79th City of Toowoomba Eisteddfod 2025
DIVISION 15 - MULTI-INSTRUMENT SOLOS AND DUETS
23 Jul 2025 to 04 Aug 2025
(To be confirmed after receipt of Entries and Programming has been finalised)
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INSTRUMENTAL – JULY/AUGUST

Please read the General Rules and Division-Specific Rules carefully to avoid disqualification.

All competitors are required to frequently check the Eisteddfod website for the latest updates.


INSTRUMENTAL - GENERAL RULES

  1. Own choice of music.
  2. Own Choice submissions for Instrumental Solos need only include the accompaniment scores where the accompaniment is essential to the adjudicator’s assessment of the performance.
  3. Full scores are only required for Duets, Trios, Quartets and Instrumental Groups (unless otherwise stated).
  4. Backing Tracks and foldback speakers are not permitted unless specified.
  5. Competitors may perform more than once in multi-instrument solo sections, provided each solo performance is on a different instrument.
  6. Tuning for groups of two (2) or more, not accompanied by piano, is to be done off-stage.
  7. Instruments must be supplied by competitors, unless otherwise stated.
  8. One selection/movement only except in Championship Sections and Division 22 (Instrumental Groups). When a pre-Classical piece is chosen in any Division, two contrasting movements may be performed.
  9. In All-Age Graded Sections in this Discipline:
  • Age limits do not apply.
  • Grade levels are for any approved examination body such as: AMEB, Trinity, Royal Schools, ABRSM.
  • A competitor must not have passed an examination which is of a higher level than that of the entered Section
  • Repertoire must be selected from the current Syllabus of an approved examining body at the Grade Level being entered.


DIVISION 15 - MULTI-INSTRUMENT SOLOS AND DUETS

  1. Open to any instrument other than piano, unless otherwise specified.

INSTRUMENTAL AND PIANO SONATA DUET

  1.               Judged as a duet.
  2.              Two players – one instrumental and one piano.

OTHER INSTRUMENT DUET

     a. Open to any instrumental combination other than those programmed.
ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY 21/05/2025 11:59:00 PM (AEST)
Open
300 INSTRUMENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP     Open

1. Open to any musical instrument other than piano. 2. Two contrasting pieces of a minimum Grade 6 AMEB standard (or equivalent).

TBA
Entry: $20.001st Toowoomba Music Repairs Trophy (non-perpetual) + $100          2nd Runner Up Certificate + $50          
301 INSTRUMENTAL CONCERTO     Open

1. Open to any musical instrument other than piano. 2. One movement only with abridged accompaniment.

TBA
Entry: $20.001st Golden Jubilee City of Toowoomba Eisteddfod Inc  Trophy + $100          2nd $50          3rd $30          
302 INSTRUMENTAL SONATA     Open

1. May be unaccompanied if written as such.

TBA
Entry: $10.001st $30          2nd $25          3rd $15          
303 INSTRUMENTAL DUET     Open

TBA
Entry: $13.501st $35          2nd $25          3rd $15          
Year 12 and under
304 WOODWIND or BRASS CONCERTO     Year 12 and under

1. Open to any Woodwind or Brass instrument. 2. One movement only with abridged accompaniment.

TBA
Entry: $15.001st Trophy (non-perpetual) + $75          2nd $50          3rd $25          HC          
305 WOODWIND or BRASS SONATA     Year 12 and under

1. May be unaccompanied if written as such. 2. One movement only to be played. 3. When a pre-Classical piece is chosen, two contrasting movements may be performed.

TBA
Entry: $9.001st $20          2nd $15          3rd $10          HC          
306 INSTRUMENTAL AND PIANO SONATA DUET     Year 12 and under

TBA
Entry: $9.001st $30          2nd $20          3rd $10          HC          
Secondary
307 OTHER INSTRUMENT DUET     Secondary

TBA
Entry: $9.001st $30          2nd $20          3rd $10          HC          
Primary
308 OTHER INSTRUMENT DUET     Primary

TBA
Entry: $8.001st Medal          2nd Medal          3rd Medal