Mini-Residencies   

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The American Brass Quintet has been universally hailed as today’s leader in the field of serious brass chamber music.  The American Brass Quintet’s residencies at The Juilliard School and at the Aspen Music Festival have provided young brass players with focused training in chamber music. Brass players from the ABQ Seminar at Juilliard have gone on to positions with the American Brass Quintet (trumpeter Kevin Cobb is a 1995 Juilliard graduate), Canadian Brass, Empire Brass, Dallas Brass, and Saturday Brass. The seeds of the Meridian Arts Ensemble. Manhattan Brass Quintet, and the Extension Ensemble were sown while these players were students in the ABQ Seminar at Juilliard.  

Now the ABQ is offering its chamber music experience and skill with a new program of mini—residencies. Designed to offer young groups and individuals an intense two-day brass chamber experience, the residencies can be customized toward young players just beginning in chamber music or more experienced, already established groups. The residency culminates with a formal concert by the American Brass Quintet.

Classes

Basic Chamber Music Skills
The ABQ demonstrates basic skills of ensemble playing with musical  examples from a wide  range of repertoire. Topics covered include balance. intonation, style. and group interaction.  Student groups are critiqued in performance in this class.  

The Brass Business
Members of the ABQ are active members of many of New York City's most prestigious ensembles, as well as respected teachers. In this workshop the players discuss the workings of the brass world— skills needed, getting established, networking, and brass etiquette.

Individual Brass Classes
The ABQ splits into separate classes to discuss in more detail the basic elements of brass playing through student performances in the class.

Repertoire
Throughout its forty-eight year history, the ABQ has made the expansion of the serious brass repertoire a top priority.  This class includes discussion of performance practices of pre-Baroque repertoire (editing and ornamentation), Romantic brass works, and the challenges of contemporary repertoire.

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