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IWBC Competitions (International Women's Brass Conference)
Next edition
- Edition
- 2027
- Dates
- June 2027
- Location
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Registration deadline
- 1 April 2027
- Fee
- USD 50 (solo) plus conference registration USD 150
Source: conference.myiwbc.org
Overview
Competitions held at the International Women's Brass Conference (June 2027 at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro), open to anyone regardless of gender or occupation. Includes the Susan Slaughter Solo Competition, Ginger Turner Ensemble Competition, mock orchestra and military band audition competitions and a jazz competition; over USD 50,000 in prizes.
- Organiser
- International Women's Brass Conference (IWBC)
- Instruments
- Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Bass trombone, Euphonium, Tuba, Brass ensemble, Jazz
- Category
- Trumpet & cornet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba & euphonium, Brass ensembles, Wind & brass ensembles
- Age limits
- Susan Slaughter Solo: Category I 23 and under, Category II 24 and over; ensemble and mock audition: all ages
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Online; deadline 1 April 2027; IWBC membership and conference registration (USD 150) required; solo fee USD 50, ensemble USD 25 per member, mock audition USD 30.
Rounds & time limits
- Solo preliminary: 10 min played
- Solo final: one advancer per instrument per category, then Grand Final
- Ensemble: blind preliminary (~8 min), public final
Repertoire
Solo: one piece each from two set lists per instrument and category (e.g. horn Cat. II: Garrop Sanskara or Mansouri Tehrani Bewildered, plus Gipps Concerto Op. 58 mvts 2-3 or Clearfield Songs of the Wolf). Ensemble: like-instrument groups of 3+, 8-12 min work.
Jury & prizes
Jury
Not published on the official pages we could check.Prizes
- Solo Grand Final per category: USD 5,000 / 3,000 / 1,000
- Solo per instrument: USD 600 / 300 / 100
- Ensemble: USD 5,000 / 3,000 / 1,000
- Mock auditions: USD 300 / 120-160 / 60 (+ new instrument for some 1st prizes)
- Jazz per category: USD 1,000 / 500 / 250
Past editions
Not published on the official pages we could check.Summarised from official sources, last checked 11 Nov 2026. Main source