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, 1996 or later)
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 2025 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:
Soichi Kanagaya – Dream, movements 1, 3, and 4 (EMR)
Final Round:
Christopher Sharpe – The Secret City (C. Sharpe Editions)
AND
A piece of Quartet’s choice, not to exceed 5 minutes
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
2002
Cincinnati Conservatory Trombone Quartet
David Vining, coach
2003
Corpus Trombone Quartet, Ferenc Liszt Academy (Budapest)
Tividar Sztan, coach
2004
Novus Trombone Quartet
David Waters, coach
2005
CT3 Trombone Quartet (Northwestern University)
Royce London, coach
2006
Spitfire Trombone Quartet (Guildhall School of Music and Royal Academy of Music — London)
2007
UNT TF Trombone Quartet (University of North Texas)
Tony Baker, Jan Kagarice & Vern Kagarice, coaches
2008
Bell Street Four (University of North Texas)
Tony Baker, Jan Kagarice & Vern Kagarice, coaches
2009
Maniacal 4 Trombone Quartet (University of North Texas)
Jan Kagarice, coach
2010
Seretean Trombone Quartet (Oklahoma State University)
Paul Compton, coach
2011
Quattroforte Trombone Quartet (Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, Hungary)
2012
SubitoBones, University of Texas, Austin
Charles Villarubia, Nathaniel Brickens, coaches
2013
Northside Quartet, Austin, TX
Charles Villarrubia, Nathaniel Brickens, coaches
2014
Thein Brothers Quartet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ben van Dijk, coach
2015
Atlantic Trombone Quartet, Conservatorium van Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pierre Volders, Remko de Jager, J&oumrgen van Rijen, Ben van Dijk, coaches
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