2026 Research Competition

The Biennial ISB Research Competition is calling for previously unpublished papers reflecting a high quality of scholarship in a wide variety of disciplines relevant to the double bass. Topics may be presented from any number of different perspectives or disciplines, such as historical musicology, classical or jazz performance practice, pedagogy, lutherie, iconography, biography and/or analysis, and may deal with subjects stemming from any period in the instrument's history up to the present. $1,000 grand prizes in two divisions, Professional and Student. Anonymous online entries due August 1, 2026. Winners will be announced on or shortly after September 1, 2026.

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