The International Trumpet Guild is a professional community comprised of seasoned and beginning performers, teachers, students, manufacturers, publishers, and others interested in belonging to an organization dedicated to the trumpet profession. ITG's main source of income is membership dues. In addition to the direct benefits of membership, your dues support the additional material on the ITG website, ITG chapter grants, conference scholarships, conference competitions, the Ellsworth Smith Solo Trumpet Competition, the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Solo Trumpet Competition, new music commissions, and much more. ITG’s mission is to promote communications among trumpet players around the work and to improve the artistic level of performance, teaching and literature associated with the trumpet.