THE FLORIDA STATE
UNIVERSITY College of Music presents
The 17th Annual Bryan Goff Trumpet Competition Finals
Sunday, February 15, 2026
4:00 p.m. | Longmire Recital Hall
The Bryan Goff Solo Competition
The Bryan Goff Solo Competition, now in its seventeenth year, was conceived with the idea of providing a monetary incentive for the undergraduate students in the FSU trumpet studio to compete in the scholarship competition of the International Trumpet Guild and the solo division of the National Trumpet Competition. The repertoire chosen for the Goff competition consists of the solo which they will prepare for the NTC and the etude which is required for the ITG competition.
The results have been overwhelmingly positive. The participation has been as high as 90 percent of the studio who have diligently prepared the difficult repertoire for this competition. Many of these students have then been ITG scholarship winners and have been selected for the semi-finals of the NTC. In 2011, half of the ITG scholarship winners were from the FSU trumpet studio. That awards ceremony was truly an FSU show! (Afterwards, someone jokingly suggested performance enhancing testing for FSU students).
For these first four competitions, Professor Goff has provided all of the prize money. Beginning with the 2014 competition, interest from the Bryan Goff Endowed Scholarship Fund will be used to partially fund the prizes. This fund has now been fully endowed at more than $25,000, primarily by the generous donations from Bryan and Nancy Goff and many of Professor Goff’s former students.
Thank you to the following for their generous donations to the Bryan Goff Endowed Scholarship Fund:
Larry Autrey
Mark A. Barron
Frank Bermudez
Joseph Bodiford
Jerry and Kathi Jo Bryant
Brian Bushong
Emily Butler
Ben and Jennifer Clark
Jennifer Dearden
Kelly Deklinski
Dwane and Denise Earnhardt
John Ellis
Luis Engelke
Bonnie Etgeton
Steve and Yayoi Everett
John Falskow
Jack and Bonnie Foos
Mark Frank
Bryan and Nancy Goff
Randall Haynes
Andrew Held
Steve Hix
Greg and Margo Jones
Kendall Jones
Julie Judd
Scott Kiser
Dan and Laura Lee
Karl and Beth Mailand
Ace Martin
Donald and Deborah McAfee
Dale Meisenhelter
Ken and Tamara Michal
Mike and Stacey Miles
Steven and Linda Millard
Christopher and Barbara Moore
Nan Morehead
John and Diana Ossi
Joe Parisi
Adrian and Rachel Puente
David Quenzler
Torey Rasberry
John and Susie Reed
Dave Reynolds
Saint Peter’s Cathedral, Tallahassee
Chris and Deanna Sala
Carolyn Sanders
Charles Shaffer
Virginia Skinner
Jennifer and Skip Symonds
Bill Takacs
Jessie Tan
Britt Theurer
Hubert and Shirley Toney
Brad and Caroline Ulrich
Brian Walker
G. Moffatt Williams
Joey Wise
Concerto No. 1
2026 Bryan Goff Trumpet Solo Competition Finals
Judges: Dr. Joseph Nibley, Professor of Trumpet, Fort Lewis College
Dr. Christopher Moore, Professor of Trumpet, Florida State University
In addition to their solo, all finalists will perform Etude No. 1 by Paolo Longinotti
All finalists will be accompanied by Galen Dean Peiskee, Jr., piano
PROGRAM
Angelo Del Oro
Ballet Scene
Vladimir Peskin (1906–1988)
Oskar Böhme (1870–1938)
Max McLaughlin
Concerto No. 2
Vladimir Peskin (1906–1988)
Sharavan Duvvuri
Ballet Scene
Oskar Böhme (1870–1938)
Grason Peterson
Two Portraits
Joseph Turrin I. Psalm (b. 1947)
Jordyn Myers
To Ensure An Enjoyable Concert Experience For All…
Please refrain from talking, entering, or exiting during performances. Food and drink are prohibited in all concert halls. Recording or broadcasting of the concert by any means, including the use of digital cameras, cell phones, or other devices is expressly forbidden. Please deactivate all portable electronic devices including watches, cell phones, pagers, hand-held gaming devices or other electronic equipment that may distract the audience or performers.
Recording Notice: This performance may be recorded. Please note that members of the audience may at times be included in this process. By attending this performance you consent to have your image or likeness appear in any live or recorded video or other transmission or reproduction made in conjunction to the performance.
Florida State University provides accommodations for persons with disabilities. Please notify the College of Music at (850) 644-3424 at least five working days prior to a musical event to request accommodation for disability or alternative program format.
2010
1st Prize: Timothy Nemzin
2nd Prize: Chris Lane
2011
1st Prize: Kyle Mallari
2nd Prize: Tamara Vaughn
3rd Prize: Peter Smith
4th Prize: Tyler Duncan
5th Prize: Jessica Wunderlin
2012
1st Prize: Katherine Stephen
2nd Prize: Christi Burkett
3rd Prize: Tamara Vaughn
4th Prize: Peter Smith
2013
1st Prize: Kyle Mallari
2nd Prize: Tamara Vaughn
3rd Prize: Judy Gaunt
4th Prize: Christi Burkett
5th Prize: Chris Snyder
2014
1st Prize: Judy Gaunt
2nd Prize: Tamara Vaughn
3rd Prize: Katie Stephen
4th Prize: Tyler Easterling
5th Prize: Chris Snyder
2015
1st Prize: Seth Johnson
2nd Prize: Alex Widener
3rd Prize: Chris Snyder
4th Prize: Emily Mikesell
5th Prize: Tyler Easterling
2016
1st Prize: Matthew Mignardi
2nd Prize: Kevin Moranski
3rd Prize: Jacob Howard
4th Prize: Chris Snyder
5th Prize: Anne Linebarger
2017
1st Prize: Seth Johnson
2nd Prize: Jacob Howard
3rd Prize: Brittany Purves
4th Prize: Justin Way
5th Prize: James Stanley
2018
1st Prize: Connor Holland
2nd Prize: Jacob Howard
3rd Prize: Sarah Duncan
4th Prize: Anne Linebarger
5th Prize: James Stanley
2019
1st Prize: Antonio Suarez
2nd Prize: Justin Way
3rd Prize: Julia Gill
4th Prize: Anthony Salabarria
5th Prize: Brianna Nunley
2020
1st Prize: Julia Gill
2nd Prize: Jack Lyons
3rd Prize: Vance Garven
4th Prize: Sawyer Prichard
5th Prize: Matthew Strickland
2021
1st Prize: James Popper
2nd Prize: Vance Garven
3rd Prize: Sawyer Prichard
4th Prize: Matthew Strickland
5th Prize: Anthony Salabarria
2022
1st Prize: Jack Lyons
2nd Prize: Matthew Strickland
3rd Prize: Anthony Salabarria
4th Prize: Danielle Monahan
5th Prize: Sawyer Prichard
2023
1st Prize: Robert Kerr
2nd Prize: Sawyer Prichard
3rd Prize: Joshua Puente
4th Prize: Easton Barham
5th Prize: John Bradley
2024
1st Prize: Jack Lyons
2nd Prize: Jordyn Myers
3rd Prize: Vance Garven
4th Prize: Thum Rangsiyawaranon
5th Prize: Sharavan Duvvuri
2025
1st Prize: Jeremiah Gonzalez
2nd Prize: Easton Barham
3rd Prize: Joshua Puente
4th Prize: Jordyn Myers
5th Prize: Nathan Reid