Historical Brass Society: 26th Early Brass Festival
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AUGUST 6-8, 2010
An international gathering of brass instrument musicologists, pedagogues, students, early music specialists and performers is taking place in Northfield, Minnesota, in conjunction with the Vintage Band Music Festival.
Event Description
This festival and conference has been held annually in various locations in the United States.
The combination with the Vintage Band Festival offers a wider range of informal playing sessions to a wider audience, and serves as an introductory forum for students and other musicians into the sphere of historically informed period-instrument performance.
Attendees will include many of the world-renowned performers and experts in brass instrument musicology, representing worldwide research and professors and students from major colleges universities in the United States and Canada.
Conference Site: The City of Northfield, Minnesota is situated along the banks of the Cannon River in the rich agricultural region of southeastern Minnesota and stands as a prominent example of a pioneer town that has thrived for over 150 years. Located within a 45-minute drive from the Minneapolis and St. Paul, the city of Northfield offers residents the pleasing combination of proximity to a metropolitan area and a quiet, small town setting. Northfield’s population is 16,663, which includes 5,000 college students in winter.
Northfield celebrates its motto “Cows, Colleges, and Contentment.” This phrase serves as recognition that agriculture continues to be Northfield’s largest industry, that the colleges (Carleton College and St. Olaf College) are a driving force in the community, and finally that contentment is the feeling Northfield provides for visitors and citizens alike. Northfield has an unusually active arts community and a lively historical society, both of which are enthusiastically supported by its citizens.
26th Annual Historic Brass Society Early Brass Festival
August 6-8, 2010
Northfield, Minnesota,
in conjunction with weekend-long Vintage Band Festival
Jeff Nussbaum, Festival Director
Paul Niemisto, Director Vintage Band Festival
Activities for all early brass instruments; Cornetto, natural trumpet, natural horn, sackbut, ophicleide, serpent, 19th century brass
Informal playing sessions for all instruments; Lectures, Concerts, HBS Membership Meeting, Reception
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EBF Housing will be in the beautiful 19th century Archer House. www.archerhouse.com Tel. 507 645-5661; 212 Division Street Northfield, MN 55057. A special Festival rate is available. The Archer House features 36 Guest Rooms and Suites including Cozy (16), Large (11), Executive Rooms (5) and Two Room Suites (3). Early booking suggested! • There are air conditioned dormitory rooms available at Carleton College (very near) for $30 per night.* There are other accommodations nearby as well (see websites below).
$40 EBF Registration (for paid HBS members) -non HBS members; $70
Nonmembers may join and pay the HBS Member registration rate. $35 HBS membership
HBS 26th Annual Early Brass Festival Proposed Schedule
Thursday August 5. Informal playing sessions, Vintage Band Festival Concerts
Friday August 6.
11 AM – 2 PM EBF Registration and reunion– Archer House Conference Room (basement of Hotel)
12 noon – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 5:30 Informal Playing sessions location t.b.a. and Vintage Band Festival Concerts
5:30 – 7:00 Dinner
7:30 EBF Opening remarks and 2 Talks
Saturday August 7
8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast/HBS Board Meeting
9:00- 11:30 4 talks
11: 30 – 12:30 Lunch
12:30 – 2:00 PM Informal Playing
2:00 – 3:30 – 3 Talks
3:30 – 5:30 Informal playing
5:30 – 7:30 Dinner
7:30 EBF Party
Sunday August 8
8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 11:00 4 talks and HBS Membership Meeting
11:00- 12:00 Informal Playing sessions
12 noon – 2:00 Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 Concluding EBF Concert
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For program inquiries or ideas, contact HBS President Jeffrey Nussbaum at
Historic Brass Society, Inc.
148 West 23rd Street #5F
New York, NY 10011 USA
212-627-3820 Voice/FAX; president@historicbrass.org
* indicate your interest in dormitory housing on your registration, we will hold the room for you.
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For more information about Northfield, please visit these websites:
www.visitingnorthfield.com