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Festival of New Trumpet Music
September 9 - September 15
Monday, September 9 – Virtual
- Time: 7:00 pm EST
- Location: YouTube Channel
- Program: TBD
Tuesday, September 10 – Virtual
- Time: 7:00 pm EST
- Location: YouTube Channel
- Program: TBD
Wednesday, September 11 – Fotografiska
- Time: 6:30 PM | Doors / 7:00 PM | Concert
- Tickets: General Admission Tickets: $40 / Members Tickets: $15 / Patron Tickets: $10 (Ticket price includes museum admission)
- Location: Fotografiska New York, 281 Park Ave South, New York, NY
- Program: Jordan McLean ARMO and Afrobeat Jam featuring Julia Acosta, Grace Fox, and Lessie Vonner
- Description: Five years after performing at the museum’s opening, Armo returns to Fotografiska with a night of brilliant trumpeters from the New York/International scene. The event will feature spontaneous arrangements of the music of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Tony Allen, and others.
- Link: https://newyork.fotografiska.dev/en/events/festival-of-new-trumpet-music-2
Thursday, September 12 – Louis Armstrong House Museum
- Time: 6 pm
- Tickets: https://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/events/
- Location: Louis Armstrong House Museum, 34-56 107th St, Queens, NY
- Program: Bruce Harris celebrates Jon Faddis at the Louis Armstrong House Museum
- Description: This year’s Award of Recognition goes to Jon Faddis
- Link: https://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/events/
Thursday, September 12 – FONT Buffalo Edition #1
- Time: 8 PM
- Tickets: Suggested donation of $15, $10 students (All proceeds support Hallwalls’ Music Program)
- Location: Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, 341 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY
- Program:
- Teressa-Jo Izzo (trumpet) and Kyle Gustafson (guitar) performing Three Balkan Pieces
- New work by Tim Clarke and others
- Genkin Philharmonic performing commissioned works
- Description: The Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT) presents Buffalo Edition #1 at the Hallwalls Arts Collective, Buffalo, NY
- Link: https://www.hallwalls.org/
Friday, September 13 – The Jazz Gallery
- Time: 7:30 and 9:30
- Tickets: https://jazzgallery.org/calendar
- Location: The Jazz Gallery, 1158 Broadway, 5th floor, New York, NY
- Program: Dave Douglas and Friends featuring Dave Adewumi, Alexandra Ridout, and others
- Description: This special event will recreate the original instrumentation of Alloy, with new music and improvisations by its members.
- Link: https://jazzgallery.org
Saturday, September 14 – Sista’s Place
- Time: 8 pm (doors open 7:30 pm)
- Tickets: Reservations call (718) 398-1766 (no credit card required). Walk-in tickets are $35 and first come, first served.
- Location: Sista’s Place, 456 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY
- Program:
- Introduction by Ahmed Abdullah and Monique Ngozi Nri
- Trumpeters Sharif Kales, Nabate Isles, James Zollar, and Satish Robertson; Rhythm Section: Luis Perdomo (piano), Mimi Jones (bass), Will Terrill (multi-percussionist)
- Description: The Festival of New Trumpet Music in association with Melchizedek Music Productions and Sistas’ Place, presents a spectacular evening of Jazz: A Music of the Spirit with Culture as Our Weapon.
- Link: https://sistasplace.org
Sunday, September 15 – Public Records
- Time: 7 pm doors; 8 pm show
- Tickets: $20, https://publicrecords.nyc
- Location: Public Records, 233 Butler St, Brooklyn, NY
- Program: Ben Neill with Mutantrumpet and visuals by Ralph Abraham; Erin Connelly Trio
- Description: Ben Neill will perform ambient music with interactive video projections featuring his unique Mutantrumpet. Erin Connelly’s group opens with Joe Fiedler, trombone, and Zachary Swanson, upright bass.
- Link: https://publicrecords.nyc