Brass Chamber Music During Covid - Trumpeter's Multitrack Competition

     Online events during Covid were also quite popular, and competitions became an easy way for people to participate in a musical community totally online. The Trumpeter's Multitrack Competition was held online for trumpet players to showcase their recording and multitracking skills. The competition was very successful, and many amazing video submissions were entered. This challenged not only peoples musical skills, but also their creative skills, as making a visually interesting video is one of the criteria for adjudication. The competition winners in each category saw a cash prize, as well as the exposure gained from participating and winning. Unfortunately, due to financial shortcomings, the second year of the competition did not go as planned, but with some restructuring, the organization of people being the competition was able to keep it running. Any community activity such as music requires people to interact, share ideas, and inspire each other to further the collective endeavor. In music, this happens by giving and attending concerts, traveling for conferences, or attending schools and educational institutions. Every one of these activities was challenged by the social isolation components of the pandemic, so events like this were crucial for the proliferation of the community. Below is a link to the finals of the first year of The Trumpeter's Multitrack Competition. 




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  1. Brady GApril 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM

    This is so cool! Do you happen to know if any competitions like these are still going? While covid is behind us in many ways and we’ve mostly returned to doing live music, I think competitions like these breed creativity. I feel like multitrack videos are still quite popular online, and I think finding new ways to innovate with them could be valuable for us as musicians.

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