Orchestra Recognition Award

• ITA members may submit nominations for the awards. Each nomination should include a short (under 250 words) biography for each nominee.
• Nominations are closed by the end of the day on January 1 each year.
•  Nominations remain active for three years after which time, a candidate may be renominated for consideration for an award.
• Members of the Standing Committee on Awards may not submit nominations for awards.
• If a member of the Committee on Awards is nominated for an award, that Committee member must either resign from the Committee, depart from the Committee for one year, or withdraw their nomination from consideration.
• Once all nominations are received, the Standing Committee on Awards will convene either in person or virtually to discuss the nominations (new nominations as well as those that carry over from previous years) for each award.
• The Committee will, after consideration of the nominees, arrive at consensus and prepare a ballot.
• A ballot shall be prepared by the Chair of the Committee on Awards with (if technical assistance is required) the assistance of the Chair of the Committee on Governance and/or the ITA Executive Director.
• The Committee on Awards is to include the submitted biography for each nominee who is on the ballot. These biographies will be included with the ballot.
• On February 1 of each year, a ballot with the candidates for each award shall be sent to the ITA Executive Board.
• The ITA Executive Board will discuss the candidates and vote on the candidates. A winning candidate must receive 100% of the votes cast. More than one candidate may win the award in a given year. The awarding of the Legacy Circle Award, Lifetime Achievement Award, and the ITA Orchestra Recognition Award will be made only as deemed appropriate, without regard to a prescribed number of annual nominations.
• Award winners will be notified by the ITA President and award winners will be publicly announced after all winners have been notified and no later than by February 15 of each year.

Nominations may be sent to the Chair of the ITA’s Standing Committee on Awards at awards@trombone.net.