ITG Composition Contest 20001

Dr. Moffatt Williams
ITG Composition Contest Chair

$1,500 - 1st Place
$750 - 2nd Place

The International Trumpet Guild announces the Composition Contest for Trumpet and Piano for the year 2001.

Manuscripts meeting the following criteria will be judged by the ITG Composition Contest Committee and a selected panel of composers and performers. Cash prizes of $1,500 and $750 will be awarded to the first and second place winners. The winning compositions will be premiered at the 2001 International Trumpet Guild Conference.

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1. Instrumentation: Trumpet and piano.

2. Eligibility: The work should be a new composition written for this contest during the 1999-2001 period. It should be unpremiered, although a tape recording of a reading is required with the manuscript.

3. Duration: Performance time must be between ten (10) and twenty (20) minutes.

4. Prizes: A first prize of $1,500 and a second prize of $750 will be awarded respectively. The ITG Composition Contest Committee reserves the right to award a first prize only, a second prize only, or no prize, based on the quality of the submitted compositions. All decisions are final. Winners will receive free registration to the 2001 ITG Conference.

5. Winning scores and parts, either manuscripts or if later published, must then carry the statement: designate First or Second] Prize Winner, 2001 International Trumpet Guild Composition Contest.

6. The ITG Archive (c/o Stephen Jones, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008), must be given two (2) complete copies of the winning manuscript (score and parts) immediately after winners have been announced. (If published later, two free copies of the published edition must be given to the ITG Archive.) In addition the winning composer(s) must supply the chair with a current vita and photograph before the prize money is awarded.

7. A list of all qualified entries with the composers' names and addresses will be published in the ITG Journal. This list may be shared with journals of the International Horn Society, International Trombone Association, Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association, and with other magazines.

8. These rules apply only to the 2001 ITG Composition Contest.

Each entry must be accompanied by a non-refundable $10.00 application fee. A composer may submit more than one composition, but each must be accompanied by the $10.00 fee.

Checks must be drawn on a U.S. bank and made payable to: International Trumpet Guild.

Dr. Matthew Inkster, ITG Composition Contest Chair
Department of Music
East Tennessee State University
PO Box 70661
Johnson City, Tennessee 37164 USA

fax 4234397088
2001compcontest@trumpetguild.org

Questions concerning the competition should be directed to the Competition Chair.

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