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2013 Midwest Clinic in Chicago
Today is the final day of the 2013 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic at McCormick Place in Chicago. Brass for Beginners™ has been showcased this week and the response from attendees at McCormick Place...
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BFB Tots
We are busy preparing for our annual winter recital at the Music Institute of Chicago (MIC). A group of ten BFB students from Lincoln Elementary, a trio of young MIC students from ages 5-7, and four...
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Egyptian Snb Battle Call
Students from Lincoln Elementary are getting ready to present at the 2014 Chicago Brass Festival at North Eastern Illinois University on March 15th. We have been discussing the trumpets of ancient...
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The Greek Salpinx at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
One of the most fascinating instruments discussed in the the Brass for Beginners® Volume 1: Prehistory to Classical Antiquity method book, is the salpinx, the trumpet of ancient Greece. There is...
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Brass for Beginners® at 2015 ILMEC
Thanks to all our new friends that helped to make our presentation so much fun at the Illinois Music Educators Conference last week in Peoria, IL. We were overwhelmed by the enthusiasm for our...
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Peruvian Pututus Trumpets
BFB students from Lincoln Elementary School in Evanston, IL, and from the Music Institute of Chicago, are preparing for a presentation at the 2015 Chicago Brass Festival at Northeastern Illinois...
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Ancient Trumpet Music
Student-centered learning plays a large role in the Brass for Beginners® curriculum. Lesson Six discusses the Egyptian Snb and the Nordic Bronze Lur, and examines what is considered to be one of the...
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Exciting News!
Dear Friends, 2014-15 has been a busy and exciting year for Brass for Beginners®. The online store was launched in the fall 2014 followed by presentations at both the 2014 Midwest Clinic in Chicago and...
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BFB @ NAfME In-Service Conference
Brass for Beginners® made a big splash at the 2015 NAfME (National Association for Music Educators) In-Service Conference in Nashville this week. Educators from across the U.S. learned first-hand about...
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BFB at International Conference on Brass Instruments
Last week, Brass for Beginners (BFB) authors Chris Hasselbring and Kirsty Montgomery had the honor of presenting the BFB curriculum at the International Conference on Brass Instruments from Ancient...
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