• 2027 Ryan Anthony Memorial Trumpet Competition

  • The International Trumpet Guild is pleased to present the annual Ryan Anthony Memorial Trumpet Competition, offering emerging artists, students, and chamber ensembles the opportunity to compete, perform, and receive recognition at the annual ITG Conference.

    Applicants must be current ITG members before submitting an application. Please note that new memberships may require up to five business days to process. For ensemble divisions, all members must hold an active ITG membership.

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    Up to 15 Semi-finalists per division (excluding the Youth divisions) will be selected from the preliminary round to compete live at the ITG Conference.

  • Select your Competition Division(s)*

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                Chamber Music
                $100.00$100.00
                  
                Jazz Improvisation
                $75.00$75.00
                  
                Orchestral Excerpts
                $75.00$75.00
                  
                Solo Performance
                $75.00$75.00
                  
                Wind Band Excerpts
                $75.00$75.00
                  
                Youth Divisions
                $25.00$25.00
                  
                Total
                $0.00$0.00
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              • Submission Requirements

                • Videos must be submitted via an Unlisted (not Private or Public) YouTube link.
                • Videos must be recorded from the audience's perspective.
                • Videos must be performed in one continuous take.
                • No editing, audio enhancement, or digital manipulation is allowed.
                • No speaking is permitted in submitted videos.
                • Video titles must include only the division name and the applicant’s ITG membership number.*
                • Competitor names, schools, and identifying information must not appear in the video title or recording.
                • Recordings must have been made after June 2, 2026.
                • All conference-related fees, including travel, registration, etc., are the responsibility of the competitor.

                Example: 012345 ITG Orchestral Excerpts

                *For the Chamber Music Division, use the member number of the primary applicant.

                Upon submission, you will receive an email confirming your application.

              • Chamber Music

                The audition video should contain no more than ten minutes of music in one continuous take, with all members visible. This could be one or more pieces or a ten-minute excerpt of a longer work. Group name must not include the name of the univeristy, college, or school.

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              • Jazz Improvisation

                The audition video must contain all pieces in the following order, with each piece recorded in a single take:

                1. Mitchell: Fungii Mama- Play the head, improvise two choruses, and play the head out. 
                2. Monk: Round Midnight- Play the head, improvise one chorus, and play the head out. 
                3. Davis: Half Nelson- Play the head, improvise two choruses, and play the head out.

                The three separate takes should be compiled into a single video for upload.

              • Orchestral Excerpts

                The audition video must contain the first trumpet part for the following excerpts in the following order, and in one continuous take:

                1. Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition (1. Promenade, mm. 1-8)
                2. Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 (offstage call) no repeat.
                3. Higdon: Blue Cathedral (mm. 102-110) https://tinyurl.com/itg2601ra1
                4. Respighi: Pines of Rome (mvmt. 2, offstage solo)
                5. Handel: The Messiah (“Trumpet Shall Sound,” mm. 1-28)

              • Solo Performance

                1. One self-selected work with a maximum performance time of 10 minutes. Performances exceeding 10 minutes will result in disqualification. If the selected work exceeds 10 minutes, one cut may be made to bring the performance within the 10-minute limit.
                2. The self-selected work may be for trumpet and piano, unaccompanied, or with electroacoustic accompaniment.
              • If selected as a Semi-Finalist, I agree to pay the required the US$75 Collaborative Pianist Fee OR I will bring my own pianist.*

              • Wind Band Excerpts

                The audition video must contain the First Trumpet/Solo Cornet part for the following excerpts, without accompaniment, in the following order, and in one continuous take:

                1. Ives: Variations on “America,” (Variation V, rehearsal O to P, play both parts as one player)  
                2. Copland: An Outdoor Overture, (mm. 16 through mm. 34) 
                3. Reveille (Bugle Call- disregard slurred 16th notes) 
                4. Hindemith: Symphony in Bb, (Mvmt. I, beginning to rehearsal A)  
                5. Sousa: The Gallant Seventh, (beginning through second strain, no repeats) 

              • Youth Divisions

                Junior Division:

                • Grade 9 or below
                • Age 15 or younger on May 1, 2027

                Senior Division:

                • Grades 10–12
                • Age 15–19 on May 1, 2027

                Additional eligibility restrictions apply to previous winners and consecutive place winners.

                Preliminary Round:

                • One self-selected work not exceeding 10 minutes; submissions longer than 10 minutes will be disqualified.
                • Should the selected piece be longer than 10 minutes, one single cut is allowed.
                • Candidates are not required to perform every movement of a multi-movement composition.
                • ​The self-chosen work may be for trumpet and piano, unaccompanied, or with electroacoustic accompaniment.
                • If the work is accompanied, the audition video must be with accompaniment.
              • Please select your age division.*
              • If selected as a Finalist, I agree to pay the required the US$75 Collaborative Pianist Fee OR I will bring my own pianist.*
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