Phew.. so.. first update.
I'm currently in Berlin, on our last day here before we take the night train to Munich that runs from 10.15pm - 6.40am. In essence this is a €10 hotel... huge saving. We booked our hostel in Munich, very centrally located and quite reasonably priced.
But now, about the festival. Unfortunately, this internet cafe doesn't have photo-import capabilities so no pictures yet, but in essence, we arrived at Frankfurt last monday morning (4 Aug.) and immediately hopped on about 4 trains until we reached Hof. From Hof, we got picked up by Reiner and Peter Knudsvick, both members of Rekkenze Brass. Rekkenze Brass is the quintet that hosts the brass festival in Lichtenberg at the Haus Marteau.
Once we got to Haus Marteau, we were immediately surprised to find that Wolfgang Gaag (horn player, German Brass) was our guest soloist. Anyone in the music/brass world should know his work and the work of the ensemble he plays in because they're both incredible. Overall, it was a week of intense practicing, a lot of learning, a whole lot more practicing, some bier, some down time, some football and even more memories made.
We will certainly write more once we have a minute but for right now the time on the cafe computer is running out.
Here's a rundown of the last half-week schedule
Today: Berlin
Tonight: train to Munich
Tomorrow: Munich
Thursday: train to Regensburg for a day trip/train to Nuremburg
Friday: Nuremburg
Saturday: train to Frankfurt
Sunday: Frankfurt/flight to Newark!!
Five Cents Sharp, 2008
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