2021 Bobo Award Finalists Announced

The Roger Bobo Awards were established by ITEA to foster, encourage, and recognize excellence in the field of recording. This award recognizes artists who have produced recordings of the highest distinction, and are given to those whose work illustrates an exceptional level of artistry, regardless of popularity or other factors. 2021 nominations included discs released between January 2019 and March 2021.

2021 Bobo Award in Recording Excellence Finalists are:

SOLO EUPHONIUM

The Symphonic Euphonium II by David Childs

Miroir by Jean Daufresne

Miko Dance by Mai Kokubo

SOLO TUBA

Duo Adamastor by Sérgio Carolino

Chronicles by Zach Collins

Message in a Tuba by Kent Eishelman

Re(in)spiration by Matt Hightower

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

Wanderlust by Eastern Standard

TNT Tubas by Sergio Carolino, Gene Pokorny, and Telmo Marques

Suspiros de España by Quatuor Opus 333

The winners for each category will be announced at the forthcoming Virtual Tuba Euphonium Conference (May 29-June 2). This link can be used to register for the conference: https://www.iteaonline.org/confere.../VTEC2021/registration/

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