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Applications are reviewed by a panel of judges who will select the winners for each division.
Applicants will be notified of results no later than December 15, 2025. The winners are expected/required to perform at the Winner's Concert with the TexASTA Orchestra at the 2027 TexASTA Session at the Texas Music Educators Association Convention in San Antonio on Saturday, February 13, 2026 at 11:00 am. Monetary awards will be given immediately following the performance.
2026-2027 AWARDS & PRIZES
2026-2027 AWARDS & PRIZES
Senior Division: $1,000 award and performance at the 2025 TMEA Convention with the TexASTA Orchestra.
Junior Division: $750 award and performance at the 2025 TMEA Convention with the TexASTA Orchestra.
2026 Solo Competition Winner
2026 Solo Competition Winner
Gregory Faught
Gregory Faught
Gregory Faught has studied double bass since the age of 13. He was awarded 1st Prize in the 2023 Bellagrande International Music Competition, 2nd Prize in the 2023 Medici International Music Competition, Silver Prize in the 2023 Euterpe International Music Awards Competition, and 2nd Prize in the national division of the 2024 OPUS Music Competition. In addition, he garnered 1st Prize in the String Area Concerto Competition at Texas Tech University in both 2023 and 2024.
Greg served as principal bassist for the 2022 TMEA All-State Sinfonietta Orchestra as well as the 2023 TMEA All-State Symphony Orchestra and was principal bassist of the Texas Tech University Orchestra during the 2023-2024 academic year. He is a member of the Lubbock Symphony, the San Angelo Symphony, and the Abilene Philharmonic Orchestras.
Greg is pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Double Bass Performance at Texas Tech University and studies under Dr. Mark Morton.
About the TexASTA Concerto Competition:
About the TexASTA Concerto Competition:
We have moved to an alternating schedule. In 2026-2027, we will have a concerto competition. In 2027-2028, we will have a solo competition. In order to include performances with orchestra for our competition winners, the approved concertos were selected because their instrumentation is exclusively or mostly strings, with very limited winds, brass, and/or percussion, or arrangements for string orchestra are available. Our goal is to continuously add repertoire to this approved list. Please contact us if you would like us to consider and approve other concertos by emailing Dr. Jack Unzicker, TexASTA Competition Chair, unzicker@uta.edu.
Past Solo/Concerto Competition Winners
Past Solo/Concerto Competition Winners
2026
2026
2025
2025
Lucas Yeh, junior division
Gregory Falk, senior division
2024
2024
Alette Williams, junior division
Lucas Gabriel M. Furtado Assis, senior division
2023
2023
Ray Zhang, junior division
Ariya Tai, senior division
2020
2020
Arman Deendar, junior division
Nicholas Garcia-Hettinger, senior division
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