Competitions

ITA Trombone Quartet Competition

Sponsored by TBA

First Prize – TBA

Combined ages of members may not exceed 100 (no individual member may exceed 28 years of age; birth date of January 1, 1997 or later)

General Requirements Recording Guidelines

Competition Rules

  • The required repertoire should be recorded as one continuous take, 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.
  • All four performers should be entirely and continuously visible in the submitted video throughout the performance.
  • The submitted file must not contain any identifying information. The video file should be named: “QuartetEntry.mp4” (.mov, etc.)
  • Members of past winning quartets are not eligible to participate in the 2026 ITA Trombone Quartet Competition.
  • No quartet personnel changes for the final competition round are permitted; any exception must be granted in advance of the final round by the ITA Competitions Committee. If a finalist group is unable to be present at the ITF, an alternate group may be selected. Presentation of a valid photo ID

Repertoire Requirements

Preliminary Round:
Keiko Takashima – Passepied (here)

Final Round:
Jacques Castérède – Quatuor (Billaudot)

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.)

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Past Winners

Year
Winner
School

  • 2002

    Cincinnati Conservatory Trombone Quartet

    Cincinnati Conservatory

  • 2003

    Corpus Trombone Quartet

    Franz Liszt Academy of Music

  • 2004

    Novus Trombone Quartet

    Rice University

  • 2005

    CT3 Trombone Quartet

    Northwestern University

  • 2006

    Spitfire Trombone Quartet

    Guildhall School of Music and Royal Academy of Music

  • 2007

    UNT TF Trombone Quartet

    University of North Texas

  • 2008

    Bell Street Four

    University of North Texas

  • 2009

    Maniacal 4 Trombone Quartet

    University of North Texas

  • 2010

    Seretean Trombone Quartet

    Oklahoma State University

  • 2011

    Quattroforte Trombone Quartet

    Franz Liszt Academy of Music

  • 2012

    SubitoBones

    University of Texas at Austin

  • 2013

    Northside Quartet

    University of Texas at Austin

  • 2014

    Thein Brothers Quartet

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • 2015

    Atlantic Trombone Quartet

    Conservatorium van Amsterdam

  • 2016

    Capriccio Trombone Quartet (Japan)

    no school affiliation

  • 2017

    Boston Based

    no school affiliation

  • 2018

    The eNq

    Northwestern University

  • 2019

    The Regent Trombones

    Royal Academy of Music, London

  • 2020

    Bone-afide (Co-Winner)

    Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music, London

  • 2020

    NMH Trombone Quartet (Co-Winner)

    Norwegian Academy of Music

  • 2020

    Trombone Quartetto Boon (Co-Winner)

    Tokyo College of Music

  • 2021

    The Chulobones

    Texas A&M University-Kingsville and the University of Texas at Austin

  • 2022

    Diminishing Returns Trombone Quartet

    Northwestern University

  • 2023

    Swiss Cross Quartet

    Zürcher Hochschule der Künste

  • 2024

    Legacy Trombone Quartet

    Columbus State University

  • 2025

    Francobones

    Conservatoire de musique de Montréal