International Trombone Week is coming
Ready—Set—Action! International Trombone Week is coming 7-14 April 2024 (and every other day in April, of course). Start planning your celebration… and join the fun this year.
Ready—Set—Action! International Trombone Week is coming 7-14 April 2024 (and every other day in April, of course). Start planning your celebration… and join the fun this year.
We are thrilled to unveil the winners of the 2025 International Trombone Association (ITA) Composition Contest – a celebration of creativity, innovation, and the power of the trombone! And now – the moment we’ve all been waiting for… The winners of the 2025 ITA Composition Contest are…
We are very proud to present Houlding it Together, a brand new and previously unpublished duet album by Chris Houlding, as the latest addition to ITA’s growing music streaming archive! The impressive list of contributing artists includes, among others, Joseph Alessi, Ben van Dijk, Don Lucas, Niels-Ole Bo Johansen, Brett Baker, Ansgar Striepens, Carol Jarvis &…
The composers submitted their entries… and the judges deliberated. It’s official: The winner of the ITA’s 50-Second Fanfare Composition Contest is… Fanfare for the World! Congratulations to composer David Miller! David’s exciting new work awaits you. Trombone ensembles are invited to download the parts and share their own recordings with the world. Let’s celebrate 50…
We invite talented composers to showcase their trombone writing skills in this unique competition. Composers are invited to submit an original trombone quartet and/or octet of 6-8 minutes in length. The winning composition will be announced in April 2026 during International Trombone Week (ITW). Its sheet music will be available to download from the ITA…
ITA’s Advisory Council on Diversity, professor Natalie Mannix and professor Brett Shuster have been working diligently to update the repertoire section of the ITA website. The Diversity Composer Database showcases underrepresented composers and their compositions, focusing specifically on the work of women, transgender or gender non-conforming individuals, and/or Asian, Black, indigenous, or Latinx. Many thanks…
A new video of Trombone Unit Hannover “talking trombone” is available in our Zoom session archive. Stop by to spend some time with this wonderful trombone ensemble. While you’re there, please browse the rest of our video library.