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INTERNATIONAL BRASS QUINTET FESTIVAL & SYMPOSIUM
1980 -- 1992

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 world  renowned guest brass chamber ensembles, 
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HISTORIC 1989 IBQF COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE --(WEST) BERLIN, (EAST) BERLIN,  ANNAPOLIS BRASS QUINTETS  
Tap to Read More:  TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE BERLIN WALL WAS TORN DOWN
 IBQF SYMPOSIUM FOR PARTICIPATING HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE STUDENTS & EMERGING STUDENT / PROFESSIONAL BRASS QUINTETS  1980 -- 1992

​THE IBQF SYMPOSIUM CONDUCTED BY ABQ & GUEST ENSEMBLES 
DAILY ENSEMBLE COACHING SESSIONS
WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS COVERING EVERY ASPECT OF ENSEMBLE PLAYING

DAILY CONCERTS BY STUDENT/PARTICIPATING QUINTETS

​THE SYMPOSIUM FOSTERED INTEREST IN NEW BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC 
  • COMPOSERS-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
  • NEW MUSIC READING SESSIONS 
  • COMPOSERS' FORUM
  • COMPOSITION COMMISSIONING PROGRAM

IN 1987 IBQF INITIATED THE ANNUAL RAFAEL MENDEZ BRASS QUINTET COMPETITION
  • TO ASSIST AND PROMOTE EMERGING PROFESSIONAL BRASS ENSEMBLE N LAUNCHING THEIR CAREERS.
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