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Ellsworth Smith International Trumpet Solo Competition
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
A major international solo competition for trumpet sponsored by the International Trumpet Guild and the Columbus Foundation, hosted by Western Michigan University. It has six rounds from a recorded preliminary to a final with orchestra.
- Organiser
- International Trumpet Guild / Western Michigan University
- Instruments
- Trumpet
- Category
- Trumpet & cornet
- Age limits
- Born after January 1, 1994 (2024 edition)
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Applications Feb 1 to May 15, 2024; non-refundable US$100 application fee; US$100 accompanist fee if no own pianist.
Rounds & time limits
- Round 1: recorded round judged anonymously
- Round 2 (Oct 1, 2024)
- Round 3 (Oct 1, 2024)
- Round 4 (Oct 2, 2024)
- Finals A with piano and B with orchestra (Oct 4, 2024)
Repertoire
Recorded round: Hailstork Variations, Pakhmutova Concerto, Enescu Legende, Telemann Methodical Sonata in B minor. Round 2: Hailstork Variations plus Bohme or Peskin concerto. Round 3: Honegger Intrada, Enescu Legende, Rueff Mobiles or Sonatine. Round 4: Telemann Methodical Sonata plus Scelsi Quatro Pezzi or Maxwell Davies Litany. Final A: Tomasi Concerto or Desenclos Incantation, Threne et Danse. Final B with orchestra: Telemann Concerto in D and Neruda Concerto.
Jury & prizes
Jury
Not published on the official pages we could check.Prizes
- First prize US$10,000
- Second prize US$5,000
Past editions
- 2024 — Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo source
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source