2025 Competition
Join us for the 12th Annual Great Plains International Marimba Competition, summer of 2025!
Timeline
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March 31 (11:59pm CST) - Early Bird Registration closes
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April 16 (11:59 pm CST) - Audio Round recordings due
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July 9-11 - Semi-final Round
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July 12 - Final Round
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Audio Round Judges
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Gwendolyn Dease: High School
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Dr. Thomas Burritt: Collegiate/Open
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Judges
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Live Round Judges
2025 Composition Competitions
The 2025 Great Plains International Marimba Competition Composition Competitions are for the following categories:
1. Solo Marimba with percussion quartet (to be performed by Collegiate/Open finalists)
2. Marimba Duo (to be performed by Open Duo finalists)
For both competitions, the following information applies:
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Submissions are due April 16th by 11:59 CST
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No fee to enter, and no age limit
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Submissions must be between 2 and 7 minutes in length
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All submissions must be anonymous - no identifying information on the score or embedded within the mp3 file.
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All marimba parts must fit on a standard 5.0-octave marimba. The Marimba Duo must be written for two separate marimbas - players should not share a marimba
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The winner will receive video and audio from the finalist performances
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To enter, composers must submit a Dropbox or Google Drive link to both a score (PDF) and audio file (MP3) to the greatplainsmarimba@gmail.com with the heading "2025 Composition Competition Entry - Marimba Solo" or "2025 Composition Competition Entry - Marimba Duo"
About the Competition
The Great Plains International Marimba Competition was founded by Dane Romano in 2013 to provide an avenue for musical growth of young marimbists around the world through educational and competitive experiences. This competition seeks to contribute to the quality and evolution of marimba performance through fostering high-level marimba performances, presentations and individual feedback by world-class marimbists, and an annual composition competition. In 2019, the competition was placed under the care of Oklahoma Modern Music Collective, allowing our team to continue to build on the excellent work done by GPIMC founder Dane Romano.
Prizes and Results
All finalists will receive a basket of materials provided by competition sponsors. In addition, first place winners of each category will win a cash prize.
Sponsors - thank you!
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