Dave Douglas, Roy Campbell and Jon Nelson Present
The 4th Annual Festival Of New Trumpet Music
FONT MUSIC COMMISSIONS
NEW TRUMPET/NEW MUSIC/NEW YORK at MAKOR
October 3, 4 and 5
“The Festival of New Trumpet Music, a/k/a FONT Music, has evolved into a summer institution." --Nate Chinen, The Village Voice
For the first time FONT Music has taken a role in creating new music by commissioning five trumpeter/ composers, including Cuong Vu, Peter Evans, Jonathan Finlayson, Iraqi- American trumpeter Amir El Saffar, Du Yun and others. With assistance from the Greenwall Foundation this series will take place at Makor on October 3, 4, and 5.
FONT Music Commissions - New Trumpet/New Music/New York at Makor-Steinhardt Building 35 West 67th Street, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. Showtimes are 7:30 & 9:30 PM, TKTS are $15. For more information about Makor, call 212 601 1000 or click on www.makor.org Made possible with generous assistance from the Greenwall Foundation
OCTOBER 3-Peter Evans (7:30 PM), Cuong Vu (9:30 PM)
OCTOBER 4-Du Yun with Micah Killion and The Practical Trumpet Society (7:30 PM), Mark Gould and the New York Trumpet Ensemble (9:30 PM)
OCTOBER 5-Amir El Saffar (7:30 PM), Jonathan Finlayson-Common Thread (9:30) (w/ Shane Endsley-trumpet, Tim Albright-trombone, Marcus Gilmore-drums, Matt Brewer-bass)
OTHER FONT MUSIC SHOWS COMING UP:
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7 - TONIC
8pm - Thomas Heberer & SSH Group: Norbert Scholly (electric guitar, computer), Thomas Heberer (trumpet, e - piano), Frank Schulte (electronic keys, turntables, soundmanipulation). 9:30 - Flex Unger, trumpet, DJ and dance. 10:00 - Rob Henke and The Washington Street Players, playing the music from “Footnotes" - original music by Rob Henke Tonic. 107 Norfolk St., between Delancey & Rivington, showtimes are 8 & 9:30 PM, TKTS are $12, for more information and TKTS call tel 212 358 7501 or click on www.tonicnyc.com
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8 - TONIC
7pm - FREE Panel discussion on trumpet and new music with Dave Douglas Nate Wooley, Ralph Alessi, Jonathan Finlayson 8pm - Ralph Alessi and School For Improvised Music, FEATURING STEVE COLEMAN (www.ralphalessi.com), 9:30 - David Weiss Point of Departure Quintet
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8
Yamaha Seminar Days - Free Masterclasses & $10 Concerts Every Sunday The Yamaha Artist Services Center is at 689 5th Ave, masterclasses are from 3:30-5 PM, concerts at 6 PM. Masterclass: Panel Discussion on Through Composed and Improvised Music for Large Ensembles - with David Sanford, Dave Douglas, Dave Ballou, and others TBA Concert: The Music of David Sanford Performers: The Pittsburgh Collective, Meridian Arts Ensemble Works: Selections for Big Band written for the Pittsburgh Collective and Directed by David Sanford, Corpus for Brass Quintet and Drum Set. This concert will announce the release of the Pittsburgh Collective's debut CD, and the CD release of Sanford's work entitled Corpus, recorded by the Meridian Arts Ensemble.
