Competitions

Lewis Van Haney Philharmonic Prize Tenor Trombone Competition

sponsored by Yamaha Canada

For trombonists ages 25 and under (birth date of January 1, 1999 or later)

First Prize – $2,000 Gift Certificate toward the purchase of a professional Yamaha Trombone (restrictions apply)

General Requirements Recording Guidelines

Competition Rules

  • The required repertoire should be submitted as a single audio file, with no editing within the submitted recording. All excerpts must be performed in the order listed. Accepted file formats include: MP3, OGG, M4A, WMA, WAV, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, AIF. Video entries are not accepted for this competition.
  • Preliminary round excerpts may be recorded separately, but there may be no editing within an individual excerpt. All excerpts should be recorded at the same location with the same recording setup
  • The submitted file must not contain any identifying information. The audio file should be named: “VanHaneyEntry.mp3” (.wav, etc.)
  • Past winners of the Lewis Van Haney Philharmonic Prize are not eligible to enter the 2025 Van Haney competition.

Repertoire Requirements

Preliminary Round

  • Hector Berlioz (Trombone 2)- The Damnation of Faust, Hungarian, 6 measures before [4] through 2 bars after [5]
  • W.A. Mozart (Trombone 2)- Requiem, K. 626, Tuba Mirum, measure 1 to measure 18
  • Camille Saint-Saëns (Trombone 1)- Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op 78. – [Q] to [R] AND 12 measures after [R] through 2 measures after [S]
  • Richard Wagner (Trombone 1)- Ride of the Valkyries – pickups to [3] to 2 measures before [4] AND pickups to [5] to 3 measures after [6]

Final Round

Excerpts to be chosen from Preliminary Round repertoire, and the following:

  • Richard Strauss (Trombone 1) – Also Sprach Zarathustra, 4 measures before [16] to [16] AND 7 measures after [50] through 5 measures after [51]
  • Maurice Ravel (Trombone 1) – Bolero – 2 measures after [10] through [11]
  • Ferdinand David – Concertino – Movement 1 – beginning through cadenza, with piano

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

  • 1993

    Jon Etterbeek

    Juilliard School of Music

  • 1994

    Darren McHenry

    Juilliard School of Music

  • 1995

    Stephen Lange

    Indiana University

  • 1996

    Norbert Lakzsko

    Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, Hungary

  • 1997

    Mark Templeton

    Guildhall School of Music, London, England

  • 1998

    Garnett Livingston

    Juilliard School of Music

  • 1999

    Scott Parkinson

    Juilliard School of Music

  • 2000

    Jeffrey A. Gray

    Juilliard School of Music

  • 2001

    Darcio Gianelli

    Juilliard School of Music

  • 2002

    Wes Citron

    Manhattan School of Music

  • 2003

    Tenor – James Williams
    Bass – no winner

    Juilliard School of Music

  • 2004

    Tenor – Robert Kastner
    Bass – Dan West

    University of North Texas

  • 2005

    Tenor – Kyle Covington
    Bass – Matyas Veer

    Juilliard School of Music
    Liszt Academy of Music-Budapest

  • 2006

    Tenor – Marques Young
    Bass – Zachary Bond

    Juilliard School of Music
    Curtis Institute of Music graduate

  • 2007

    Tenor – Mark Davidson
    Bass – Ilan Morgenstern

    Juilliard School of Music
    University of Michigan

  • 2008

    Tenor- Shachar Israel

    Juilliard School of Music

  • 2009

    Tenor- Kyle Mullins

    University of North Texas

  • 2010

    Tenor- Johanna Rubsam

    Vienna, Austria

  • 2011

    Tenor- David Binder

    Northwestern University

  • 2012

    Tenor- José Milton Vieira Leite Filho

    Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  • 2013

    Tenor- Brian Santero

    Curtis Institute of Music

  • 2014

    Tenor- Joseph Peterson

    Northwestern University

  • 2015

    Tenor- Daniel Tellez Gutierrez

    Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock

  • 2016

    Tenor- Paul Radke

    Shepherd School of Music, Rice University

  • 2017

    Tenor- Joseph Dubas

    Civic Orchestra of Chicago

  • 2018

    Tenor- Harry Gonzalez

    Shepherd School of Music, Rice University

  • 2019

    Tenor- Evan Williams

    University of Texas at Austin

  • 2020

    Tenor- Nathaniel Hsu (Co-Winner)

    University of Texas at Austin

  • 2020

    Tenor- Timothy Maines (Co-Winner)

    Northwestern University

  • 2020

    Tenor- Jonathan McNeer (Co-Winner)

    Northwestern University

  • 2021

    Tenor- Felix Regalado

    Northwestern University

  • 2022

    Tenor- Tim Ouwejan

    Conservatory of Amsterdam

  • 2023

    Tenor- Lukas Helsel

    New England Conservatory

  • 2024

    Tenor- Andrew Zaharis

    Juilliard School of Music