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BrassBulletin

International Magazine for Brass Players

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41 articles

No. 104 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Epsilon - Epsival - 1998

5th Annual Brass & Percussion Festival (France)

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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Free
No. 2 • 1972 Digitized

National Trombone Workshop (USA)

Report on the first National Trombone Workshop (1971), highlighting pedagogy, leading performers and the legacy of Emory Remington.

By Henry Romersa

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The first european horn symposium Free
No. 33 • 1981 Digitized

The first european horn symposium

A week in Trossingen brought leading horn players, Mozart debates, natural-horn controversies and lasting friendships at a landmark European gathering.

By Jeffrey Agrell

Event Report Interpretation Contemporary Music Brass Ensemble
No. 113 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

International Trumpet Guild 25th Anniversary Conference - May 24-27, 2000

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 56 • 1986 Awaiting digitization

ITG Conference 1986, London

a personal view

By Colin Bloch

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No. 105 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Brasses in Dombes

By Jeremy Mathez

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No. 62 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Frankfurt Musik Fair 1988

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 113 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

Horn-Festival Detmold 2000

Michael Höltzel's farewell

By Peter Steidle

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Frankfurt Special 1979 Free
No. 26 • 1979 Digitized

Frankfurt Special 1979

Music Fair

Jean-Pierre Mathez surveys the Frankfurt Music Fair, tracing makers, markets and competition, and outlining a brass landscape shaped by adjustment rather than innovation.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Event Report Instrument making
No. 90 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

Birmingham 1995

2nd Annual National Tuba and Euphonium Conference

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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11th International Congress on Acoustics Free
No. 44 • 1983 Digitized

11th International Congress on Acoustics

At the 1983 Paris acoustics congress, brass research moved between factory consistency, vibrating bells, mutes and the elusive mechanics of multiphonics.

By Benny Sluchin

Acoustics Event
Montreux 1976 - First international brass congress Free
No. 15 • 1976 Digitized

Montreux 1976 - First international brass congress

Montreux 1976: beyond the spectacle. Between virtuosity, ego, and isolation, Alfred Willener questions the very meaning of the brass world.

By Alfred Willener

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Comments on the First International Brass Congress Free
No. 15 • 1976 Digitized

Comments on the First International Brass Congress

Montreux 1976

National styles or personal voice? Roger Bobo finds in Montreux that individuality prevails—yet notes the absence of key traditions.

By Roger Bobo

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No. 85 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Trumpet Academy Bremen

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 108 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Hamamatsu, Music capital of Japan

5th Annual International Festival and Academy for wind instruments

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 118 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Concerts in Russia

The tale of a memorable voyage, by English euphonium virtuoso Steven Mead

By Steven Mead

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No. 21 • 1978 Digitized

Symposium 1978

Eyes toward the future

Beyond the instrument: Roger Bobo calls for open minds at Symposium ’78—urging tubists to seek inspiration, question identity, and look boldly toward the future.

By Roger Bobo

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No. 106 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Guebwiller, international center for wind music

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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Round the Horn Free
No. 44 • 1983 Digitized

Round the Horn

Hamburg 1982

A 1982 Hamburg exhibition brought 150 horns out of collections and into players’ hands, collapsing centuries of hunting, signalling and concert traditions into one room.

By Michael Höltzel

History Event Historical instruments
No. 76 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Bremen 1991

Trumpet forum

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 88 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Bremen 1994

International Trumpet Days

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 86 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Guebwiller 1995

World Trumpet Competition

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 72 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Villars Open Trumpet Academy

Trumpets of the year 2000

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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The Trumpet Free
No. 29 • 1980 Digitized

The Trumpet

An exhibition at the Trumpeter's Castel in Bad Säckingen

Natural trumpets from Verona, Nürnberg and Vienna framed a 1979 gathering in Säckingen linking Baroque practice, collecting culture and modern playing.

By Kurt Janetzky

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