Category “Soloists”
First Age Group (1st and 2nd grade)
1. One piece of choice for a small drum
2. One work of choice for plate instruments
Total duration: 5-8 min.
All pieces can be performed with accompaniment (piano, other instrument except percussion, or recording).
Second age group (3rd and 4th grade)
1. Small drum – one of the listed works of Dobri Paliev: March, Rachenitsa
2. Optional work for membrane instruments
3. Optional work for plate instruments
Total duration: up to 10 minutes
All pieces can also be performed with accompaniment (piano, other instrument except percussion, or recording).
Third age group (5th and 6th grade)
1. Marching Drum – one work of choice
2. Classic drum – one piece of choice
3. Optional work for plate instruments
Total duration: up to 15 minutes
All pieces can be performed with accompaniment (piano, other instrument except percussion, or recording).
Fourth age group (7th and 8th grade)
1. Marching Drum or Classic Small Drum – one work of choice
2. Marimba or Vibrafon – one work of choice
3. Set up or Drum set – one work of your choice
Total duration: up to 20 minutes
All pieces can be performed with accompaniment (piano, other instrument except percussion, or recording).
Fifth age group (9th and 10th grade)
1. One Optional Work for Drum and Marching Drum
2. One work of choice for Marimba or Vibrafon
3. One piece of choice for Set Up or Drum Set
Total duration: 30 min.
All pieces can be performed with accompaniment (piano, other instrument except percussion, or recording)
Sixth age group (11th and 12th grade)
1. One work of choice for Drum or Marching Drum
2. One work of choice for Marimba or Vibrafon
3. One piece of choice for Set Up or Drum Set
4. One piece of choice for Set Up, or Drum Set, or Marimba / Vibraphone with obligatory accompaniment
Total duration: up to 40 minutes
All pieces can be performed with accompaniment (piano, other instrument except percussion, or recording)
The age division does not restrict the participants to compete in a higher group with the respective competition program.
Category “Ensembles”
The average age is decisive for different age groups!
Example: Quartet with participants aged 8, 9, 10 and 12 = 39
39/4 = 9.75 (ie Second age group)
First age group (average age 7, 8 years)
1. Optional program, up to 10 minutes.
Second age group (mean age 9, 10 years)
1. Optional program, up to 10 minutes.
Third age group (mean age 11, 12 years)
1. Optional program, up to 15 minutes.
Fourth age group
1. Optional program, up to 20 min.
* Each ensemble has the right to be accompanied by another instrument – e.g. piano, string, wind, vocal, etc.