“New Trumpet Underground" at The Cornelia Street Cafe, OCTOBER 10-14 29 Cornelia Street, call 212 989 9319 or click on www.corneliastreetcafe.com
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10 - Cornelia Street Cafe
Amy Horvey - The Perspective of Disappearance-solo trumpet (8:30 PM), Chris DiMeglio (9:30 PM), Bart Miltenberger (10:30 PM)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 - Cornelia Street
John McDonough & Brilliant Coroners (8:30 PM), www.libertylakedaycamp.com/BC/ Jacob Varmus Quintet, www.jacobvarmus.com (10:00 PM), Jacob Varmus (trumpet, cornet), Nate Radley (guitar), Toru Dodo (piano), Yoshi Waki (bass), Brian Woodruff (drums),
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 - Cornelia Street
Madness from LA! Jeff Kaiser (quarter-tone trumpet, processing)/Tom McNalley (electric guitar) (8:30 PM), Gordon Allen & Nate Wooley Quartet (10 PM), with Ruben Radding and Andrew Greenwald.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13 - Cornelia Street
John McNeil & Ron Horton, with special guest Dave Douglas (9 & 10:30 PM) with Reut Regev, Adam Dotson & Gerald Cleaver. Two contemporary jazz masters come together for the first time to create an exciting new brass project! www.mcneiljazz.com, www.ronhorton.net
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 - Cornelia Street
Butch Morris & Trumpet Nation (9 PM) with Steven Bernstein, Taylor Ho Bynum, Ted Daniel, Dave Douglas, Sarah Ferholt, Jonathan Finlayson, Graham Haynes, Thomas Heberer, Nabate Isles, Ingrid Jensen, Kirk Knuffke, Reut Regev, Jesse Selengut, Matt Shulman Ted Daniel International Brass and Membrane Corp. (10:30 PM) Joe Daley - Tuba, Charles Burham - Violin, Warren Benbow - Percussion, Ted Daniel - Trpt, Flugelhorn, Cornet and assorted brass
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15 - St. Mark's Church In The Bowery
All-Star Benefit Concert for The Fund For Public Schools 2:00-5:00 PM, reception following in The Parish House. Suggested Donation. 131 East 10th Street (at 2nd Ave.) Tel 212 674 6377 Featuring 2006 FONT Music artists and special guests including Henry Grimes, John Zorn, Andrew Cyrille, Dave Douglas, Steven Bernstein, Jonathan Finlayson, Peter Evans, Marcus Rojas, Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band, The Practical Trumpet Society, and many others.
All proceeds will be donated to the Fund for Public Schools and directly benefit music programs in New York City schools.
For more information about FONT Music and its curators please visit www.fontmusic.org and the following websites: Dave Douglas www.davedouglas.com, Roy Campbell-www.roycampbellmusic.com, Jon Nelson-www.bluebisonmusic.com
To schedule an interview with the curators and to receive a press kit on The Festival of New Trumpet Music 2006, please contact:
RED CAT PUBLICITY - creative publicity for creative artists
JASON PAUL HARMAN BYRNE
55 92nd Street, #C5, Brooklyn, New York, 11209
Tel 347 578 7601
The 4th Annual Festival Of New Trumpet Music
FONT MUSIC COMMISSIONS
NEW TRUMPET/NEW MUSIC/NEW YORK at MAKOR
October 3, 4 and 5
“The Festival of New Trumpet Music, a/k/a FONT Music, has evolved into a summer institution." --Nate Chinen, The Village Voice
For the first time FONT Music has taken a role in creating new music by commissioning five trumpeter/ composers, including Cuong Vu, Peter Evans, Jonathan Finlayson, Iraqi- American trumpeter Amir El Saffar, Du Yun and others. With assistance from the Greenwall Foundation this series will take place at Makor on October 3, 4, and 5.
FONT Music Commissions - New Trumpet/New Music/New York at Makor-Steinhardt Building 35 West 67th Street, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. Showtimes are 7:30 & 9:30 PM, TKTS are $15. For more information about Makor, call 212 601 1000 or click on www.makor.org Made possible with generous assistance from the Greenwall Foundation
OCTOBER 3-Peter Evans (7:30 PM), Cuong Vu (9:30 PM)
OCTOBER 4-Du Yun with Micah Killion and The Practical Trumpet Society (7:30 PM), Mark Gould and the New York Trumpet Ensemble (9:30 PM)
OCTOBER 5-Amir El Saffar (7:30 PM), Jonathan Finlayson-Common Thread (9:30) (w/ Shane Endsley-trumpet, Tim Albright-trombone, Marcus Gilmore-drums, Matt Brewer-bass)
OTHER FONT MUSIC SHOWS COMING UP:
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7 - TONIC
8pm - Thomas Heberer & SSH Group: Norbert Scholly (electric guitar, computer), Thomas Heberer (trumpet, e - piano), Frank Schulte (electronic keys, turntables, soundmanipulation). 9:30 - Flex Unger, trumpet, DJ and dance. 10:00 - Rob Henke and The Washington Street Players, playing the music from “Footnotes" - original music by Rob Henke Tonic. 107 Norfolk St., between Delancey & Rivington, showtimes are 8 & 9:30 PM, TKTS are $12, for more information and TKTS call tel 212 358 7501 or click on www.tonicnyc.com
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8 - TONIC
7pm - FREE Panel discussion on trumpet and new music with Dave Douglas Nate Wooley, Ralph Alessi, Jonathan Finlayson 8pm - Ralph Alessi and School For Improvised Music, FEATURING STEVE COLEMAN (www.ralphalessi.com), 9:30 - David Weiss Point of Departure Quintet
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8
Yamaha Seminar Days - Free Masterclasses & $10 Concerts Every Sunday The Yamaha Artist Services Center is at 689 5th Ave, masterclasses are from 3:30-5 PM, concerts at 6 PM. Masterclass: Panel Discussion on Through Composed and Improvised Music for Large Ensembles - with David Sanford, Dave Douglas, Dave Ballou, and others TBA Concert: The Music of David Sanford Performers: The Pittsburgh Collective, Meridian Arts Ensemble Works: Selections for Big Band written for the Pittsburgh Collective and Directed by David Sanford, Corpus for Brass Quintet and Drum Set. This concert will announce the release of the Pittsburgh Collective's debut CD, and the CD release of Sanford's work entitled Corpus, recorded by the Meridian Arts Ensemble.
