Brass Quintets Please email bcoil (at) polished-brass.com if you know of any links that have moved or ones that should be added. (The email address is written that way because of spambots.)
| Absolut
Brass Quintet |
founded at Mansfield University,
Pennsylvania (inactive now) |
| Academy Brass Quintet |
active in northern Ohio (Toledo area) |
| Adirondack Brass Quintet
|
started in 1994, playing in northern NY
and southern Quebec |
| Albion Brass Consort |
A group active in England |
| Allewind |
quintet in Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Alloy Brass |
Minneapolis, MN is home
for this group. A euphonium provides the tenor voice in place of
trb. |
| Amadeus
Brass Quintet |
Austrian group with international members |
| Ambient Brass |
Houston, TX group started in 1992 |
| Americana Brass Quintet | Dallas metroplex, features music by American composers |
| American Brass Quintet | Charles Schuchat at Northern Illinois University is
listed as a member |
| Annapolis Brass Quintet | America's first full time brass ensemble (1971) - CDs & tours |
| Art of Brass Copenhagen |
founded in 1966 in Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Aries Brass Quintet |
(slow site) recital quintet from the 12
part Denver Brass |
| Arkansas Brass
|
(slow site) playing somewhere in Arkansas |
| Armstrong
Brass Quintet |
Professional musicians and music educators
from Armstrong County, PA |
| Asbury Brass Quintet |
Chicago (home page dropped by ARTRA mgmt.) |
| Asbury
Brass Quinet |
part of Asbury College music program,
Tulsa, OK |
| Atlanta Symphony Brass Quintet | Atlanta, GA - members of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra |
| Atlanta
Brassworks |
Mark Hughes is a member of Brassworks and
the Atlanta Symphony Brass Quintet |
| Atlantic Brass Quintet | resident ensemble at Boston School for the Arts |
| Barefoot Brass Quintet | An Englsh group, with a facebook page as well |
| Barringtron
Brass |
five seasoned instrumentalists from the Chicago area |
| Bayfield Brass |
Annapolis, Maryland group
with mp3 samples |
| Bay Street Brassworks |
located in Baltimore, MD - winner at 2003
NY Brass Quintet Conf. |
| Beltway Brass |
performing in the Wash.
D.C area. Interesting Xmas arrangements avail. |
| Bergen Brass Quintet |
Available for performance in the NJ/NY metro area, with a flexible and varied repertoire |
| Bethany Brass
Quintet |
one of several
northeastern Ohio ensembles under the umbrella of Ohio Brass Ensembles |
| Bluebonnet Brass | since 1990, home in Ft. Worth, TX |
| Blue Hill Brass |
New England group, active around
Brunswick, Maine |
| Borealis Brass |
Named for the night lights
of Alaska. contact James Bicigo ffjmb1@uaf.edu (brass trio and quintet) |
| Boston Brass | recordings and concert Schedule |
| Brass Act |
San Francisco area group,
together since 1985 |
| Brass Burger |
An Austrian brass quintet,
with good music and lots of show and humor |
| Brass City Brass |
If in the Waterbury, CT
area, check out this group |
| Brass Ensemble of Houston |
If you are in Houston, TX,
good brass quintet music is close at hand. |
| Brass Express |
All Aboard! this group
travels and performs in the Maryland area. |
| Brass Roots Brass Quintet | San Antonio is home for this group |
| Brass Touch |
A group in the Plano, TX
area |
| Brasswind | Northern IN- a Christain quintet and more |
| Brass Qunitet of the
Australian Army Band |
This is one of several
ensembles using army band members |
| Brasserie Braunschweig | German quintet -address changed and unknown!! |
| Bravura Brass |
Central Pennsylvania group,
featuring customized programs |
| Bravura Brass Quintet |
Dalla Fort Worth area
group not to be confused with the PA group. |
| Brethren Brass |
New Carlisle, OH is home
for this group (click the French horn to see their pages) |
| Bull Dog Brass Society | University of Georgia - address changed and unknown!! |
| Cambrian Brass Quintet | Midlands, United Kingdom (recital info, no home page) |
| Capital Brass | Columbia, SC |
| The Canadian Brass | recordings, sheet music, tour info |
| Canton Symphony Brass Quintet | Canton, OH no info other than orchestra
affiliation |
| Caprock Brass Quintet | Lubbock, TX - web address unknown |
| Carolina Brass |
Summit Recording artists from North Carolina |
| CBQ |
Columbus, IN group,
players affiliated with Indiana University |
| Cedar Valley Brass |
a group with a diverse
repertoire, home base is western Wisconsin and Eastern Minnesota |
| Celebration Brass
Quintet |
good looking group bringing music to
Chicago area |
| Center City | performing and touring group that doesn't advertise
locale, but book through NY |
| Central Iowa Brass Quintet |
based in Ames, Iowa. The group performs all styles of music |
