Wednesday October 20	check-in for artists Quality Inn  828 262-0020  Dinner for guest artists (location TBA) 6:30p.m.
Thursday, October 21
10:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m.	Registration for participants
10:30-11:45	Large Brass Ensemble Rehearsal
1:00 p.m.	Opening Session (Introduction of Guest Artists, Announcements, Welcome, Opening Performance, etc.)
1:15 -4:45 (with breaks)	Brass Quintet History--Focus on the New York Brass Quintet (panel discussion with all guest artists)
5:00	Dinner
6:00-7:30	Individual Instrument Workshop HORNS (Wakefield, Ingraham, Robertson)
8:00 p.m.	Ewazen Showcase Performance (Rosen Concert Hall)
Friday,  October 22
8:30-9:30 a.m.	Participant Rehearsal (brass ensemble)
9:30-Noon with breaks	Repertoire of the American Brass Quintet (lecture/performance by ABQ) Wakefield-Repertoire Database Repertoire of the Annapolis Brass Quintet (Hughes)
12:00 Noon-1:30 p.m.	Luncheon in Honor of The New York Brass Quintet  (Early reservations encouraged)
2-4:00p.m.	Composing and Arranging Brass Chamber Music Led by Eric Ewazen with Guest Composers (this session will include performances of new works, performances by selected participants) This session made possible by funding from the Southern Arts Federation and the Hubbard Center for Faculty Development.
4:00-5:30 p.m.	Individual Instrument Workshop TRUMPETS  (Mase, Cobb, Nagel, Dean)
5:00 p.m.	Dinner
6:00-7:30 p.m.	Individual Instrument Workshop LOW BRASS (Powell, Hughes, Swallow, Rojak, Hanks, Phillips)
8:00 p.m.	Participant Showcase: Large Brass Ensembles, Selected Participant Quintets  (Rosen Concert Hall)
Saturday,  October 23
9:00-11:50 with breaks	Seminar "Repertoire of the NYBQ" Discussion/Recorded Performances led by Robert Nagel, with Schuller, Battisti and NYBQ.  Includes live recordings of significant performances. Panel Discussion on Repertoire
12:00 noon-1:10 p.m.	Lunch (available at the conference site)
1:15-5:00 p.m with breaks	The Amateur Brass Quintet  This session is supported by a grant from the ACMP Foundation How to form, coach, select repertoire, and much, much more.
5:00-8:00 p.m.	Dinner
8:00 p.m.	Performance by ABQ/Premiere of New Work by William Harbinson/Double Quintet with members of NYBQ, and Guest Artists (Farthing Auditorium)