The Atlantic Brass Quintet’s
Brass Intensive

Two-day seminars in collaboration with college or university faculty

• Recruitment of high school students
• Educational enhancement for current students

  is modeled on the acclaimed ABQ International Brass Quintet Seminar, founded in 1993 and presented over the years by the Boston Conservatory, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the State University of New York at Buffalo, and currently at Boston College.

Brass Intensive  is a two-day program that brings the Atlantic Brass Quintet to a college, university, or conservatory campus.  Over the course of the visit, ABQ teams up with the brass faculty in concentrated coaching and workshop sessions designed to reach out to area and regional high school students as an institutional recruitment tool, or as an educational adjunct for students already enrolled in your program.  Each Brass Intensive includes a public performance by the Atlantic Brass Quintet, which may incorporate the participation of members of the brass faculty.

Students who participate in a Brass Intensive will develop one-on-one relationships with the ABQ and faculty artists, along the way gaining insight into the world of professional music and learning how to develop and maintain a chamber music ensemble.

Brass Intensive  seminars feature:
·    Informal playing presentation by the Atlantic Brass Quintet
·    Student ensemble coachings and “Plug-ins” with ABQ and faculty artists
·    Student ensemble performance class
·    Instrumental clinics
·    Discussion Group: “The Performing Musician Today”
·    Atlantic Brass Quintet in concert