HBS 2024 SYMPOSIUM  

Tentative Schedule

Weds July 10 – Sunday July 14

Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, 10 West 64th St, New York NY 10023

Coffee, Tea and light refreshments will be available throughout the day in our private social space, just  outside the Theater.  

Vendor displays will be available in our private social space and attached private space for trying  instruments.  

Schedule subject to change

Wednesday, July 10

1:00 pm – Registration / social time / refreshments

2:00 – Welcome and Keynote -Sabine Klaus : Myths and Facts about the Birth of the Modern Trumpet Short break

SESSION 1: Manufacturing / Organology

3:15 Dulin/Hoff : Vincent Bach Trumpet History: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary year of  Bach trumpets.

3:45 Akiyama : European Labrosones in The Musical Collection of the University of  Gottingen; Organological Sources for 19C Audible and Material culture

4:15 Jones : The Early American Tuba

4:45 R. Dale Olson : The Brass Musical Instrument mouthpiece, a Longitudinal Quantitative  assessment.

5:30-7 DINNER BREAK

7:00pm CONCERT: The Wallace Collection – New Discoveries from mid-19C Paris Venue: Marjorie Deane Little Theater 10 W 64th St, New York 10023

Thursday, July 11

9:00-10 Keynote 2 - Peter Holmes

Short break

SESSION 2: 17-18C Instruments, Repertoire, and Performance Practice

10:15 Campbell/Myers : Acoustics of the Vented Trumpet

10:45 Wadsack : Analysis of trumpet nomenclature and HIP

11:15 Cline : Zugtrumpet, Naturlich, & some shadowy, shared, surprising, slidey solutions  regarding this Baroque Bastard

11:45 Yuen : Minority in Baroque Trumpet Repertoire: Minor Repertoire for Baroque Trumpet Kaza : The Horn Parts in Haydn’s Symphony No. 46: High or Low?

12:15-1:30 LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 3: 17-18C Instrument Transitions

1:30 Troiano : Hear the Difference! – The Evolution from Serpent to Euphonium 2 – 3: 00 : US Army Old Fife and Drum Corps : Natural Trumpets in Early America  

Short break

SESSION 4: 17-18C Transitions  

3:15 Carter : ‘Rognoni, Mariani, Jarzebski and the “Bastard” Trombone’

3:45 Belser : French Baroque Serpent improvisatory techniques

4:15- 5:15Snedeker : Hand and/or Valve: The Final Transition to Valved Horn at the Paris  Conservatoire Lecture and Recital of repertoire that incorporates both techniques

5:30-7 DINNER BREAK

7pm EVENING CONCERT – Baroque Period: Jared Wallis et al.

Venue to be confirmed (for harpsichord and organ availability)

Friday, July 12

9-10 - Keynote 3: John Wallace: From Steam Age to Steam Punk

Short break

SESSION 5: Mid to Late19C Repertoire

10:15 Nemeth : Battle of the Bands: Adolphe Sax’s Sonic Fusillades and the Military Politics of  Timbral Homogeneity

10:45 Coffin : Sounds of Change : Brass Chamber Music in mid-19th Century Paris  11:15 Adler : Lost Music for a Lost Instrument: 19th Century solo repertoire for bass tuba 11:45 Adler : Recital  

12:15-1:15 LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 6: EARLY 19C Repertoire in Transition

1:15 Dudgeon : Recently Found Keyed Bugle Repertoire (Lecture/recital)

1:45 von Steiger : The arrival of modernity in the province: the introduction of valve  instruments in Switzerland. A Case study.

2:15 McGrattan : The cornet air varie in Britain during the first half of the nineteenth century  and the solos of Samuel Blight

2:45 Sluchin : Charles Gounod’s lost work for the Paris Conservatoire 1855 Trombone Concours de sortie

Short break

3:30 – 5:00 Playing sessions / Performance workshops  

DINNER BREAK / IndividualTravel to Met Museum

6 pm -8 pm MET Gallery Concert : Arms and Armor Gallery –UofKY, Eastman and US Old  Fife natural trumpet ensembles.  

