The 2nd CAE Skylark Music Showcase · Brass (Trombone · Horn) Brochure (2027 · Guangzhou)

Organizer：CAE云雀音乐美育展演组委会

I. Introduction

The second edition combines an Online Showcase with a National Live Showcase in Guangzhou. The Brass Division includes Trombone and Horn.

Every participant who completes their presentation receives an Arts Showcase Participation Certificate and personalized expert feedback.

II. Dates and Venue

III. Groups and Repertoire Requirements

The Brass Division comprises two instruments, Trombone and Horn, each with an Open Division (公开组), a Professional Division (专业组), a Comprehensive University Division (综合院校组) and an Ensemble Division (重奏组), plus a Brass Quintet Group (铜管五重奏组) and a Brass Chamber Music Group (铜管室内乐组) shared by both instruments — 20 groups in all. The age limits, repertoire, time limits for each group are gathered in this section.

Every trombone group is open to both Tenor Trombone and Bass Trombone.

Age calculation: ages are reckoned as of 1 January 2027, i.e. age = 2027 − year of birth. A participant born in 2012 therefore counts as 15, even if their birthday has not yet fallen within 2027.

All time limits are maxima; please plan your programme accordingly.

1. Open Division (公开组)

For amateur players and students.

Trombone — Open Division

Horn — Open Division

2. Professional Division (专业组)

For students enrolled at professional music institutions, professional orchestral players, and any participant of comparable standard.

Trombone — Professional Division

Horn — Professional Division

3. Comprehensive University Division (综合院校组)

Set up specifically for current students of normal (teacher-training) universities and of music schools or departments within comprehensive universities, with separate sessions from students of independent conservatories.

Eligibility: current undergraduate and postgraduate students of music programmes (music performance, music education, instrumental studies, etc.) at normal universities or at music schools/departments of comprehensive universities. No age limit.

• Participants meeting the above criteria must enter the Comprehensive University Division and may not enter the Open Division; they may choose to enter the Professional Division instead.
• Undergraduate and higher students of independent conservatories and current professional orchestral players enter the Professional Division.
• Graduates are not eligible for this division: music graduates (including in-service music teachers) enter the Professional Division.

4. Ensemble Division (重奏组)

5. Brass Quintet and Brass Chamber Music Groups (铜管五重奏组 · 铜管室内乐组)

Shared by the Trombone and Horn sections.

Common substitutions are permitted, e.g. bass trombone for tuba or flugelhorn for trumpet; any substitution must be stated at registration.

• A standard brass quintet enters the Brass Quintet Group; any other line-up enters the Brass Chamber Music Group.
• Trombone or horn with piano only (piano accompaniment) counts as a solo entry: enter the appropriate Open or Professional group; piano accompanists are not charged.

IV. Registration and Video Requirements

1. Registration, payment and video-link submission are all completed through cae.feuxfollets.top.
2. Video resolution 720P (1280×720, 16:9), format .mp4 / .mpg.
3. Fixed camera position, landscape orientation, camera about 3 metres from the performer; the participant must be shown full-length against a clean, natural background. Because the horn's bell faces backwards, horn players are advised to place the camera to their front right and to avoid standing with the bell close to a wall or curtain, which muffles the sound.
4. No spoken announcement is required; repertoire details are entered on the registration form and in the video description.
5. Accompaniment is unrestricted in the Online Showcase: unaccompanied, with piano, or with a backing track are all accepted. For the National Live Showcase, participants arrange their own accompaniment; accompaniment is not compulsory (unaccompanied performance is accepted).
6. Audio level −18 to 0 dB; a small amount of natural or digital reverberation is permitted, but do not overdo it.
7. The complete programme must be recorded continuously in a single video file with no break between pieces. No audio or video editing of any kind is permitted.
8. Upload the video to Bilibili: title "Group + Name + 2027CAE线上展演", category "Music — Performance" (音乐 — 演奏), tag "2027CAE云雀音乐线上展演长号组" or "2027CAE云雀音乐线上展演圆号组" (according to the instrument entered; Brass Quintet entries may use either), description "Composer + Repertoire + Duration". Set the visibility to "Public" or "Unlisted but shareable" and submit the link. Please make sure the submitted link can be accessed.
9. Full repertoire details must be entered at registration: composer, title of the work, opus number and movement. Repertoire may not be changed after the registration deadline.