Join us for our Spring performance on March 15. Nadja Noordhuis, trumpeter and FONT Music Board member, will perform with her Quintet!
FONT Music in the Spring!
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STEPHANIE RICHARDS Traveling the spaces between new music, improvisation and performance art, Brooklyn-based trumpeter and composer Stephanie Richards examines the physical, visual and auditory interactions of live music performance. As reflected… Read More
The Doctor Is In: Eddie Henderson On Life As ‘The Funk Surgeon’
Eddie Henderson had no choice. His mother was a dancer at the original Cotton Club, and counted Billie Holiday, Lena Horne and Sarah Vaughan as friends. His birth father was in a major vocal… Read More
Festival of New Trumpet Music 2015
New York City September 24 through 29, 2015. This year’s Award Of Recognition goes to… Dr. Eddie Henderson! Join us for a very special concert on September… Read More
Dave Douglas talks about FONT
In this video interview taped on-site at the 2013 Monterey Jazz Festival, trumpeter Dave Douglas talks about the Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT)
FONT 2015
Details are coming soon on our 2015 Festival. New York CitySeptember 24-29 Stay Tuned!
Jake Henry Interview
How did you become a trumpet player? Did you play other instruments before the trumpet? If so, did those instruments inform how you played trumpet? Or did your view of… Read More
Trumpet star Maalouf fulfils silver screen dream
Lebanese-French trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf is reaching beyond his classical and jazz roots to a more mainstream audience seduced by his unique musical style blending Arabic and Western influences. http://www.yourmiddleeast.com/culture/trumpet-star-maalouf-fulfils-silver-screen-dream_28256
Interview with Taylor Ho Bynum
A special edition of the Spanish Jazz radio show Club de Jazz where we conducted an interview with Taylor Ho Bynum. Source: http://www.elclubdejazz.com/vocesdejazz/taylor_ho_bynum_11_2014_eng.html
Marco Blaauw | ON BUILDING & PLAYING THE DOUBLE BELL TRUMPET
Marco Blaauw | ON BUILDING & PLAYING THE DOUBLE BELL TRUMPET | musikFabrik
James Gardiner with Sault Symphony Orchestra
James Gardiner brings some special memories centre stage with Sault Symphony Orchestra. http://www.saultstar.com/2014/10/31/trumpeter-gardiners-back-with-sault-symphony