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2010 FESTIVAL
INFORMATION Historic Brass Society EARLY BRASS FESTIVAL GENERAL
INFORMATION ARCHIVE SPONSORS
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HISTORIC BRASS SOCIETY: EARLY BRASS FESTIVAL AND CONFERENCE
Conference Description This festival and conference has been held annually in various locations in the United States. Detailed plans for program, papers, will come together over the season. For program inquiries or ideas, conact HBS President jeffrey Nussbaum at Historic Brass Society, Inc. <president@historicbrass.org> Preliminary plans include natural horn and clarino making workshops, papers on a wide range of subjects, and many opportunities for historical instrument performances The combination with the Vintage Band Festival offers a wider range of informal playing sessions to a wider audience, and serves as an introductory forum for students and other musicians into the sphere of historically informed period-instrument performance. The General Timetable for the conference included the presentation of research papers, lectures, demonstrations and informal playing sessions. The festival added public performances of historical wind music groups (such as American Civil War saxhorn bands, 18th Century European harmoniemusik ensembles, and ethnic bands), and a marketplace for sheet music, instrument, books, and recordings. Attendees will include many of the world-renowned performers and experts in brass instrument musicology, representing worldwide research and professors and students from major colleges universities in the United States and Canada.
Conference Site: The City of Northfield, Minnesota
is situated along the banks of the Cannon River in the rich
agricultural region Northfield celebrates its motto "Cows, Colleges, and Contentment." This phrase serves as recognition that agriculture continues to be Northfield's largest industry, that the colleges (Carleton College and St. Olaf College) are a driving force in the community, and finally that contentment is the feeling Northfield provides for visitors and citizens alike. Northfield has an unusually active arts community and a lively historical society, both of which are enthusiastically supported by its citizens. For more information about Northfield, please visit these websites:
www.visitingnorthfield.com
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southeastern Minnesota and stands as a prominent example of
a pioneer town that has thrived for over 150 years. Located
within a 45-minute drive from the Minneapolis and St. Paul,
the city of Northfield offers residents the pleasing combination
of proximity to a metropolitan area and a quiet, small town
setting. Northfield's population is 16,663, which includes 5,000
college students in winter.