The Historic Brass Society
International Historic Brass Symposium: Repertoire, Performance and Culture

New York City, 12-15 July 2012

The theme for the conference is broad: the history, repertoires, performance practices and cultural issues relevant to brass instruments and the environments in which they have been prominent. Though the emphasis is on historical themes the period of interest stretches through the twentieth century and all styles of music, including jazz. A special group of pedagogical sessions will focus on contemporary teaching approaches to historical performance. These sessions will be attached to a forum in which leading teachers from Europe and the USA and others will contribute.

Call for papers
The program committee invites proposals for papers of 20 minutes in length to be submitted no later than 1 October 2011.

Proposals should be submitted electronically and contain:

• Your name and institutional affiliation (if applicable)

• The title of your paper

• The proposed placement of your presentation (either on the special pedagogical sessions or on the more general sessions)

• An abstract of no more than 350 words that sets out the content of your paper and its contributuion to the symposium's themes

• Equipment required (PowerPoint, audio playback, etc.)

Proposals should be submitted via email to president@historicbrass.org. The program committee will reach its decisions and communicate with the authors of all submissions directly in December 2011. The committee will be unable to consider proposals submitted after the established deadline. Program Committee: Stewart Carter, Trevor Herbert, Jeff Nussbaum, Keith Polk.

For further information on plenary speakers and featured clinicians, click here for the "events" page.