2008 Brass Quintet News:
Annapolis Brass Quintet Scores and Correspondence
Oberlin Conservatory Library Special Collections
ABQ Music Library Available for Performance & Research
OBERLIN, OHIO: The Annapolis Brass Quintet, the first independent, full-time performing brass chamber ensemble in the United States, has donated its entire collection of published music scores and parts, music manuscript and related correspondence - more than 1,650 individual items - to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. All of the ensemble's solicited and commissioned scores, as well as a large number of unpublished manuscripts - some of which may be the only copies in existence - are included in the gift to Oberlin.
“Choosing a home for the library was one of the most difficult decisions the quintet had to make when it closed down,” said founding member Robert Posten, a bass trombonist and tubist. Posten said "making the library easily accessible to the greatest population of brass players and scholars, and selecting an institution that would manage and care for the collection for the benefit of future generations, were the considerations that guided the ensemble’s search for a permanent home for the collection."
“Dean Stull was at the center of all the plans to house the library at Oberlin; he was been the very soul of creativity and enthusiasm,” said Posten. “The final decision, however, hinged on our belief that there was a real commonality of purpose between the institutional goals of Oberlin and our vision of a home for the Annapolis Brass Quintet library.”
In announcing the gift, Dean of the Conservatory, David H. Stull, himself a brass player said, "This donation by the Annapolis Brass Quintet establishes at Oberlin one of the largest and certainly one of the most extensive brass chamber music collections in the United States. Our students in the brass department will now be able to access and engage not only a phenomenal range of works in the traditional canon, but also many works commissioned by the ensemble."
Dean Stull concluded, "The Annapolis Brass Quintet made an enormous contribution to the literature of brass chamber music, and Oberlin is honored to be the beneficiary of that tremendous work."
“Choosing a home for the library was one of the most difficult decisions the quintet had to make when it closed down,” said founding member Robert Posten, a bass trombonist and tubist. Posten said "making the library easily accessible to the greatest population of brass players and scholars, and selecting an institution that would manage and care for the collection for the benefit of future generations, were the considerations that guided the ensemble’s search for a permanent home for the collection."
“Dean Stull was at the center of all the plans to house the library at Oberlin; he was been the very soul of creativity and enthusiasm,” said Posten. “The final decision, however, hinged on our belief that there was a real commonality of purpose between the institutional goals of Oberlin and our vision of a home for the Annapolis Brass Quintet library.”
In announcing the gift, Dean of the Conservatory, David H. Stull, himself a brass player said, "This donation by the Annapolis Brass Quintet establishes at Oberlin one of the largest and certainly one of the most extensive brass chamber music collections in the United States. Our students in the brass department will now be able to access and engage not only a phenomenal range of works in the traditional canon, but also many works commissioned by the ensemble."
Dean Stull concluded, "The Annapolis Brass Quintet made an enormous contribution to the literature of brass chamber music, and Oberlin is honored to be the beneficiary of that tremendous work."