THE FESTIVAL OF NEW TRUMPET MUSIC was founded in 2003 by Roy Campbell, Jr. and Dave Douglas. The amazing diversity of new compositions for trumpet inspired Mr. Campbell and Mr. Douglas to create FONT. Jon Nelson has joined FONT for 2004 to curate post-classical and other related repertoire.
FONT was created to bring together new music performers and audiences, to provide a unique forum for presenting diverse musical styles under one banner. The Festival introduces artists and audiences to musical styles they may not have sought out previously, and encourages them to consider new possibilities for merging genres and dispensing with such distinctions altogether.
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AUGUST 9
8:00 PM – nmperign with Greg Kelley and Bob Rainey
Since the late 1990s, the unlikely trumpet/soprano saxophone duo nmperign has adeptly sidestepped the novelty of extended techniques, the illusions of “free” improvisation, and the trappings of the “new,” defining and redefining a particularly idiosyncratic sound world. In the process, they have released a number of recordings, travelled far and wide, and collaborated with musicians and artists from the variously defined and undefined strata of noise, experimental, and contemporary classical music.
9:30 PM – Nabate Isles’ Synergy
Nabate Isles-Trumpet & Flugelhorn, Gamiel Lyons-Flute, Liberty Ellman-Guitar, Marcus Gilmore-Drums, Tyshawn Sorley-Drums. Synergy brings a mix of diverse musical styles with melodic clarity and rhythmic intensity.
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AUGUST 10
8:00 PM – The Ingrid Jensen Four with Ingrid Jensen, Scott Robinson, Gary Versace, and Victor Lewis performing original music by Jensen and newly arranged “standards” and collective take-offs.
9:30 PM – Jesse Neuman with Nate Wooley
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AUGUST 11
8pm – Dave Ballou
9:30 PM – John McNeil
CD release concert celebrating the release of Mr. McNeil’s new recording on Omnitone, Sleep Won’t Come.
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AUGUST 12
8:00 PM – Stephen Haynes and Bugaboo
With Stephen Haymes, Allan Jaffe, Mario Pavone and Satoshi Takeishi. Bugaboo was convened by improvising composer Stephen Haynes in order to further develop his compositional language within a rhythm-based small group context. Selections from the American Songbook (e.g. Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, Johnny Cash) will also be explored. Stephen Haynes has worked with a wide range of composers including George Russell, La Monte Young, Leroy Jenkins and Rhys Chatham and is currently a member of Cecil Taylor’s Orchestra Humane (Ubuntu).
9:30 PM – Taylor Ho Bynum
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AUGUST 13
8:00 PM – Russ Johnson and Save Big
With Russ Johnson, John O’Gallagher, Kermit Driscoll and Mark Ferber. CD Release concert celebrating Mr. Johnson’s new recording on Omnitone.
9:30 PM – ShulmanSystem Trio
With Matt Shulman on trumpet, voice, sound processing, Ryan Berg on acoustic bass and Jason Wildman on drums and percussion. Matt Shulman’s original compositions draw from European classical music, traditional jazz, and experimental electronica, featuring his multi-dimensional virtuosic approach to the trumpet and improvisation.
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AUGUST 14
7:00 PM – Brian McWhorter.
8:00 PM – Jonathan Finlayson.
9:30 PM – Mark Gould/Brian McWhorter – Pink Baby Monster: a unique hybrid of rap, opera, and improvisation.
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AUGUST 15
7:00pm - Solo Trumpet and… I
Gareth Flowers, Laurie Frink, Dave Ballou, Ed Carrol, Scott McIntosh, Wayne DuMaine, Brian McWhorter, Britton Theurer, Jon Nelson, Kenneth DeCarlo, and others perform original compositions and works by Peter Maxwell Davies, Laurie Frink, J.S. Bach, Vincent Persichetti and Morton Feldman.
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AUGUST 16
7:00pm - Solo Trumpet and… II
Gareth Flowers, Laurie Frink, Dave Ballou, Ed Carrol, Scott McIntosh, Wayne DuMaine, Brian McWhorter, Britton Theurer, Jon Nelson, Kenneth DeCarlo, and others perform original compositions and works by James Mobberly, Britton Theurer, Dave Ballou and Emil Harnas 2.