Once again Dave Douglas is leading the efforts of the FONT Festival. The schedule is below.
9/15-17
FONT Music 2006: Opening Weekend
9/17, 9/24, 10/1, 10/8
Yamaha Seminar Days
9/19-9/24
FONT Music at The Jazz Standard
9/17, 10/7, 10/8
FONT Music at Tonic
9/28, 9/29
FONT Music at Joe’s Pub
10/3-10/5
FONT Music Commissions at Makor
10/10-10/14
“New Trumpet Underground” at The Cornelia Street Café
10/15
Festival Of New Trumpet Music Benefit Concert
Dave Douglas, Roy Campbell and Jon Nelson Present
The 4th Annual Festival Of New Trumpet Music – September 15-October 15
In addition to the curators, The 2006 FONT Music Festival will feature an incredible array of trumpet artists including Maurice Brown, Ingrid Jensen, Steven Bernstein, Jeremy Pelt, Marcus Belgrave, Sean Jones, Avishai Cohen, Ralph Alessi, John McNeil, Ron Horton, Mark Gould, Peter Evans, Micah Killion, David Krauss, and many others!
Director Dave Douglas, along with co-directors Roy Campbell and Jon Nelson, proudly announce the 2006 schedule of events for the fourth annual Festival of New Trumpet Music – aka FONT Music, taking place September 15 through October 15! This year the Festival opens with a bang on Opening Weekend, September 15-17, with trumpet players uptown, downtown, midtown, and even in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (see below for full details). For the first time FONT Music has taken a role in creating new music by commissioning five trumpeter/ composers. With assistance from the Greenwall Foundation this series will take place at Makor on October 3, 4, and 5. FONT Music 2006 will also feature a series of FREE masterclasses and $10 concerts to take place at The Yamaha Artist Services Center on Sundays (9/17, 9/24, 10/1 and 10/8), featuring top players from the classical and new music genres. The final event of the Festival, on October 15, will be dedicated to an all-star benefit concert for The Fund For Public Schools, aimed at helping to keep music alive and well in New York’s City’s public school system.
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