tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277951.post-5009903691234306782007-07-08T21:28:00.002+01:002007-07-08T22:00:35.107+01:00Australia's Melbourne is the proud host of a large brass festival this September with plenty of International artists including James Thatcher, David Childs, Ian Bousfield, Wycliffe Gordan and Jens Bjørn-Larsen. In addition, the Austrian ensemble Mnozil Brass will be playing a couple of their popular stage shows.<br /><br />The fifth <a href="http://www.mifb.com.au/pages/about.php">Melbourne International Festival of Brass</a> is made up of a week's activities which are designed to provide an inspiration to Australian brass players. The first five days contain intensive masterclasses and workshops for the different brass instruments, running in parallel, whilst each day features a couple of recitals from the artists too.<br /><br />No details of programmes have been released yet, but I look forward to hearing what new music is being planned.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.mnozilbrass.at/uploads/media/000024_190x295px.jpg"><br /><i>Mnozil Brass's Thomas Gansch</i>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947223933075833456noreply@blogger.com