Saturday, July 13

9:00 KOEHLER : A Brief History of the HBS

AWARDS CEREMONY and AGM

Short Break

SESSION 7: BANDS EARLY 20C

10:15 Briner : “He Can Join a Brass Band, and Play Great Music:” Bands on the Kiowa Comanche-Apache Reservation

10:45 Castillo Silva : Music military archives: Estanislao García Espinosa, a Mexican marine  (1903-1973)

11:15 Muntefering : “Make it Snappy” – John Philip Sousa Band’s ‘Third-of-a-Century Tour’  Through South Dakota – November 1925

11:45 Hersey : “Battle of the Sexes”: Maria Backstrom and the Harlem Playgirls 12:15 LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 8: 20th Century

1:30 John Miller : A hidden brass tradition: The amateur British brass band quartet from World  War II until the millenium

2:00 Micah Miller : Booker Little: an Innovator in Post-Bop Improvisation and Pop Playing 2:15 Žurková : A rare manual for the construction of brass instruments from the end of the 19th century

2:45 Brand : Czech Trumpet Repertoire and Style: An Investigation of Essential Czech  Musical Elements and Music from Communist Czechoslovakia

Break / Individual travel to Met Museum

4:15 – Guided tour at MET Museum (optional)

6pm -8pm MET EVENING CONCERT : Music Gallery– The Wallace Collection

Sunday, July 14

Session 9:  

9:45 Dzida : Use of the Natural Trumpet in the Spanish Baroque Era, and Compositional  Influence [if feasible]

10:00 Apple / Curtis : Two Other Viennese Keyed Trumpet Virtuosi : Anton Khayll and Joseph  Werner

10:30 Apple / Curtis : Keyed Trumpet recital

11:15 TBC

12:00 Closing Comments: Koehler et al.

Registration for the HBS Symposium 2024 is now open. 

Early bird registration EXTENDED once again to May 10th!

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE HERE

The HBS SYMPOSIUM 2024 will take place Wednesday July 10 – Sunday July 14, 2024 in New York City. The event will be centered in the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre, 10 West 64 th Street, just steps from Central Park and 1 block from Lincoln Center. This is a state of the art theater with excellent projection and sound, a baby grand piano, comfortable tiered seating, and a variety of other amenities. It is located within the Westside YMCA complex, which also provides a variety of housing options at a reasonable cost.

Our keynote speakers include Sabine Klaus, Peter Holmes and John Wallace. There will be over 35 presentations on a wide range of topics, playing sessions open to all participants, and opportunities to try instruments from attending makers, as well as evening concerts and a tour of the Met Museum instrument collection led by Bradley Strauchen-Scherer on Saturday afternoon. Registration will open March 18 online at:

https://historicbrass.regfox.com/historic-brass-society-symposium-2024

Registration includes all sessions and concerts, including playing sessions, a tour of the Met Museum collection on Saturday afternoon, and 2 concerts at the Museum on Friday and Saturday evenings. Light refreshments will be available during the breaks as well.

Rates are: General: Early Bird, by May 10: $200 After May 10: $250 Students: Early Bird, by May 10 $100 After May 10: $150

Daily rates (available at the door: $55(General) / $35 (Student) Housing: We have a very limited number of single rooms available via the Registration page. You can also book a room at the Westside YMCA directly through their website: https://ymcanyc.org/locations/west-side-ymca/guest-rooms

A variety of room types are available. We have also reserved a block of 20 single rooms at NYU University Hall at a cost of $130/night. These reservations must be handled on the Registration form. We are continuing to look for additional housing options at reasonable costs and will update information with any discount codes as we are able.

The HBS is proud to announce that it will be supporting the second North American Baroque Trumpet Competition and Conference. This event will be hosted at Colorado State University, in Fort Collins, Colorado, on April 6th and 7th by Stanley Curtis, trumpet professor at CSU and current President of the HBS. The public event consists of concerts, master classes, paper presentations, and a competition—all related to the baroque trumpet. Additional sponsors include Brass for Beginners, Maller Brass, and the CSU ITG Student Chapter. 

Please join us in celebrating and recognizing outstanding young solo and ensemble baroque trumpets, renowned guest artists, and though-provoking researchers right next to the Rocky Mountains!