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Competition Contacts

2024 Gillet-Fox Bassoon Contact:
Lyndon Watts, Chair
E-mail: watts@idrs.org

2024 NHYAC Oboe Contact:
Celeste Johnson, Chair
E-mail: johnson@idrs.org

2025 Gillet-Fox Oboe Contact:
Andreas Oeste, Chair
E-mail: oeste@idrs.org

2025 NHYAC Bassoon Contact:
Lorelei Dowling, Chair
E-mail: nhyacbassoon@idrs.org

The IDRS sponsors two international competitions for oboe and bassoon that take place each year during its annual conference.

Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox International CompetitionThe Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox International Competition (dedicated to the memory of the late master oboist and honorary member of the IDRS, Fernand Gillet, and to the memory of master bassoonist Hugo Fox, principal bassoonist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1922-1949) is for bassoonists and oboists who have not reached their 31st birthday by the date of the final round of the competition.

Norma Hooks Young Artist International CompetitionThe Norma Hooks Young Artist International Competition (dedicated to the memory of Norma Hooks, IDRS honorary member and lifeblood of our organization with her tireless dedication to our membership, annual conferences, and Executive Committee meetings) is for those who have not reached their 22nd birthday by the date of the final round of the competition.

Both competitions alternate each year between oboe and bassoon.

For current information about the 2024 competitions (repertoire, deadlines, submission guidelines, etc.), click the appropriate link below.

Preliminary Round Judges for the 2024 Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox Competition for Bassoon:

  • María Jose Rielo Blanco,Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC) and Liceu Conservatory (Barcelona Spain)
  • Marie Boichard, Principal bassoon, Orchestre National de France (France)
  • Fredrik Ekdahl, Principal bassoon, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, University of Music Trossingen (Germany/Sweden)
  • Motoko Kawamura, Principal bassoon, New Japan Philharmonic (Japan)
  • Anthony Parnther, motion picture recording artist, conductor (USA)

Preliminary Round Judges for the 2024 Norma Hooks Young Artist Competition for Oboe:

  • Euridice Alvarez, Assistant Professor of Oboe, Baylor University (Honduras)
  • Jamal Davidson, Oboist, 282nd Army Band, Ft. Jackson, South Carolina (USA)
  • Rong-Huey Liu, Principal oboe, Long Beach Symphony, Los Angeles Ballet Orchestra, Oboe professor, California State University Fullerton, La Sierra University (Taiwan/USA)
  • Tom Owen, Principal Oboe, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Lecturer of Oboe, Conservatorium Maastricht, Holland (Germany/United Kingdom)
  • Marlen Vavrikova, Professor of Oboe, Grand Valley State University (Czech Republic/USA)

View Current Competition Details

2024 Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox International Competition for Bassoon

Repertoire, deadlines and how to submit your application for the Gillet-Fox Competition

2024 Norma Hooks Young Artist International Competition for Oboe

Repertoire, deadlines and how to submit your application for the NHYAC Competition

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