News Updates
Summer Horn Camps with David Johnson, Founder of the American Horn Quartet
The 4th Annual Horn Ensemble Workshop will be held in Daytona Beach FL August 1-7, 2010. Participants will attend master classes, group lessons, participate in ensembles and perform in concerts with the at Daytona State College and around the town. The workshop is open to all french hornists. Ensembles will be formed based on experience and individual abilities. Join instructors David Johnson, founder of the American Horn Quartet, Paul Basler from the University of Florida and Dan Phillips of the University of Memphis for a week of intensive study and fun in the sun. The camp is $830 (instruction, housing and meals) or $530 (instruction only). See horncamps.com for more information.
Download the flyer HERE.
The 8th Lugano Horn Workshop will be held in Lugano, Switzerland July 4-10, 2010. Participants will attend master classes, group lessons, participate in ensembles and perform in concerts. The workshop is open to all french hornists. Ensembles will be formed based on experience and individual abilities. Join instructors David Johnson, founder of the American Horn Quartet, Russian jazz horn virtuoso Arkady Schilkloper, Sandro Ceccarelli and Andreas Kamber for a week of intensive study and fun in the sun. The camp is 600Swiss francs. See horncamps.com for more information.
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Horn Day at Louisiana Tech University for
Junior and Senior High Horn Players and Band Directors
February 20, 2010
9am-5pm
Guest Clinician: Dr. Bruce Atwell, Professor of Horn, University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh
Bruce Atwell has performed throughout the United States and Europe as an orchestral musician and soloist. A Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Dr. Atwell maintains a busy teaching and performance schedule, with Principal Horn positions with the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, the Green Bay Symphony, the Fox Valley Symphony, and the Water City Chamber Orchestra. He has performed with the Florida Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, as Acting Fourth Horn with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and with numerous orchestras throughout the United States.
His recording of Baroque horn concerti with the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic (Russia) will be released early next year.
For more information contact Randall Sorensen at 318-257-5473 or sorensen@latech.edu
Seth Orgel Performances
On Sunday, October 25, Seth Orgel (Louisiana State University, Atlantic Brass Quintet) will be performing "Traveling Music" by Michael Burritt for
horn and percussion ensemble on the LSU percussion ensemble's recital, at 7:00 pm in room 115 at the LSU school of music.
Seth will also be performing a recital on November 3 at 8:00 pm in room 115 at the LSU school of music.
Program will include music of, Nelhybel, Bitsch, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Michael Burritt, and Ives.
See the "Upcoming Events" page for information on the Atlantic Brass Quintet's Summer Seminars.
James Boldin Performances
On Tuesday, November 24, James Boldin (The University of Louisiana at Monroe) will be performing Francis Poulenc's Sextet for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn with other ULM faculty including Scot Humes, Sandra Lunte, and Richard Seiler. The concert is at 7:30 pm in the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall on the ULM campus.
Other upcoming performances include concerts with the Monroe Symphony (Oct. 31), Rapides Symphony (Dec. 5), and the annual "Christmas at Biedenharn" concert featuring the ULM brass faculty on Tuesday, December 1 at 7:00 pm at the Biedenharn Museum and Gardens.
NSU Horn Day
The 2010 Northwestern State University Horn Day is February 6, 2010, from 9:30 to 3:00, in the A.A. Fredericks Fine Arts Building on the NSU campus. For more information contact Kristine Coreil, coreilk@nsula.edu or 318-357-5765.
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Atlantic Brass Quintet 2010
International Brass Quintet Summer Seminar at Saint Mary's College of California
Seminar Dates: June 16-20
Seminar Tuition: $650
Application Fee: $40
Room and board fees: Double rooms (dorm style) plus three meals a day will
total $379 per person. (based on last years rates, subject to minor change)
Atlantic Brass Quintet 2010
International Brass Quintet Summer Seminar at Boston University
July 25 to August 6th
Tuition $1250
Application fee $45
$360 multiple occupancy dorm style
14 meal plan $272
19 meal plan $325
For more information visit http://www.atlanticbrassquintet.com/