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The Festival of New Trumpet Music is an annual music festival in the United States. Held annually in New York City, New York, the festival presents music, emphasizing both jazz and contemporary classical music compositions. Through its mission of presenting new trumpet music of all forms, the festival consistently presents numerous commissions and world premieres.

By presenting a series of concerts, commissioning new works, creating new projects, giving free master classes, hosting panels, and collaborating with other New York presenters and international artists, the festival explores a wide range of contemporary artistic activity. FONT Music, a non-profit organization, supports the community by working in conjunction with music programs in the public schools of New York City. FONT Music is directed by trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas, who works with co-directors Roy Campbell, Jr. and Jon Nelson.

History

The first Festival of New Trumpet Music took place at the downtown music venue Tonic in August 2003 and presented 40 performances featuring trumpeters representing the worlds of jazz, new music, free form, hip-hop, rock, improvisational, classical. The third annual festival, held in August 2005, featured a week-long celebration of Lester Bowie at the Jazz Standard.

Festival 2007

The fifth annual Festival of New Trumpet Music begins on September 15, 2007 and will continue every day until September 30, with performances at venues throughout New York City including: the Manhattan School of Music, Jazz Standard, Blue Note, Cornelia St. Cafe, Tea Lounge, St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, and Barbes, among others.

Festival Artists

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