Festival of New Trumpet Music 2025

Festival of New Trumpet Music 2025
September 5–12 · New York City

Celebrating Trumpet Innovation, Centennial of Bill Dixon, & New Album from Co-founder Dave Douglas

We proudly presents the 2025 season, running September 5–12, with concerts across New York City and beyond. Now in our 23rd year, we continue our mission of championing the most adventurous voices in trumpet and brass music – from emerging talents to iconic visionaries.

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Archive

In our archive all performances of the virtual concerts of the past years are available. Enjoy!

The Festival of New Trumpet Music – a grassroots nonprofit project run by and for a community of trumpeters – supports new trumpet music in all forms.

FONT Music aims to provide a platform for emerging artists and creative pioneers, with the goal of celebrating the diversity and excellence of contemporary brass music.

Presenting a week-long festival in September, as well as isolated events throughout the year, FONT Music includes disparate communities of musicians, students, and audiences. The festival is multi-genre, including jazz, new music, balkan, latin, electronic and experimental music, as well as educational events.

Directed since 2003 by trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas, FONT Music is overseen by an all-volunteer board that includes some of the finest brass players on the scene.

News

Award for Dave Douglas GIFTS
Dave Douglas was recently awarded a silver medal in the Jazz/Improvised Music Category by the International …
Unsung Hero: Dizzy Reece
The Swiss Jazz magazine Jazz'n'more dedicated an article to the recipient of our 2023 Award of …
Notes from New York: DAVE DOUGLAS’ FONT
Great to see this review in the German jazz magazin JazzThing: "It was back in 2003 …
Celebrating Another Year of Great Trumpet Music!
What an incredible year it’s been for the Festival of New Trumpet Music! We celebrated our 22nd season of …

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Interviews

Read exciting interviews with former performers of the festival