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YouTube Rhapsody in Blue

check out the recent premiere of the Australian Brass Quintet's new arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue with Timothy Young (piano)
arrangement is by Paul Terracini
 

ABQ Tour September 2011 - Sydney Melbourne and NSW

Australian Brass Quintet September 2011 coming tour dates are here:
Tuesday 20 September
Melbourne Recital Centre (direct broadcast on ABC Classic FM)
Wednesday 21 September
4pm Masterclass - St. John's College, Dubbo
Thursday 22 September
930am Workshop - St. John's College, Sheraton Road, Dubbo
730pm Performance - Macquarie Conservatorium
St Brigid's Church, 198 Brisbane Street, Dubbo
Friday 23 September
8pm Performance
Capitol Theatre, Tamworth
Level 1 Centrepoint Shopping Centre
374 Peel Street
Tamworth NSW
Saturday 24 September
8pm Performance
Springwood Civic Centre
Macquarie Road, Springwood NSW
details here
Sunday 25 September
2pm Performance, Sydney Conservatorium
details and tickets here
Tuesday 27 September
11am Musica Viva Coffee Concert - Sydney
The Independent Theatre, North Sydney
269 Miller Street
Thursday 29 September
 

Touring NSW in September

Australian Brass Quintet are getting set to head up north on a tour.
Full details of dates and venues to come very soon.
Be sure to look out for the Sydney and Melbourne Musica Viva Coffee Concerts in September also!
 

Musica Viva Coffee Concerts in Sydney and Melbourne

Tickets are now on sale for the upcoming coffee concerts for Musica Viva.
Don't miss this opportunity to see the Australian Brass Quintet live at the Melbourne Recital Hall on Tuesday 20th September at 11am.
The quintet will also perform in Sydney on Tuesday 27th September at 11am.  Please click here for tickets for the Sydney performance.
Further information at Musica Viva Coffee Concert Series
 

SOAPBOX world-premiere

The Australian Brass Quintet's performance as part of the 2011 Soft Soft Loud Chamber Music Series sees the world-premiere of Iain Grandage's Soapbox.
Soapbox for the ABQ; takes as its starting point the shipwreck coast, & the nascent explorations, accidental & not, of 16th and 17th Century Dutch sailors - focusing primarily on the mutiny on the Batavia after running aground at the Abrolhos Islands in the Indian Ocean during 1629. Blisteringly virtuosic in character, the work periodically separates individual performers from the rest of the quintet, having them play from a metaphorical soapbox in the centre of the group. Whilst in that position, their material, via a microphone & loop station (a modern day megaphone, if you will), is replayed, looped & electronically treated to create worlds within worlds of texture that alternates between representing elements of the lives of the participants, but also the ocean itself.
 

ABQ at ANAM

The Australian Brass Quintet are delighted to announce an upcoming residency at the Australian National Academy of Music as part of the 2010 season.
In addition to their performance on Sunday October 24th, 5pm, South Melbourne Town Hall, they will also work with outstanding students from around the country.  This will take place as part of a four-day intensive period comprising lessons, workshops, and masterclasses, where the ABQ will also be joined by Mr. Barry Tuckwell and Geoff Viking Lierse.  The dates for this ANAM brass program are Friday October 22 - Monday October 25, 2010.
Contact ANAM at info@anam.com.au for information regarding applications to participate in Brass '10.
 

ABQ Partnership with Brass Music Specialists

The Australian Brass Quintet is extremely pleased to announce a new partnership with Australia's leading brass shop,  Brass Music Specialists http://www.brassmusic.com.au/

Brass Music Specialists has long been associated with providing Australian and international brass musicians access to the best products in the world at competitive prices.

As part of the Australian Brass Quintet's partnership with 'Brass Music Specialists', we will list under our education menu recommended products that are available from Brass Music Specialists.

The list includes everything from method books, study books, excerpt books to mouthpieces, oil and cases.  Please take a look here.

Friends of the Australian Brass Quintet that sign up to the Australian Brass Quintet's E Newsletter on the Home page, will receive a 5% discount for all purchases on all products for the next 12 months!  Thanks again to Greg Aitken (Manager), Kaye, and all at Brass Music Specialists.

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Congratulations to Iain Grandage

The Australian Brass Quintet wishes to congratulate Iain Grandage on receiving the Ian Potter Music Commision Emerging Composer Award for 2010.  Part of Iain’s award is writing a piece for the Australian Brass Quintet to be premiered at The Soft Soft Loud Festival at Fremantle Arts Centre in 2010/11
 

Singapore January 2010

The Australian Brass Quintet embarks on its first International tour with performances at Singapore’s famous Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. This week long project will include recitals, masterclasses and a keynote performance by ABQ.