ITG Youth Site - competitions

The Competitions page lists events geared towards the young trumpet player. If you have an event you'd like placed on this page, please contact the editor, Bradley Ulrich at pr@trumpetguild.org

ITG Conference Scholarship Auditions
The International Trumpet Guild announces scholarships provided by members of the music industry and by the Renold Schilke, Clifton G. Plog, Donald P. Bullock, and "Sandy" Sandberg Memorial Scholarship Funds. Winners will receive $200, a certificate, and the annual ITG Conference registration fee will be waived. Scholarships are available only to students.
http://www.trumpetguild.org/resources/competitions.htm#scholarship

ITG Youth Competition
The ITG, in its efforts to encourage young performers, presents two competitions for players of all soprano brass instruments (trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, E-flat cornet).

Students are invited to participate in the competitions which will take place at the 2009 ITG Conference to be held May 26 - may 30, 2009, hosted by Messiah College and held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA.

Depending on the number of entrants, there may be a preliminary round prior to the finals which would also will be held during the course of the confernece. Candidates will be provided with written comments from a distinquished panel of judges. Prizes will be awarded.

Contestents must be under 18 years of age on February 15, 2009. For additional information on the competition, including information on repertoire and deadlines, please consult the competitions rules pdf file, which can be found here http://www.trumpetguild.org/resources/competitions.htm

For more information, contact the competition chair at:
Email: confyouthcontest@trumpetguild.org

Eleventh Annual Young Artists Competions for Voice and Wind Instruments
February 10, 2007 in the Callaway Auditorium on the campus of LaGrange College,
LaGrange, Georgia.

For information: www.lagrangesymphony.org

First Place $1500
Second Place $1000
Third Place $500

1st Place winner appears with the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra during the
2007-2008 Subscription Season. All prize winners appear in LSO-sponsored
concert on Sunday, March 18, 2007.

The National Trumpet Competition
The Stephen and Bonnie Simon High School Division
High School Students age 14-18
Sponsored by Honorary Trustees Stephen and Bonnie Simon First Place Award: $1000 The Bach Award for Excellence or a Bach Bb or C Trumpet.
Second Place Award: $200 The Artists Fund Award
www.nationaltrumpetcomp.org/

MTNA High School Performance Competitions
Awards are made possible by the MTNA FOUNDATION. National winners receive $1,000 and a plaque. National winners teachers receive $100. National finalists receive a $100 merit award and a cer tificate.
www.mtna.org/competitions.htm

About the Editor: DR. P. BRADLEY ULRICH, Professor of Music, has been the Trumpet Professor at Western Carolina University since 1989. Dr. Ulrich received his Bachelor of Music Degree in Trumpet Performance from the Florida State University where he studied with Bryan Goff. His Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Trumpet Performance and Literature were awarded from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, where he studied with Ray Sasaki and Michael Tunnell. He has also studied with Raymond Mase, George Vosburgh, Adolphe Herseth, James Thompson, Vincent DiMartino and Chrispian Steele Perkins.

Maintaining an active performing career, Dr. Ulrich is currently Principal Trumpet with the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra and Second Trumpet with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra. He frequently performs with both the Greenville (SC) Symphony Orchestra and the Brevard Chamber Orchestra. He has formerly held positions in the Springfield Symphony Orchestra (IL), the Champaign-Urbana Symphony (IL), Sinfonia da Camera (IL), the Cedar Falls Waterloo Symphony (IA), and the Asheville Symphony Orchestra. In addition to his orchestral experience he has performed numerous recitals in the region, performed with the Smoky Mountain Brass Band, the areas finest brass quintets, and has also been a featured soloist with the Brevard Chamber Orchestra.

Dr. Ulrich has published a dozen articles in the International Trumpet Guild’s Journal. Since 1999 he has been the Public Relations Director for ITG. He is an Artist/Clinician and member of the Product Advisory Council for the Jupiter Band Instrument Company.