The ITEA Jim and Jamie Self Creative Award
The Jim and Jamie Self Creative Award was established in 2014 and is meant to encourage and promote new thinking from current ITEA members that will have a profound effect on the future of our instruments. The winner of the 2023 award will receive USD $1000. Past winners of the Jim and Jamie Self Creative Award have included:
Self Award Online Nomination Form
2021 Finalists:
Danielle Price and Martin Lee Thomson, Dopey Monkey - Fresh Fish
Roland Szentpáli, Zoltán Juhász, and Gerhard Meinl - TWOBA *WINNER
Congratulations to Roland Szentpáli, Zoltán Juhász, and Gerhard Meinl for winning the 2021 James and Jamie Self Award for Creativity presented at VTEC 2021
Project Abstract:
If you ever played a solo in front of huge crowd, with an orchestra behind you, if you ever played in a jazz band or a chamber group, you know the feeling of being stuck to your seat, with weak projection of your sound to the audience, and being covered by your tuba.
THE SOLUTION IS here: the DOUBLE SIDED PISTON SYSTEM made by ROLAND SZENTPÁLI, ZOLTÁN JUHÁSZ, supported by GERHARD MEINL gives you TWO INTRUMENTS IN ONE. A traditional positioning tuba with all its benefits and the NEW WAY OF HOLDING your instrument with FREE BODY COMMUNICATION to your audience and the BEST EVER PROJECTION of your playing.
TWOBA: STEP INTO THE SPOTLIGHT
For additiona, information, please visit: https://twoba.hu/.
2021 Jim and Jamie Self Creative Award Chair
David Holben
dpholben@gmail.com
• 2014: Kristoffer Lo - Ryvingen Lighthouse Recording Project
• 2016: Robin Hayward - Microtonal Tuba and Hayward Tuning Vine
• 2019: Jon Hansen - SPACETUBA
• 2021: Roland Szentpáli, Zoltán Juhász, and Gerhard Meinl - TWOBA
Because this award is meant to recognize creativity, any tuba-euphonium related project or topic may be considered. The Award Committee will consider all entries, but if prospective entrants have questions about the eligibility of their project(s), they may address these to the Award Committee chaired by Zach Collins (zcollins@iup.edu). The Award Committee anticipates entries may include, but are not limited to the following:
• Writing a book, essay, or dissertation
• Inventing/building a useful tool, instrument, or accessory
• Creating performance opportunities in a completely new area
• Creating an interactive computer program or recording technique
• Presenting a unique, innovative performance or truly different audio or video recording
• Unique use of the tuba and/or euphonium in mixed media or other visual or aural arts
ELIGIBILITY
The majority of the work for each project must have taken place between June 1, 2021 and February 1, 2023. Applicants should document the timeline of work completed in the project description. All projects must be completed by February 1, 2023.
• Applicants must be members in good standing with ITEA.
• ITEA Board & Staff are not eligible to apply for or receive this award.
• Finalists in each category will be notified in the spring of 2023
• Winners will be announced during the 2023 International Tuba Euphonium Conference.
• The adjudication panel reserves the right to not name a winner.
SUBMISSION OF MATERIALS
The chief criteria the committee will use in judging entries will be their demonstrated level of creativity, viability of project(s), and overall value to the art of tuba and/or euphonium.
To receive consideration for the Jim and Jamie Self Creative Award, entrants must provide full documentation to the Award Committee. Such documentation may include:
• written project description
• timeline of work completed
• models/schematics/diagrams
• completed recordings or physical objects
An applicant’s Project Descriptions should be submitted as single PDF document that includes all materials to be considered. Applicants should consider hosting videos, audio recordings, and other media on YouTube, Dropbox, or Google Drive and providing links within the Project Description. Contact the committee chair for any questions of how to appropriately share materials with the Jim and Jamie Self Creative Award Committee.
Because the nature of the Creative Award means eligible projects may substantially differ from one another, entrants are encouraged to contact the Award Committee to determine appropriate submission materials. Entries for the 2019 Jim and Jamie Self Creative Award should be received no later than February 1, 2023 11:59 PM .
Self Award Online Nomination Form
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