Competitions
ITA Trombone Quartet Competition
Sponsored by the ITA, Long Island Brass Company, Encore Music Publishers, C. Sharpe Editions
First Prize – $1000 Cash Prize, 4 Long Island Brass Mouthpieces (stock silver), 4 copies of The One Hundred, 4 gift certificates to C. Sharpe Editions
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
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2002
Cincinnati Conservatory Trombone Quartet
David Vining, coach
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2003
Corpus Trombone Quartet, Ferenc Liszt Academy (Budapest)
Tividar Sztan, coach
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2004
Novus Trombone Quartet
David Waters, coach
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2005
CT3 Trombone Quartet (Northwestern University)
Royce London, coach
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2006
Spitfire Trombone Quartet (Guildhall School of Music and Royal Academy of Music — London)
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2007
UNT TF Trombone Quartet (University of North Texas)
Tony Baker, Jan Kagarice & Vern Kagarice, coaches
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2008
Bell Street Four (University of North Texas)
Tony Baker, Jan Kagarice & Vern Kagarice, coaches
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2009
Maniacal 4 Trombone Quartet (University of North Texas)
Jan Kagarice, coach
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2010
Seretean Trombone Quartet (Oklahoma State University)
Paul Compton, coach
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2011
Quattroforte Trombone Quartet (Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, Hungary)
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2012
SubitoBones, University of Texas, Austin
Charles Villarubia, Nathaniel Brickens, coaches
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2013
Northside Quartet, Austin, TX
Charles Villarrubia, Nathaniel Brickens, coaches
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2014
Thein Brothers Quartet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ben van Dijk, coach
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2015
Atlantic Trombone Quartet, Conservatorium van Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pierre Volders, Remko de Jager, J&oumrgen van Rijen, Ben van Dijk, coaches
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2016
Capriccio Trombone Quartet (Japan)
no school affiliation
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2017
Boston Based
no school affiliation
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2018
The eNq
Northwestern University
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2019
The Regent Trombones
Royal Academy of Music, London
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2020
Bone-afide (Co-Winner)
Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music, London
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2020
NMH Trombone Quartet (Co-Winner)
Norwegian Academy of Music
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2020
Trombone Quartetto Boon (Co-Winner)
Tokyo College of Music
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2021
The Chulobones
Texas A&M University-Kingsville and the University of Texas at Austin
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2022
Diminishing Returns Trombone Quartet
Northwestern University
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2023
Swiss Cross Quartet
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
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2024
Legacy Trombone Quartet
Columbus State University