Competitions
ITA Alto Trombone Competition
sponsored by TBA
For trombonists ages 25 and under (birth date of January 1, 1999 or later)
First Prize – TBA
Megumi Kanda, Principal Trombone of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, invites trombonists to join this competition:
Competition Rules
- Live piano accompaniment is required.
- The required repertoire should be recorded as one complete, unedited take (no separate movements), and submitted as a single video file, recorded from a single, uninterrupted camera angle. Accepted file formats include: MP4, MPEG, MPG, MOV, AVI, WMV, M4V, FLV, WEBM, M2V
- No editing of either video or audio is allowed.
- No written signs, name tags or other written material is to be visible in the video.
- The performer should be clearly visible in the video throughout the performance, with the trombonist as the focal point.
- The submitted file must not contain any identifying information. The video file should be named: “AltoEntry.mov” (.mp4, etc.)
- Past winners of the ITA Alto Trombone Competition are not eligible to enter the 2025 ITA Alto competition.
Repertoire Requirements
Preliminary Round:
Christian Lindberg (ed.) – Three Medieval Dances (Tarrodi)
Final Round:
Frigyes Hidas – Baroque Concerto (EMB)
Submission Instructions
Completed applications must be submitted prior to the deadline and meet ITA membership and other requirements outlined on this page. Application fees (see below) will be charged at the time of application (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, JCB, Discover, and Diners Club are accepted.)
Past Winners
Year
Winner
School
2009
Márton Kuna
Music School of Kecskemét, Hungary
2010
Joshua Bledsoe
Arizona State University
2011
Brian Santero
Curtis Institute of Music
2012
Charlotte van Passen
Conservatorium van Amsterdam
2013
Kurt Neubauer
Janacek Academy of Music and Performance Arts Brno
2014
Jonathan Houghtling
DePaul University
2015
Tobias Lang
Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)
2016
Therese Iversen
Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus
2017
Pavlo Titiaiev
Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music (Poland)
2018
Marie Nøkleby Hanssen
Hochschule für Musik, Theater, und Medien, Hannover
2019
Evan Williams
University of Texas at Austin
2020
András Bogács (Co-Winner)
Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover
2020
Jamey Morgan (Co-Winner)
Michigan State University
2020
Martin Simon (Co-Winner)
Universität Mozarteum Salzburg
2021
Tim Ouwejan
Conservatory of Amsterdam
2022
Askil Okkenhaug
Norwegian Academy of Music
2023
Juan Cancer Navarro
Royal Conservatoire of The Hague
2024
Jaehan Kim
New England Conservatory