Applications for the 2027 Research Room are Now Open

The ITG Research Room Committee invites proposals for research presentations at the 51st International Trumpet Guild Conference in Lexington, KY (USA), May 18-22, 2027. Research Room offers a blind, peer-reviewed, international forum for students, professors, performers, industry professionals, and others to present experimental, action, qualitative, or quantitative research involving trumpet performance, repertoire, history, and/or pedagogy. Presentations should represent an original contribution to the field, based on primary sources or empirical evidence.

Submissions will be evaluated by double-blind peer review. The highest-rated submissions will be selected for a fifteen-minute oral presentation in the Research Room paper session. Additional submissions may be selected to present a fifteen-minute pre-recorded virtual presentation and/or present an academic poster at the Research Room poster session. Presentations, posters, and accompanying materials will be published as an open-access resource through the ITG website, offering international visibility and networking and collaboration opportunities across the ITG community. 

Researchers should submit a 500-word abstract of the research, in Word (.doc/.docx) format, clearly articulating the (1) thesis/purpose, (2) methodology and/or analytical framework(s) employed, (3) data and/or primary sources used, (4) conclusions drawn, and (5) relevance of the work to the field.

Please include a bibliography and any figures or tables that might be relevant for the committee to understand the nature and quality of your work. For citations within the abstract, use parenthetical author-date citations (e.g., Tarr, 2008). The bibliography, and any accompanying figures do not count toward the 500-word limit. Review examples of successful prior abstracts at https://trumpetguild.org/resources/research-room.

The deadline for submission is November 1, 2026, at 11:59 p.m Eastern Time. A panel of experts will review submissions. Accepted presenters will be notified around or before January 5, 2027. Questions should be directed via email to the ITG Research Room Coordinator.