It includes classical and jazz divisions at school through college levels for soloists and ensembles.
Students can register by completing an online form at the competition website, as well as attaching a link to a YouTube or Vimeo video of them performing only a published (including a self-published) composition from the trumpet repertoire, with piano accompaniment.
[1][2] The competition was founded in 1991 by Dr. Dennis Edelbrock, who teaches trumpet at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia,[3] and finals were held there through 2013.
[4][5][6] Semi-finals and finals in each division are now held at the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University.
[7] They are judged by professional trumpeters from around the area including Steven Hendrickson of the National Symphony Orchestra,[8] Dr. Edelbrock, and members from Washington D.C.'s military bands.