Celebration Concert Poster

ABQ Library Manuscript - Handel #776

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Oberlin ABQ Library Celebratory 
Brass Chamber Music Weekend

To celebrate the gift of this rich repertoire to Oberlin, the Conservatory sponsored a Brass Chamber Music Weekend.  Past and present members of the Annapolis Brass Quintet were guests of honor, and conducted workshops and coaching sessions with student brass chamber ensembles.  

The celebratory event culminated in a Sunday, 16 November 2008  concert in Warner Concert Hall featuring highlights from the Annapolis' Collection performed by Guest Artists, The Tower Brass Quintet; Student Ensembles: Brass Knuckles; Bibbins Brass Quintet; Espionage Brass Quintet; Lada Ensemble; The Oberlin Brass Ensemble, James DeSano, Director and featuring Roy Poper, Roland Pandolfi, and Ron Bishop.

Annapolis Brass Quintet Members & Tower Brass Quintet

Throughout its distinguished 22-year career (the Annapolis Brass Quintet was founded in 1971 and disbanded in 1993) the ensemble presented 75 world premieres representing works by such composers as Robert Hall Lewis, Lawrence Moss, Robert Starer, and Pulitzer Prize-winner George Walker ’41. All of the ensemble’s solicited and commissioned scores, as well as a large number of unpublished manuscripts—some of which may be the only copies in existence—are included in the gift to Oberlin.
  
About the Annapolis Brass Quintet
In addition to its 75 world premieres, other career highlights of the Annapolis Brass Quintet include 15 recordings; performances in all 50 states and throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Central America, and Canada; and, in 1980, the establishment of the International Brass Quintet Festival, the first festival of its kind and one of the most world's most important forums fostering the performance and advancement of brass chamber music.  

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