From September 8 through 14, New York’s award winning Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT Music) returns with Impact: Celebrating 15 Years of Boundary-Breaking Music. Impact is not only the… Read More
FONT Music opens September 8, 2017
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Impressions 2016
Trumpeters Dave Douglas, Stephanie Richards, Marquis Hill, Taylor Ho Bynum, Michael Gurfield, Aaron Shragge and John Blevins all contributed their unique visions to 2016’s forward-looking program in venues across New York City. Thanks… Read More
Meet Allison Philips
How did you become a trumpet player? I started playing trumpet in the 3rd grade, but my fascination started about a year before. In 2nd grade for African American History… Read More
Wing Walker Orchestra
The Wing Walker Orchestra invited Ralph Alessi and Shane Endsley for their appearances at the Festival Of New Trumpet Music 2016. Here are some of the pieces they played.
Laurie Frink & Brass Pedagogy
The recording of the panel discussion about Laurie Frink and her Brass Pedagogy was released as a “A Noise From The Deep” podcast on Greenleaf Music. «In this episode four… Read More
Celebrate, Challenge & Support
Dear Friends, Each year at FONT Music, we widen our embrace of trumpet artists with emerging voices, pioneering voices, voices that remind us of our histories, and voices that challenge… Read More
Festival 2016 in review
A review in pictures of the 14th edition of our festival Monday – September 19, 2016 Threes Brewing, Brooklyn Tuesday – September 20, 2016 Threes Brewing, Brooklyn Wednesday – September… Read More
Thank you for a great Festival!
Flexus Thank you for sharing another inspiring year of forward-looking, engaged music making for the trumpet! Trumpeters Dave Douglas, Stephanie Richards, Marquis Hill, Taylor Ho Bynum, Michael Gurfield, Aaron Shragge and John… Read More
Festival opens Sept 19
Are you ready? Flexus 2016 opens on September 19 and 20 at Threes Brewing and closes on Sunday September 25 with our concert honoring John McNeil with FONT Music’s Award of Recognition. Festival… Read More
Honoring John McNeil – Sept 25
Help us honor John McNeil’s contribution to our instrument and community as we present the FONT Music Award Of Recognition, acknowledging McNeil as one of the most original and creative jazz… Read More
Visionaries – Sept 19-20
Get Tickets Now For Two Nights of Visionaries at Threes Brewing The Festival of New Trumpet Music joins the monthly concert series Music for Wing Walkers with two nights of music that… Read More