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HISTORIC 1989 IBQF COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE --(WEST) BERLIN, (EAST) BERLIN, ANNAPOLIS BRASS QUINTETS
TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE BERLIN WALL WAS TORN DOWN
HISTORIC 1989 IBQF COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE --(WEST) BERLIN, (EAST) BERLIN, ANNAPOLIS BRASS QUINTETS
TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE BERLIN WALL WAS TORN DOWN
INTERNATIONAL BRASS QUINTET FESTIVAL & SYMPOSIUM 1980-92
Members of the East Berlin, West Berlin & Annapolis Brass Quintets
In 1980 the Annapolis Brass Quintet, in partnership with The Rouse Company's Art in the Marketplace Program, established the International Brass Quintet Festival and Symposium at the Village of Cross Keys in Baltimore, Maryland. The IBQF was the only music festival and symposium dedicated exclusively to brass chamber music, and presented annual month-long summer series of concerts featuring the resident and guest brass quintets, ensembles enrolled in the symposium, and large multi-choir brass ensembles.
Over its thirteen-year history the IBQF featured an array of renowned guest brass chamber ensembles, including:
American Brass Quintet; New York Brass Quintet; Ensemble Prisma (Vienna); Le Concert Arban (Paris); Theo Mertens Brass Quintet (Brussels); Berlin Brass Quintet (West Berlin); Berlin Brass Quintet (East Berlin); Budapest Brass Quintet; Norwegian Brass Quintet; Tower Brass Quintet; Chestnut Brass Company; Philadelphia Brass Quintet; US Army Brass Quintet; Bowie Brass Quintet, and many local and regional ensembles.
The IBQF Symposium conducted by the ABQ and guest ensembles for participating brass students and ensembles included daily coaching sessions, workshops and seminars covering virtually every aspect of ensemble playing. The Symposium fostered interest in new brass chamber music through its Composers-in-Residence Program, New Music Reading Sessions, Composers' Forum, and annual Composition Commissioning Program. In 1987 the IBQF established the annual Rafael Mendez Brass Quintet Competition to publicize and assist emerging professional ensembles in launching their careers.
Over its thirteen-year history the IBQF featured an array of renowned guest brass chamber ensembles, including:
American Brass Quintet; New York Brass Quintet; Ensemble Prisma (Vienna); Le Concert Arban (Paris); Theo Mertens Brass Quintet (Brussels); Berlin Brass Quintet (West Berlin); Berlin Brass Quintet (East Berlin); Budapest Brass Quintet; Norwegian Brass Quintet; Tower Brass Quintet; Chestnut Brass Company; Philadelphia Brass Quintet; US Army Brass Quintet; Bowie Brass Quintet, and many local and regional ensembles.
The IBQF Symposium conducted by the ABQ and guest ensembles for participating brass students and ensembles included daily coaching sessions, workshops and seminars covering virtually every aspect of ensemble playing. The Symposium fostered interest in new brass chamber music through its Composers-in-Residence Program, New Music Reading Sessions, Composers' Forum, and annual Composition Commissioning Program. In 1987 the IBQF established the annual Rafael Mendez Brass Quintet Competition to publicize and assist emerging professional ensembles in launching their careers.