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| August 2-27 - The 3rd Annual Festival Of New Trumpet Music! Co-curators Dave Douglas, Roy Campbell and Jon Nelson announced the 2005 schedule of events for the Festival of New Trumpet Music - also known as FONT Music, taking place August 2-27. This year the Festival will once again showcase a plethora of styles of trumpet music performed by more than forty-five of the most accomplished and cutting-edge trumpeters in the world. FONT Music kicks off its month long program with “FONT Music: For Lester Bowie” – August 2-7, featuring legendary trumpeter Bill Dixon opening up the Festival and this very special week at The Jazz Standard. From August 12-15, FONT Music presents “Other Music” at Tonic , featuring the Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band, Roy Campbell, Jr., Shane Endsley and Kneebody, Dave Douglas and Keystone, Israeli trumpeter Avishai Cohen, Ray Vega and others. The third exciting week of FONT Music 2005 will take place at Spark with “New Bands, ” featuring many of the most outstanding young trumpeters on the scene today, including Matt Lavell and Eye-Contact, Peck Allmond, Keyon Harrold, Diego Urcola, Nabate Isles, Jesse Neuman and the Bruce Lee Band, Jonathan Finlayson, Matt Shulman Trio, Greg Kelley, Nate Wooley and Peter Evans. For the final week, FONT Music presents “Seminar Week” (August 22-27) at The Yamaha Artist Services Center (689 Fifth Avenue), featuring masterclasses and concerts from the likes of Lew Soloff, the Manhattan Brass Quintet, Dave Douglas, Mark Gould (former principal trumpeter for the Metropolitan Opera), Jeremy Pelt (premiering a new work by Max Siegel with an ensemble of brass and percussion) and The Meridian Arts Ensemble, featuring FONT Music co-curator Jon Nelson, performing commissioned works by Sanford, Sharp, Didkovsky, and Zappa – and announcing the release of their new album, “Brink.” “Seminar Week, ” and the third annual Festival of New Trumpet Music closes on August 27 with the legendary conductor and cornetist Butch Morris leading a legion of trumpeters through a uniquely enthralling piece, concluding FONT Music 2005 with an all-out celebration of the instrument, and a display of the myriad styles of playing that make FONT Music one of the most musically diverse and fascinating festivals in the world. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |