May 8 - Mike Vax Big Band Clinic and Concert at Eisenhower Middle School, New Berlin, WI (USA). For details, contact Mike Vax at vaxtrpts@aol.com, or via phone at 925-872-1942.

May 9 - Mike Vax Big Band Clinic and Concert at Kennedy High School, Cedar Rapids, IA (USA). For details, contact Mike Vax at vaxtrpts@aol.com, or via phone at 925-872-1942.

May 10 - Mike Vax Big Band in Concert at Woodhaven High School, Brownstown, MI (USA). For details, contact Mike Vax at vaxtrpts@aol.com, or via phone at 925-872-1942.

May 12 - Mike Vax guest soloist with the Concord High School Band at Yoshi's Jazz House, Oakland, CA (USA). For details, contact Mike Vax at vaxtrpts@aol.com, or via phone at 925-872-1942.

May 15 - Ohio Valley British Brass Band in concert at the Emmanuel Christian Academy, 2177 Emmanuel Way, Springfield, OH (USA). The concert begins at 7:00 PM, and a free will offering will be taken. For more details, contact Ed Nichols at 937-233-5995, via e-mail at ENICKOL@woh.rr.com, or on the web at http://www.ecaoh.com/.

May 17 - University of Louisville Trumpet Ensemble Record Breaking Event, to be held at Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY (USA). The records to be attempted include:
1. the largest number of trumpeters to play "Call to the Post" for an actual race
2. the largest number of trumpeters to play "Bugler's Holiday" with a brass band accompaniment
3. the largest number of horns to play the beautiful slow Horn Solo from "Tchaikovsky 5th Symphony" with brass band
4. the largest number of trombonists to play "Lassus Trombone" with brass band
5. the largest number of tubas and euphoniums to play "POWER" by John Stevens.
The Derby City Brass Band, conducted by John Jones, and the University of Louisville Trumpet Ensemble will also be featured on this program. Each participant will pay a $20 fee to play on this event, and will receive a t-shirt commemorating the event. For more details, contact:
Michael Tunnell
School of Music
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
E-mail: mhtunn01@louisville.edu

May 18 - Eric Bolvin's Quorum in concert at the West Valley College Theater, Saratoga, CA (USA). Special guest perform Scott Amendola performs with Quorum on an all-Monk concert.

May 18-21 - Athens Brass Festival, hosted by the Melos Brass quintet. The events will be held at the Athens Concert Hall, the Friends of Music Concert Hall, and the Mitropoulos Concert Hall, all in Athens, Greece. The German Brass will make their Greek premiere on May 21 at the festival. For more on the program of the festival, check http://www.melosbrass.gr/HTMLENG/calendarENG.htm.

May 20 - Dekalb Symphony Orchestra with special guest artist Chris Martin in concert, to be held at the Marvin Cole Auditorium in Clarkston, GA (USA). Mr. Martin will be featured on the Concerto by Henri Tomasi. The concert will begin at 8:00 PM, and tickets are available via phone at 678-891-3565. Additional information available at the web site: http://www.gpc.edu/symphony/.

May 22 - Ohio Valley British Brass Band in concert at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 1612 S. Belmont Avenue, Springfield, Ohio (USA). The concert begins at 7:00 PM, and a free will offering will be taken. For more details, contact Ed Nichols at 937-233-5995, via e-mail at ENICKOL@woh.rr.com.

May 30 - Mike Vax Quintet in Concert at Gaslight Inn, Glendale, AZ (USA). For details, contact Mike Vax at vaxtrpts@aol.com, or via phone at 925-872-1942.

May 31 - Eric Bolvin's Quorum Quartet in concert at the at the Hedley Lounge in the De Anza Hotel, 233 West Santa Clara Street, San Jose, CA (USA). The concert begins at 8:30 PM, and admission is free.

June 1-15 - Le Domain Forget Music and Dance Academy, to be held in Saint Irenee, Quebec, Canada. Trumpet faculty includes James Watson, Niklaus Eklund, Geoffrey Thompson, James Thompson, and Manon Lafrance. For more information, contact: Domaine Forget
5 Saint-Antoine
Saint Irenee, QB G0T1V0 Canada
Phone: 1-418-452-8111
E-mail: aca@domaineforget.com
Web site: http://www.domaineforget.com

June 1 - Mike Vax Jazz Orchestra and Valley View Jazz Band Joint Concert at Valley View Middle School, Pleasant Hill, CA (USA). For details, contact Mike Vax at vaxtrpts@aol.com, or via phone at 925-872-1942.

June 1-5 - International Trumpet Guild Conference to be held at the Banff Center, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Jens Lindemann will serve as host for the conferences. Details available at http://www.banffcentre.ca/music/itg/.

June 1-July 13 - 38th International Festival-Institute at Round Top, to be held at Round Top, TX (USA). The trumpet faculty includes Tom Booth, John DeWitt, and the members of the Synergy Brass Quintet. For full details, contact:
Alain G. Declert
Program Director
The International Festival-Institute at Round Top
PO Box 89
Round Top, TX 78954-0089, US
Phone: +1(979) 249 3086
Mobile: +1(979) 250 3815 cell
E-mail: alaind@festivalhill.org
Web site: http://festivalhill.org

June 6-7 - New Jersey Jazz Society Jazzfest 2008 to be held at Drew University, Madison, NJ (USA). Mike Vax is a featured guest artist for the event. For details, contact Mike Vax at vaxtrpts@aol.com, or via phone at 925-872-1942.

June 8 - Capital Region Wind Ensemble, conducted by Brett Wery, will be in concert at the Carl B. Taylor Auditorium located at Schenectady County Community College, Schenectady, NY (USA). The program will include selections by Brehmer, Mahoney, Barber, Ticheli, Holst, von Suppe and the Alfred Reed Concerto for Trumpet and Winds, featuring trumpet soloist Catherine Sheridan. The concert begins at 3:00 PM, and tickets are available at the door ($8 for adults, $6 for students). Additional information can be found at http://www.geocities.com/crweband/.

June 8-13 - Jim Widner Jazz Camp at Simpson University, Indianola, IA (USA). Mike Vax serves as the trumpet faculty for the camp. For details, contact Mike Vax at vaxtrpts@aol.com, or via phone at 925-872-1942.

June 11-August 17 - The Aspen Music Festival, with all events in and around Aspen, CO (USA). For more information and full details, check the web site at , or call 970-925-3254. Deadline for application is January 14, 2008.

June 14-19 - Interlochen Trumpet Institute, to be held on the campus of Interlochen Arts Camp/Academy, Interlochen, MI (USA). Faculty for the institute includes Allen Vizzutti, John Aley, Vince DiMartino, and Mike Davison. For full details, check the web site at http://www.interlochen.org/, or e-mail Dr. Michael Davison at mdavison@richmond.edu.

June 15-20 - Jim Widner Jazz Camp at the University of Missouri, St Louis, MO (USA). Mike Vax serves as the trumpet faculty for the camp. For details, contact Mike Vax at vaxtrpts@aol.com, or via phone at 925-872-1942.

June 16-20 - Master Class in Trumpet Performance, to be held on the campus of Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (USA). Faculty for the course is Barbara Butler and Charles Geyer. For full details, check:
Summer Session
Northwestern University School of Music
711 Elgin Road
Evanston, IL 60208-1200
Phone: 847-491-7485
E-mail: d-wyandt@northwestern.edu
Web site: http://www.music.northwestern.edu

June 16-28 - Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar, to be held in Enfield, New Hampshire (USA). Trumpet faculty includes Stephen Burns, Edward Carroll, Gabriele Cassone, Thomas Stevens, Mark Gould and Markus Stockhausen. For more information, contact the Center for Advanced Musical Studies.
Web Site: http://www.chosenvalemusic.org

June 20-August 16 - 61st Music Academy of the West, to be held in Santa Barbara, CA (USA). An application and audio recording are required for application, with a deadline yet to be posted to the festival web site. For full details, visit http://www.musicacademy.org, or call 805.969.4726.

June 22 - Mike Vax as Guest Soloist at the Arizona Traditional Jazz Society event to be held in Chandler, AZ (USA). For details, contact Mike Vax at vaxtrpts@aol.com, or via phone at 925-872-1942.

June 22-28 - Intensive Brass Workshop to be held in the Department of Music and Performing Arts at New York University, 35 West 4th Street, Suite 777, New York, NY (USA). Dr. Sean Reed is director of the event. Trumpet faculty includes David Krauss, Tom Hoyt, and Laurie Frink. For full details and application, contact:
Dr. Sean Reed, Director
Program in Brass Studies
Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions
35 West Fourth Street, Suite 777
New York, NY 10012
Phone: 212 998 5828
E-mail: ssr7@nyu.edu
Web site: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/brass/summer/

June 25-26 - Trumpet Golf Alliance, to be held in Prescott, AZ (USA). This year's event will raise funds for the Friends of Big Band Scholarship Fund. For full details, check the web site at http://www.trumpetgolf.org.

June 28-July 12 - Skidmore Jazz Institute, to be held on the campus of Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY (USA). For full details, contact:
Office of the Dean of Special Programs
Skidmore College
815 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Phone: 518-580-5595
Web site: http://www.skidmore.edu/summer

June 30-July 4 - SummerKeys Brass Program, to be held at SummerKeys Resort, Lubec, ME (USA). Trumpet faculty for the week is Dr. Robert Stibler, professor of trumpet at the University of New Hampshire. For full details, contact:
Before June 15:
SummerKeys
c/o Bruce Potterton
32 North Main Street
Boonton, NJ 07005
Phone: 1-973-316-6220
After June 15:
SummerKeys
c/o Bruce Potterton
6 Bayview Street
Lubec, Maine 04652
Phone: 1-207-733-2316
E-mail: sksmail@summerkeys.com
Web site: http://wwwsummerkeys.com

July 1-5 - Festival Spanish Brass Alzira, with trumpet faculty to include Benjamin Moreno and Ronald Romm. A full schedule of master class and concert events is planned. For full details:
Phone: 0034 963 312 412
E-mail: info@sbalz.com
Web site: www.sbalz.com (Available only in Spanish).

July 1-7 - 6th Melos Brass International Ionian Summer Music Academy, to be held in Corfu, Greece. The artistic direction for the event is done by the Melos Brass. THe trumpet faculty includes Reinhold Friedrich, Greg Jones, Chris Martin, Sokratis Anthis, and Panayotis Kessaris. There will also be a concert and one day class by The Canadian Brass. On July 7, there iwll be an audition for young soloists to perform with the Symphony Orchestra of the City of Athens at the Athens Brass Festival in May, 2009. For details, contact:
Phone: 0030 210 2029 737
E-mail: efytrian@melosbrass.gr
Web site: http://www.melosbrass.gr

July 1-10 - The Sixth Melos Brass Summer Academy, to be held on the beautiful Greek lsland of Corfu, hosted by the Greek Melos Brass Quintet, who are all symphonic players from professional orchestras. Trumpet faculty include Sokratis Anthis and Panayotis Kessaris of the Melos Brass, Chris Martin, Chicago Symphony principal, Reinhold Friedrich, German soloist, and Gregory Jones, Truman State University. The week will also include concerts and classes with the Canadian Brass, James Watson of the Black Dyke Mills Brass Band, and other European brass stars. For information go to http://www.melosbrass.gr/HTMLENG/academy6thENG.htm

July 5-20 - Stockhausen Masterworks Course, to be held in Kürten (near Cologne), Germany. Marco Blaauw will serve as trumpet faculty for the event, which includes an intense study of the trumpet works of composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. Also included in the event is an introductory course in Feldenkrais movement techniques by Irthe Engelhard, who teaches the techniques at the Amsterdam Conservatory. For more information, contact Marco Blaauw at info@marcoblaauw.com.

July 6-11 - Jim Widner Jazz Camp at California State University, Sacramento, CA (USA). Mike Vax serves as the trumpet faculty for the camp. For details, contact Mike Vax at vaxtrpts@aol.com, or via phone at 925-872-1942.

July 6-12, 2008 - 1st International Belgian Brass Academy, to be held in Tongeren, Belgium. This event is a project of Belgian Brass, Basilica Festival van Vlaanderen and the city of Tongeren. An impressive list of artists and performers is scheduled to attend, offering master classes, recitals, and concerts. For more information, please contact:
Geert De Vos
1st International Belgian Brass Academy
Basilica Festival van Vlaanderen
Vlasmarkt 4
3700 Tongeren
Belgium
Phone (Office): +32 12 23 57 19
Phone (Mobile): +32 478 330 664
E-mail: academy@belgianbrass.be or management@belgianbrass.com
Website: http://www.belgiumbrass.com or http://www.basilica.be

July 6-12 - The 2008 Rafael Mèndez Brass Institute, to be held at the Lamont School of Music, the University of Denver, Denver, CO (USA). An impressive list of artists and educators are planned. For full details, contact:
Web Site: http://www.mendezbrassinstitute.com
Phone: 303-587-7590
E-mail: ahood@du.edu

July 9-20 - "Art of Sound" Summer Brass Institute and Festival, featuring the Bay Brass, with special guests. Avid brass players are invited to this intensive institute for study, coached quintet playing, solo and ensemble performances, and master classes. Visit http://brass.menloschool.org to apply online. Music Director Vicky Greenbaum may be contacted for more information through the web site.

July 12 - Eastman Trumpet Seminar, to be held on the campus of the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (USA). Faculty for the institute includes Herb Smith, who will discuss and demonstrate the advantages to playing with the Tongue Controlled Embouchure in both jazz and classical settings. A concert/demonstration at 4:00 PM is planned. For full details, contact:
Eastman School of Music
26 Gibbs Street
Rochester NY 14604
Web site: http://www.esm.rochester.edu/summer
Phone: 800-246-4706
E-mail: summer@esm.rochester.edu

July 20-25 - 35th Humboldt State University Brass Chamber Music Workshop, to be held in Arcata, CA (USA). The trumpet faculty includes Raymond Burkhart, Alfred Lang, Rich Chasin, and Joan Paddock. For more information, contact Ray Burkhart at ray@tromba.us or write the Workshop Director:
Tony Clements, Director
Humboldt State University Brass Chamber Music Workshop
321 Dallas Drive
Campbell, CA 95008
Phone: (408) 377-3493
E-mail: ttuba@earthlink.net
Web site: http://www.humboldt.edu/~extended/special/brass/about.html

July 24-27 - The Historical Brass Society 24th Annual Early Brass Festival. The festival will be held at Loyola University, New Orleans, LA (USA). The keynote speaker is to be Gunther Schuller. The theme for this conference is "Moments of Change: Zorzi to Armstrong. Key moments of change in brass music from Medieval wind bands to jazz'. For more information on submission, contact:
E-mail: president@historicbrass.org
Web site: www.historicbrass.org

July 25-August 3 - Lieksa Brass Week, to be held in and around Lieksa, Finland. Master classes, competitions, and other events are planned for the week. Artistic director is Jouko Harjanne. For full details and further information, contact:
Phone: +358 40 528 2831
E-mail: brass.week@lieksa.fi
Web site: http://www.lieksabrass.com

July 27-August 1 - 35th Humboldt State University Brass Chamber Music Workshop, to be held in Arcata, CA (USA). The trumpet faculty includes Raymond Burkhart, Alfred Lang, Rich Chasin, and Joan Paddock. For more information, contact Ray Burkhart at ray@tromba.us or write the Workshop Director:
Tony Clements, Director
Humboldt State University Brass Chamber Music Workshop
321 Dallas Drive
Campbell, CA 95008
Phone: (408) 377-3493
E-mail: ttuba@earthlink.net
Web site: http://www.humboldt.edu/~extended/special/brass/about.html

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October 9-12 - 2008 Ellsworth Smith International Trumpet Solo Competition. The competition will be held on the campus of Boston University, Boston MA (USA). Prizes totalling $15,000 are to be awarded to potential winners. For complete information, please visit http://www.trumpetguild.org/resources/esmith.htm.

October 11-14 - International Brass Chamber Music Festival, to be held at the University of Louisville School of Music, Louisville, KY (USA). The event is cosponsored by BrassChamberMusic.com and the University of Louisville and will feature Guest artists including Spanish Brass, Proteus 7, Sonus Brass, Øystein Baadsvik, and the host Louisville Brass Ensemble. The festival includes a competition for brass quintets, a competition for brass ensembles, and a competition for composers (brass quintet).  For more information, please visit the http://brasschambermusic.com.

October 15 - Norfolk Trumpet Festival, to be held in Norwich, Engand. The special guest trumpeter for the workshop/master class and evening concert will be John Foster (International Trumpet Soloist and member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra), and the event will be hosted by John Coulton (Concert and Recording Artist) and the Norfolk Music Education Service. For more information, contact:
John Coulton
9 Romany Road
Norwich, Norfolk
United Kingdom. NR3 4RE.
E-mail: jscoulton@hotmail.com
Phone: +44 (0) 1603 301856
Mobile Phone: +44 (0) 07960 940372
Web site: http://www.johncoulton.net

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January 15, 2009 - Deadline for Submission of Entries for the International Trumpet Guild Composition Contest. The 2009 competition is for trumpet, another instrument, and piano. For full details, download the PDF at http://www.trumpetguild.org/pdf/2009composition.pdf, or contact chair Dr. Ramon Vazquez at 2009compcontest@trumpetguild.org.

February 15 - Close of Application for International Trumpet Guild Competitions for the 2009 ITG Conference:
*International Trumpet Guild Orchestral Excerpts Competition
*International Trumpet Guild Jazz Improvisation Competition
*International Trumpet Guild Solo Performance Competition
*International Trumpet Guild Youth Solo Performance Competition

Rules to these competitions as well as other pertinent information are always printed in the October issue of the ITG Journal, or are available on the Competition and Contest page.

February 15 - Close of Application for Consideration for an International Trumpet Guild Conference Scholarships (for Students) for the 2009 ITG Conference. Three separate age groups compete for scholarships for attendance at the annual conference. Rules to this scholarship competition as well as other pertinent information are always printed in the September issue of the ITG Journal, or are available on the Competition and Contest page.

May 26-30, 2009 - The International Trumpet Guild Conference, to be hosted by Dr. William Stowman and Rebecca Wilt in and around Harrisburg, PA (USA).

July 6-10. 2010 - 35th Annual International Trumpet Guild Conference, to be held in Sydney, Australia. Brian Evans will serve as host.  Register your interest by emailing, or get on the mailing list by emailing itg2010@trumpetguild.org. Informational updates to be posted at http://www.australiantrumpetguild.com.