The 6th Annual Festival of New Trumpet Music at BRICstudio
September 22 & 23, 2008
Dave Douglas’ Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT) hits Brooklyn for 2 nights of Brass & Avant-Jazz, co-curated by Taylor Ho Bynum, John McNeil, and Jeremy Pelt. Founded in 2003 by Douglas and Roy Campbell, Jr., FONT Music promotes avant-garde, adventurous, and experimental brass, featuring an international lineup of trumpeters representing the worlds of jazz, new music, free form, hip-hop, rock, improvisational, classical, and more.
Schedule
September 22, 2008
7:30pm
York College Blue Notes: Tom Zlabinger (director)
The acclaimed high school big band, in residence at York College, opens the show on the heels of a master class with Roy Campbell & Dennis González.
8:00pm
Roy Campbell/Dennis González Quartet
“Monster trumpeter” (Cadence Magazine) and FONT Music co-founder Roy Campbell joins legendary bandleader Dennis González on stage for a sound that’s sure to resonate throughout all of Fort Greene.
9:00pm
FONT Jam Session
Hosted by Roy Campbell and Dennis González. Bring your brass!
September 23, 2008
8:00pm
Reut Regev and the Brassix Ensemble
A special FONT commission with Reut Regev, Taylor Ho Bynum, Mark Taylor, Frank London, Jay Rozen, and Igal Foni.
9:00pm
Butch Morris and TRUMPET NATION
A FONT Music tradition, Trumpet Nation brings the festival all stars to BRICstudio in a unique amalgam of over a dozen trumpeters’ sounds. This night is not to be missed!
All performances at BRICstudio
For more information about FONT Music and its curators please visit www.fontmusic.org.
Presented by:
Proud Sponsor of the 2008 BRICstudio season:
|
