to perform the Weber Andante e rondo ungarese must use the Primrose transcription) –

• Transcribed piece for viola – the transcription can be his/her own OR a transcription by William Primrose. Some Primrose transcriptions are listed in the PDF called “Primrose Transcriptions” below for reference.
• Virtuosic piece (examples include, but are not limited to, Paganini Sonata per la Grand Viola and Enescu Concertstück)

3) One piece for solo viola or for viola & piano by a Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) composer. The work must be 5 minutes or less. Competitors may refer to a list of suggested works here, but are not limited to these works. (Note: while the database is rather broad, competitors must choose a work specifically by a Black or Latinx composer to fulfill this requirement.)

*Maximum length of performance – 50 minutes*

The 8 competitors in the Semi‐Final Round will perform works that fulfill the first two requirements below (the third is optional and dependent on any remaining time):

1) Mozart’s String Quintet No.3 in C major, K.515, movements III and IV (Bärenreiter edition; competitors would play Viola I);

2) A complete major work for viola and piano  (examples include, but are not limited to, the Rebecca Clarke Sonata, a Brahms Sonata, Schumann Märchenbilder, Rochberg Sonata, Bloch Suite 1919, Paganini Sonata per La Grand Viola, or a Hindemith Sonata for Viola and Piano); and

3) An additional piece of choice to utilize any remaining time (reminder: those who choose to perform a second transcription or a second work by a BIPOC composer may only use one performance of each to compete for the “Transcriptions Prize” or “BIPOC Prize”)

Each of the 3 competitors in the Final Round will perform, in its entirety, either the Bartók/Serly Viola Concerto or Walton Viola Concerto with the Colburn Orchestra.