MTNA Senior Brass Performance Competition

Rules & repertoire

Registration & fee

• Register and upload all repertoire to Acceptd by 2 December 2026 at 15:00 US Eastern (21:00 in Germany). Provide accurate entrant and teacher or coach email details. The public instructions do not list a recommendation letter. Active MTNA membership dues for the teacher/coach must be paid first, or a $200 nonmember teacher fee applies.
• Age 15–18 on 1 January 2027. Entry fee US$150, including US$25 Acceptd charge. Eligible brass: trumpet, horn, euphonium, trombone and tuba. One entry in the category; entrants may play more than one brass instrument. The Senior application also asks for parent email details.

Rounds & time limits

Video preliminary · up to 30 min heard

• Choose solo music from at least two periods among Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic and Contemporary. Arrangements and transcriptions are allowed. No memorization requirement. The registered program may run up to 40 min, but the jury hears up to 30 min.
• Submit all registered works by direct video upload. No cuts within recordings, no spoken introductions, no YouTube links, and show each performer from head to toe. Label each with composer and title. For solo videos, use live piano for music written with accompaniment.

Live final · seven finalists · up to 30 min

• Re-use the full submitted programme with no changes, at the national conference in St. Louis on 2–6 April 2027. Choose the opening work; the panel directs the remaining order and may hear portions of works. A winner must play at the winners’ concert to receive the cash award.

Repertoire

• Complete movements may be used. Cuts in solo sections are prohibited, repeats discretionary, and cuts in tutti accompaniment sections permitted. Use live piano for works that require it.

Source: Official category rules · General performance requirements · General application rules