10th Annual Coltman Competition Semi-Finalists and Finalists

Semi-Finalist:  Arcane Reed Quintet
Tempe, Arizona

Ton ter Doest (b. 1964) | Circusmuziek
I, III, IV, V, VI, VII

Stacy Garrop (b. 1969) | Rites for the Afterlife
I. Inscriptions from the Book of the Dead, II. Passage through the Netherworld, III. The Hall of Judgment

Semi-Finalist & Finalist:  Blacktop Percussion
Austin, Texas

Viet Cuong (b. 1990) | Water, Wine, Brandy, Brine

Andy Akiho (b. 1979) | Seven Pillars
IV. Pillar III, VIII. Pillar V

Semi-Finalist:  Center Brass Quintet
Denton, Texas

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), arr. Frederick Mills | Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992), arr. Steven Verhelst | Suite from María de Buenos Aires

Semi-Finalist:  Cerus Quartet
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Joan Pérez-Villegas (b. 1994) | Sólo el misterio, in memoriam Federico García Lorca

György Ligeti (1923–2006) | Six Bagatelles
I. Allegro con spirito, II. Rubato. Lamentoso, III. Allegro grazioso, IV. Presto ruvido, V. Adagio. Mesto, VI. Molto vivace. Capriccioso

Semi-Finalist & Finalist:  Clap7
East Lansing, Michigan

Fernande Decruck (1896–1954) | Variations saxophoniques
I. Andante espressivo, II. Stesso Tempo, molto espressivo e sostenuto, III. Allegretto scherzando, IV. Come prima, V. Allegro moderato energico, VI. Allegro ma non troppo

Erik Alan Norman (b. 1984) | Suite
I. Fanfare, II. Interlude, III. Elegy, IV. Finale

Semi-Finalist & Finalist:  Corvus Quartet
Kansas City, Missouri

Carl Schimmel (b. 1975) | Into Xylonia
I. gleaming teak parquet, boundless, oceanic…, II. Bubinga buttons and ash pegs bubble in clumps, III. Newelposts and dominoes jostle with alphablocks, caespitose and shrubby, IV. Ligneous tendrils bear fattening spindle tips, shooting about dowelspouts, V. PYRGOIDAL PEPPERMILLS AND PEGLEGS — MAMMOTH AXEHANDLES — TITANIC BIEDERMEIER BEDSTANDS, VI. From the barbicans flutter deckle and chads, tickertape and timbersplinters, crepe paper billowing like hennin cloth

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), arr. Frederick Hemke | String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 “American”
II. Lento, III. Molto vivace, IV. Vivace ma non troppo

Semi-Finalist:  IGNIS Quintet
College Park, Maryland

Samuel Barber (1910–1981) | Summer Music, Op. 31

Valerie Coleman (b. 1971) | Tzigane

Semi-Finalist & Finalist:  Kodachrome
Tempe, Arizona

Fuminori Tanada (b. 1961) | Mysterious Morning II
I, II

Marcelo Zarvos (b. 1969), arr. Darius Mackie | Memory from Nepomuk’s Dances

Semi-Finalist:  Poema Quartet
Norman, Oklahoma

David Salleras Quintana (b. 1980) | Tango pour une princesse désesperée

Carter Pann (b. 1972) | The Mechanics
I. Hoist, II. Drivetrain, IV. Flywheel, V. Balance, VI. Trash

Semi-Finalist:  Una Terra Trio
New York, New York

Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857) | Trio Pathétique in D Minor
I. Allegro moderato, II. Scherzo, III. Largo, IV. Allegro con spirito

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) | Konzertstück No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 113
I. Allegro con fuoco, II. Andante, III. Presto

Semi-Finalist:  Helicon Trio
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

Nino Rota (1911–1979) | Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano
I. Allegro, II. Andante, III. Allegrissimo

Robert Muczynski (1929–2010) | Fantasy Trio, Op. 26
I. Allegro energico, IV. Introduction and Finale

Semi-Finalist & Finalist:  Kodak Quartet
New York, New York

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) | String Quartet No. 63 in B-flat Major, Op. 76, No. 4
I. Allegro con spirito, II. Adagio

György Ligeti (1923–2006) | String Quartet No. 1 “Métamorphoses nocturnes”
I. Allegro grazioso, II. Vivace, capriccioso, III. Adagio, mesto, IV. Presto, V. Prestissimo, VI. Andante tranquillo

Semi-Finalist:  Little Trio
Boston, Massachusetts

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) | Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114
I. Allegro, II. Adagio

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) | Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 11
III. Tema: Pria ch’io l’impegno. Allegretto

Semi-Finalist & Finalist:  Mia Quartet
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) | String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92
I. Allegro sostenuto

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) | String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80
I. Allegro vivace assai

Semi-Finalist:  Quartet Java
Rochester, New York

Josef Suk (1874–1935) | Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op. 1
I. Allegro appassionato, II. Adagio

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) | Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K. 478
I. Allegro 

Semi-Finalist:  SOK Trio
Long Island, New York

Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978) | Trio in G Minor for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
II. Allegro 

Béla Bartók (1881–1945) | Contrasts
I. Verbunkos, II. Piheno, III. Sebes

Semi-Finalist & Finalist:  Trio Gratia
Cleveland, Ohio

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) | Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1
I. Allegro vivace e con brio

Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884) | Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 15
III. Presto

Semi-Finalist:  Trio Matisse
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) | Trio in E-flat Major, K. 498 “Kegelstatt”
I. Andante

Lowell Liebermann (b. 1961) | Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op. 128
I. Movendo limpido, III. Allegro

Semi-Finalist & Finalist:  Uni Quintet
New Haven, Connecticut

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) | Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581
I. Allegro

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) | Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115
I. Allegro

Semi-Finalist:  Watson Quartet
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) | String Quartet No. 2 in D Major, K. 155
I. Allegro, II. Andante, III. Molto Allegro

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) | String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80
I. Allegro vivace assai

Semi-Finalist:  Caprae Quartet
Lewisville, Texas

Michael Markowski (b. 1986) | Finding The Words
I. Five-Dollar Diction, III. Foreign Tongues

Chris Evan Hass (b. 1993) | Polar Vortex
I. Snowfall, II. Bloodthirsty Blizzard

Semi-Finalist & Finalist:  Centauri Quartet
Carrollton, Texas

David Salleras Quintana (b. 1980) | Soñando una nana

David Maslanka (1943–2017) | Recitation Book
V. Fanfare/Variations on “Durch Adams Fall” (Through Adam’s Fall)

Semi-Finalist:  Chrysanthemum Quartet
Houston, Texas

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), trans. John de Bueris | String Quartet No. 1 in E Major, Op. 12
II. Canzonetta

Ralph Raymond Hays (b. 1962) | Divertimento
I. Appassionata, II. Giocoso

Semi-Finalist:  Halcyon Quartet
Houston, Texas

Faustin (1900–1979) & Maurice Jeanjean (1897–1968) | Quatuor pour saxophones
I. Gaîté villageoise, II. Doux paysage

Ida Gotkovsky (b. 1933) | Quatuor de saxophones
VI. Final

Semi-Finalist & Finalist:  Incendio Saxophone Trio
Chicago, Illinois

Carlos Micháns (b. 1950) | Broken Dances
I. Slow, II. Fast (molto giusto)

Robbie McCarthy (b. 1989), arr. Matt Fowler | Crankshaft

Semi-Finalist:  Nexus Brass Quintet
San Antonio, Texas

Victor Ewald (1860–1935) | Quintet No. 1, Op. 5
I. Moderato

Johann Sebastian Bach (1865–1750), arr. John Glasel | Contrapunctus IX

Semi-Finalist:  Polaris Quartet
Spring, Texas

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) | The Arrival of Queen Sheba

Chris Evan Hass (b. 1993) | Polar Vortex
II. Bloodthirsty Blizzard

Semi-Finalist & Finalist:  Quid Nunc Saxophone Quartet
San Antonio, Texas

Joel Love (b. 1982) | In memoriam
II. Adieu

Guillermo Lago (b. 1960) | Ciudades
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Semi-Finalist:  Tango Quartet
Spring, Texas

Edward Elgar (1857–1934), arr. JJ Ashley | Nimrod

David Maslanka (1943–2017) | Songs for the Coming Day
VIII. The soul is here for its own joy

Semi-Finalist & Finalist:  Tauboma Quartet
Flower Mound, Texas

Guillermo Lago (b. 1960) | Ciudades
Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

David Maslanka (1943–2017) | Songs for the Coming Day
VIII. The soul is here for its own joy

Semi-Finalist & Finalist:  Aster Trio
New York, New York

Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) | Piano Trio in A Minor 
I. Modéré

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) | Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66
I. Allegro energico e con fuoco

Semi-Finalist:  Echo Quartet
Fort Lee, New Jersey

Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969) | Quartet for Four Violins
I. Allegretto-Allegro giocoso

Charles Dancla (1817–1907) | Le Carnaval de Venise, Op. 119

Semi-Finalist:  Elm Trio
Los Angeles, California

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) | Piano Trio No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 8

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) | Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 1 , No. 1
I. Allegro

Semi-Finalist & Finalist:  Evie Quartet
Los Angeles, California

Franz Schubert  (1797–1828) | String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810
I. Allegro

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) | String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73
III. Allegro non troppo

Semi-Finalist:  Gloria String Quartet
Salt Lake City, Utah

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) | String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95
I. Allegro con brio

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) | String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80
I. Allegro vivace assai

Semi-Finalist & Finalist:  Happy Feat Trio
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) | Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op .49
I. Molto allegro ed agitato

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) | Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67
IV. Allegretto-Adagio

Semi-Finalist:  Kräft Quartet
Los Angeles, California

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) | String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80
I. Allegro vivace assai

Claude Debussy (1862–1918) | String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
I. Animé et très décidé

Semi-Finalist & Finalist:  Nth Trio
Los Angeles, California

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) | Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
I. Allegro con brio

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) | Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67
IV. Allegretto-Adagio

Semi-Finalist:  Senti Piano Trio
Chicago, Illinois

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) | Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1
I. Allegro vivace e con brio

Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962) | Dash

Semi-Finalist:  Trio CYD
Rockville, Maryland

Anton Arensky (1861–1906) | Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 32
I. Allegro moderato

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) | Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67
II. Allegro con brio