Southeast Trombone Symposium

~STS 2026 COMPETITION WINNERS~

is proud to announce our annual Solo, Excerpt, and Youth competition winners:

(In order of appearance)
SE Shires Bass Trombone Solo Competition:
1st Place - a George Curran model SE Shires Bass Trombone and a Greg Black mouthpiece: Aiden Jay
2nd Place - a Long Island Brass Company mouthpiece: Gibson Purser
3rd Place - an Ultimate Brass mouthpiece: Flynn Megaw

Getzen Company, Inc Tenor Trombone Excerpt Competition:
1st Place - a Getzen Company, Inc 1047FNR Eterna Novus trombone and a Greg Black mouthpiece: Talbot Jennings
2nd Place - a Long Island Brass Company mouthpiece: Bailey Jeffrey
3rd Place - an Ultimate Brass mouthpiece: Christofer Gaspar

STS Youth Solo Competition
1st Place - a $2000 Scholarship towards tuition and a mouthpiece from Greg Black: Will Hayes
2nd Place - a Long Island Brass Company mouthpiece: Reece Mirkes
3rd Place - an Ultimate Brass mouthpiece: Daniel Munnisi

Congratulations to all of our winners and everyone who competed this year, and special thanks to our sponsors for providing prizes for our winners!

~THANK YOU STS 2026~

And just like that, has come to a close. We’d like to say one more mass-choir sized thank you to our outstanding faculty, staff, interns, and sponsors for everything they do to make this event possible, and thank Y’ALL for continuing to show up year after year and keep the experience alive! Until next time🪊

~SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS~

Here’s your Saturday Highlight Reel:

1.) Gracie Potter Taught her amazing inaugural masterclass

2.) Our final masterclass of the week, brought to you by the incredible Christopher Bassett

3-8.) Our 2026 Professors’ Choir put on a show-stopping performance

9-10.) John Fedchock and Tony Baker blew the house down for our annual Jazz Night at The Loft = Columbus Bar and Music