The fourth edition of the Gillet Performance Competition of the IDRS contained some interesting innovations, including: 1) a larger jury than ever before - ten for the semifinals and eleven for the finals; 2) a separate competition for oboists and bassoonists for two first, second, and third prizes - the first year had oboists and bassoonists mixed and only three prizes, the second was for oboists alone, and the third was solely for bassoonists; and 3) a first prize of a musical instrument - a Kreul oboe, English horn, or oboe d'amore for the oboists and a Schreiber German-system or a Buffet Frenchsystem bassoon for the bassoonists. In all, there were twenty-four original applicants of which ten were from the USA, six from England, two from Holland and Austria and one each from Germany, Japan, France, and Finland. The twelve semifinalists chosen from these were:

OBOISTS

Robin Williams ... Coseley, West Midland, England
Olav van Hezewijk living in New Haven, CT USA, but originally from Holland
Nancy Ambrose Grosse Pointe Shores, MI, USA
Kieron Moore Saffron Walden, Essex, England
Donna Ricky Dallas, TX, USA
Nicholas Daniel London, England

BASSOONISTS

Jean Owen Derby, England
Markus Tuukkanen Hartola, Finland
M. Keith Bowen Greeley, CO, USA
Karen Pierson Ann Arbor, M1, USA
Joan Crumpler Philadelphia, PA, USA
Charlie Brown Spokane, WA, USA

On August 13th the semifinalists all performed for the distinguished jury, consisting of:

Karl  Öhlberger, Honorary Chairman Austria
Lady Evelyn Barbirolli England
Pierre Feit West Germany
Noah Knepper USA
Jouko Teikari Finland
Maurice Allard France
Lewis Hugh Cooper USA
Jiri Seidl Czechoslovakia
Milan Turkovic Austria
William Waterhouse England

The semifinal works were: the Mozart Concerto in C KV314 for oboe and orchestra, I st movement; and the Von Weber Concerto in F Op. 75 for bassoon and orchestra.

The six final ists chosen from this performance were oboists Olaf Van Hezewijk, Nicholas Daniel, and Kieron Moore; and bassoonists jean Owen, Joan Crumpler, and Markus Tuukkanen.

The finals were performed before the jury and a live audience on August 14th at the Concert Hall of the Conservatory. The works performed were by Austrian composers: the Sonata Missoulana for oboe and piano Op. 66 (1958) by Jeno Takacs, and the Sonatine for solo bassoon Op. 19/3 by Hans Erich Apostel. (Mr. Takacs, who wrote the Sonata Missoulana while he was visiting Professor of' Composition at the University of Montana, Missoula, in 1958, was added to the jury for the finals.) From this performance the prizes were awarded as follows:

OBOE
First Prize Nicholas Daniel, England
Second Prize Kieron Moore, England
Third Prize Olav Van Hezewijk, Holland/USA

BASSOON
First Prize Markus Tuukkanen, Finland
Second Prize jean Owen, England
Third Prize Joan Crumpler, USA

The second and third prize recipients were awarded copies of music for their respective Instruments donated by various publishers.

The Fifth Annual Gillet Competition will be in Boulder, Colorado, August 12-15, 1985. William Davis from the University of Georgia will be coordinator for this event. Details will be announced soon on the particulars of the competition.

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