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BrassBulletin

International Magazine for Brass Players

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181 articles

Narbonne 1986 Free
No. 55 • 1986 Digitized

Narbonne 1986

1st International Brass Quintet Competition

In 1986, Narbonne became a meeting place for the brass world, where an ambitious international competition brought emerging quintets alongside established masters.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Competition Brass Ensemble
No. 105 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Jazz and the Horn Series • Part 10

Claudio Pontiggia

By Jeremy Mathez

Report Encounters
No. 68 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

Jazz and the Horn Series • Part 9

Richard Todd

By Jeffrey Agrell

Report Encounters
Free
No. 55 • 1986 Digitized

Markneukirchen 1986

International Brass Competitions

In 1986, young brass players from East and West met in Markneukirchen, where exceptional talent, demanding juries and musical traditions crossed political borders.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez, Roland Schnorhk

Competition Report
Brass Players in Rome Free
No. 43 • 1983 Digitized

Brass Players in Rome

Behind Rome’s musical prestige, RAI brass players describe shrinking salaries, insecure orchestral careers and the compromises required simply to remain musicians.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Professional life Orchestral playing Sociology Brass Ensemble
No. 62 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

The Tibetan Ritual Orchestra

By Daniel Scheidegger

Report History
No. 105 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Ferrol, exemplary instrumental courses in Spain

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Teaching
No. 59 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

Gli Ottoni di Verona

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report
No. 104 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Epsilon - Epsival - 1998

5th Annual Brass & Percussion Festival (France)

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Event
No. 81 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

The brasses of Languedoc-Roussillon

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report
No. 81 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

Basel Sinfonietta

A triumph of the spirit

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report
No. 71 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Narbonne 1990

3rd International Competition for Brass Quintets

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Competition
No. 64 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Minsk 1988 - The grand national competition

Special USSR

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Competition
No. 106 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

The Milan Conservatory (1808-1999)

By Jean-Pierre Mathez, Gianmario Bonino

Report
No. 100 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

Experimental musical institutions

Report followed by an interview with John Marcellus

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report
No. 80 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Men's chorus and winds

Special Austria

By Elisabeth Anzenberger-Ramminger

Report Repertoire
No. 115 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

Brass Bulletin 1971-2001

Retrospective

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report
No. 85 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Boosey & Hawkes

A spectacular revival

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Repertoire Equipment
My contacts with the United States Member
No. 15 • 1976 Digitized

Part 1

My contacts with the United States

From a simple request to an unexpected invitation: this account dives into Indiana University—between dazzling technique and the search for true musicality.

By Michael Höltzel

Report Teaching American school German school Sound
No. 114 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

R. Nak & His Tokyo Bach Band

By Michio Sugihara

Report Repertoire
No. 99 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

Brasses in Hungary today

With Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967), Hungary developed a popular musical culture of exceptional quality, a climate that was particularly favorable to brasses

By Istán Péter Farkas

Report
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

Event Teaching Report
Yamaha, an ambitious giant Member
No. 40 • 1982 Digitized

Yamaha, an ambitious giant

Behind the rise of a future industrial giant lies an unexpected lesson in craftsmanship, cultural exchange and the discipline that reshaped wind instrument making.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Instrument Makers Report Instrument making Sociology Sound
No. 59 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

12th International Trumpet Competition Toulon 1987

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Competition
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