- JEJU INTERNATIONAL BRASS COMPETITION TRUMPET REPERTOIRE UPGRADE
- JEJU INTERNATIONAL BRASS COMPETITION TRUMPET REPERTOIRE FULL
This is a very important and prestigious event in the world brass calendar and you won this in fine style, receiving universal praise from the large jury. “ Congratulations Glenn on your success at the recent solo competition in Jeju, South Korea. Here is a little quote from head of jury Steven Mead: By a mark of 21.8 out of 22 which I really didn’t expect. I couldn’t believe when I won this competition. The orchestra did a very good job and I was happy with the performance so what can you expect more? I had to play number 3 cause we keep the same order throughout the competition.
A great challenging piece for euphonium and orchestra. Symphonic Variants by James Curnow was the piece for the final.
JEJU INTERNATIONAL BRASS COMPETITION TRUMPET REPERTOIRE FULL
You don’t often get the chance to play with a full orchestra.
They give you the opportunity to play with Symphony Orchestra which is very special for a euphonium player. We all become very good friends and listen to each other’s rehearsals and even comment and help a little bit where we can. You get to know young players from all over the world and there is no rivalry at all. That’s the nice thing about competitions. I was very happy to go to the final together with Misa and Corentin which are both good friends from previous competitions. It’s very strange but I’m always more nervous for results than for playing. All the players knew the adjudicators were only allowed to let 3 or 4 players through to the final so you could feel the tension when Steven Mead came out to announce the results. I have a lot of great memories about that last piece. I had to play Soliloquy XI by Wiggins and Concerto per Flicornobasso by Ponchielli. I really liked the repertoire of the second round. So it was a very tough competition indeed. In this round they had cut the number of young players to 16. We had to play the second round two days later. After this round the players who made it to the second round were announced by head of Jury Steven Mead. 56 euphonium players tried their luck there, so I felt sorry for the adjudicators. It took me two days to adjust, exactly the time I had before the first round began. Korea was really hot and humid, no ideal circumstances to play. The trip couldn’t start better, with excellent food and a comfy chair.
JEJU INTERNATIONAL BRASS COMPETITION TRUMPET REPERTOIRE UPGRADE
When I arrived at Amsterdam airport they told me the flight to Seoul was fully booked and offered me an upgrade to business class. The trip started really well with a very nice travel experience. This competition has grown into one of the biggest solo competitions over the world and I guess it’s even the biggest one for euphonium. I’m very happy to announce that I’ve just won the Jeju International Brass Competition for euphonium on the very nice island of Jeju in South-Korea.
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