“New Trumpet Underground" at The Cornelia Street Cafe, OCTOBER 10-14 29 Cornelia Street, call 212 989 9319 or click on www.corneliastreetcafe.com
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10 - Cornelia Street Cafe
Amy Horvey - The Perspective of Disappearance-solo trumpet (8:30 PM), Chris DiMeglio (9:30 PM), Bart Miltenberger (10:30 PM)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 - Cornelia Street
John McDonough & Brilliant Coroners (8:30 PM), www.libertylakedaycamp.com/BC/ Jacob Varmus Quintet, www.jacobvarmus.com (10:00 PM), Jacob Varmus (trumpet, cornet), Nate Radley (guitar), Toru Dodo (piano), Yoshi Waki (bass), Brian Woodruff (drums),
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 - Cornelia Street
Madness from LA! Jeff Kaiser (quarter-tone trumpet, processing)/Tom McNalley (electric guitar) (8:30 PM), Gordon Allen & Nate Wooley Quartet (10 PM), with Ruben Radding and Andrew Greenwald.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13 - Cornelia Street
John McNeil & Ron Horton, with special guest Dave Douglas (9 & 10:30 PM) with Reut Regev, Adam Dotson & Gerald Cleaver. Two contemporary jazz masters come together for the first time to create an exciting new brass project! www.mcneiljazz.com, www.ronhorton.net
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 - Cornelia Street
Butch Morris & Trumpet Nation (9 PM) with Steven Bernstein, Taylor Ho Bynum, Ted Daniel, Dave Douglas, Sarah Ferholt, Jonathan Finlayson, Graham Haynes, Thomas Heberer, Nabate Isles, Ingrid Jensen, Kirk Knuffke, Reut Regev, Jesse Selengut, Matt Shulman Ted Daniel International Brass and Membrane Corp. (10:30 PM) Joe Daley - Tuba, Charles Burham - Violin, Warren Benbow - Percussion, Ted Daniel - Trpt, Flugelhorn, Cornet and assorted brass
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15 - St. Mark's Church In The Bowery
All-Star Benefit Concert for The Fund For Public Schools 2:00-5:00 PM, reception following in The Parish House. Suggested Donation. 131 East 10th Street (at 2nd Ave.) Tel 212 674 6377 Featuring 2006 FONT Music artists and special guests including Henry Grimes, John Zorn, Andrew Cyrille, Dave Douglas, Steven Bernstein, Jonathan Finlayson, Peter Evans, Marcus Rojas, Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band, The Practical Trumpet Society, and many others.
All proceeds will be donated to the Fund for Public Schools and directly benefit music programs in New York City schools.
For more information about FONT Music and its curators please visit www.fontmusic.org and the following websites: Dave Douglas www.davedouglas.com, Roy Campbell-www.roycampbellmusic.com, Jon Nelson-www.bluebisonmusic.com
To schedule an interview with the curators and to receive a press kit on The Festival of New Trumpet Music 2006, please contact:
RED CAT PUBLICITY - creative publicity for creative artists
JASON PAUL HARMAN BYRNE
55 92nd Street, #C5, Brooklyn, New York, 11209
Tel 347 578 7601
For more information contact Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity.
