Fall 2007 Concert Schedule

2007-2008 UTASO Concerto Competition Rules

Eligibility:
• Applicants must be currently enrolled as full-time UTA students studying with members of the School of Music performance faculty.

Concerto Competition Applications:
• Students must submit a Concerto Competition Application available from their private instructors or the music office.
• Application must be given to Dr. Evans for approval no later than October 19, 2007. He will either approve or disapprove the application based on the feasibility of performing this work with the UTASO on our February concert (2-28-07), taking into consideration the difficulty of accompaniment, rental material considerations, orchestration, etc. 
• The maximum length of the movement or piece to be performed is 20 minutes.
• Approved forms will be returned to area coordinators by November 1. After that date, Area competitions will proceed.

Area Competitions:
• Each area (Keyboard/Strings/Vocal/Wind and Percussion) will hold its own competition and choose two finalists that will represent their area in the final competition. 
• The individual areas will select the competition date(s)and arrange for judges. Judges may be UTA faculty members. By November 29th, the area competitions should be finished and the two area finalists named.
• Student competitors will perform a solo work, a concerto or a movement from a concerto. Area competitions will be closed. 

Concerto Competition Finals:
• The Concerto Competition Finals will feature 2 representatives from each of the four areas. It will occur on December 1, 2007 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Irons Recital Hall, and will be open to the public. Times will be announced later.
• Applicants must provide their own accompanist for the competition, and the work must be performed from memory.
• The Concerto Competition Finals will be judged by 3 impartial panelists chosen from the D/FW Area.

Concerto Competition Winners:
• The finalists will be ranked from 1 to 8 by the judges. The first and second place winners are guaranteed a performance with the UTASO, and the 3nd through 8th will be considered for performance in order and as time permits. 
• Winners will perform the movement or work with which he/she competed on December 1 on the February 28th UTASO Concert.
 

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Conducted by Dr. Clifton Evans, the UTA Symphony Orchestra presents a season of concerts consisting of major works from the standard orchestral repertoire.  Through the performance of these works, students are exposed to different musical styles while acquiring the orchestral skills necessary to develop their professional careers. Indeed, during the season, a number of the UTA Symphony members successfully auditioned or substituted with important area orchestras such as the Fort Worth Symphony, the New Arlington/Las Colinas Symphony, the San Angelo Symphony, the Irving Symphony, the Texas Chamber Orchestra, and the East Texas Symphony, as well as important Summer Festivals such as the Hot Springs Music Festival in Arkansas, the Blossom Music Festival in Ohio, and the Texas Music Festival in Houston. The orchestra is open to any student at the University who qualifies by audition, including both music and non-music majors.  Merit-based scholarships are made available to UTA Symphony members based on their audition.  

The UTASO also hosts an annual Concerto Competition. In this event, UTA students compete to play as soloists accompanied by the UTASO. Winners in recent years have performed the following works:

• Kelley Arney (violin) H. Wieniawski, Concerto for violin, no. 2, op. 22
• Suré Eloff (soprano) with R. Strauss, Zeignung op. 10 no. 1 and Allerseelen op. 10 no. 8
• Hashem Assasallahi (saxophone) A. Glazunov, Concerto for Saxophone Alto op. 109
• Courtney Keeper (violin) C. Saint-Saens, violin concerto no. 3
• Amela Koci (violin) Samuel Barber violin concerto
• Minerva Hernandez (trumpet) J. Neruda Trumpet Concerto
• James Davis (trumpet) J.Haydn Trumpet Concerto