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
IN 1987 IBQF INITIATED THE ANNUAL RAFAEL MENDEZ BRASS QUINTET COMPETITION
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.