| Champaign Brass | East Central Illinois (web pages have nice animated figures) |
| Chestnut Brass |
formed in 1977, concert and educational
programs, based
in Philadelphia, PA, info at Naxos |
| Chatham Brass |
Members of the Chatham, NJ
community band |
| Cincinnati Brass Quintet |
Good young players in
Cincinnati with lots of promise |
| Classic Brass Inc. | Minneapolis, St.Paul group - arrangements available for sale |
| Chicago Classic Brass | address changed and unknown! |
| Coburn Brass |
Group focusing on
performance of Civil War era music, located in Centre Co. PA |
| Colorado
Brass Quintet |
The Colorado Brass Quintet is the faculty ensemble of the University of Colorado at Boulder Brass Department |
| Consort Immanuel |
Houston, TX, multiple
ensembles under this name, including a quintet |
| Constitution Brass of Vermont | concerts with commentary - fee schedule listed |
| Crimson
Brass |
Dallas, TX - a Christian quintet - address
changed and unknown!! |
| Crossroads Brass |
Wabash Valley, near Terre
Haute, Indiana, is home turf for this quintet. |
| da Capo Brass |
This group has roots in
the Greensboro, NC area |
| Dallas Brass | Garland, TX - frequent concert tours |
| EKU Brass Quintet | faculty at Eastern Kentucky |
| El Paso Brass | connected to El Paso Symphony |
| Emmanuel Brass Quintet
|
serving central Indiana churches, near
Zionsville - address changed and unknown!! |
| Empire Brass | tour info, CD, and music for sale |
| Fine Arts Brass |
British group, recording on Nimbus records |
| Foothills Brass | Calgary, Canada |
| Gaudete Brass |
A vibrant group that
performs in the Chicago and Milwaukee area |
| Georgia Brass Quintet | Univ. of Georgia faculty quintet-hosts competition in odd yrs |
| GSO
Quintet |
Gwinnett County, GA youth ensemble |
| Heritageof America Brass Quintet | Air Force group with links for help on sound files |
| Highlands Brass
Quintet.pdf |
Located at the Westpoint,
NY military academy. |
| Holborne Brass Ensemble |
A British group that calls
West Midlands, UK home - great credentials |
| Houston Lyric
Brass |
University of Houston, Tx group started in
1989 - address changed and unknown!! |
| Illegitimate Brass(IB5) | Illinois State University student quintet - address changed and unknown!! |
| Innovata |
Boston area, catering to traditional brass
quintet literature |
| Iowa Brass Quintet | resident faculty quintet at University of Iowa |
| Kinsmen
Brass |
Houston, Tx - performing
frequently at Kinsmen Lutheren Church, contact the church |
| Lanier Brass |
quintet available for weddings and
concerts in Atlanta area |
| Leo
Brass |
a Ukranian group.
This link uses Google translate for those that don't speak Russian |
| London City Brass Quintet
|
London, G.B. - young artists with great
potential |
| Lone Star Brass facebook | ensemble from the
Midland-Odessa Symphony, TX |
| Lyric Brass Quintet |
Baltimore, MD - dedicated to brass chamber
music |
| Magdeburg Philharmonic Brass Quintet | Magdeburg, Germany |
| Main Street Brass | New Jersey -E.Penn., a mature ensemble |
| Majestic Brass | Boston, MA |
| Manhattan Brass Quintet | New York freelance group |
| Manotick Brass |
an active amateur group
from Canada, near Ottawa |
| Market Street Brass |
based in Fredrick, MD, a
versatile group of seasoned performers |
| Market Street
Brass |
Faculty ensemble at
University of N. Carolina Greensboro discontinued web link |
| Maxx Brass |
active and retired
personnel at Maxwell AFB, nice sousaphone bell cover |
| Melos Brass |
performing throughout Greece, slow loading
flash home page |
| The Menlo Brass | San Francisco, CA - many original arrangement in repertoire |
| Meridian Arts Ensemble | New York City brass quintet + percussion |
| Motor City
Brass Quintet ((MCBQ) |
Metropolitan Detroit, MI
area group, formed in 2000 |
| New Mexico Brass Quintet | faculty and graduate students at Univ. of NM,
recordings at Eroica |
| North
Carolina Brass |
located in Raleigh, NC |
| Nottingham Brass
Quintet |
Prof. group located in Midlands, United
Kingdom |
| Nottingham Brass Quintet |
US group located in New
Hampshire. |
| Oklahoma Faculty Brass Quintet | mostly music school info, no home page - contact Dr. Martin |
| Oshkosh Brass |
Faculty ensemble at Univ. of Wisconsin,
Oshkosh, no web page, contact Charles Isaacson |
| Pacific Palisades Brass Quintet | Los Angeles area, no web page, contact trumpet player Larry
Newman |
| Paragon Brass
Ensemble |
Houston, TX group started in 1983 |
| Paramount Brass |
name was used by a group in Ft. Wayne, IN
and in Boston, MA. Neither have current addresses |
| Philadelphia Brass | eastern Pennsylvania prof. group, recordings |
| Polished Brass | Cincinnati's most active brass quintet, Host of this page |
| Polished Brass of Ottawa |
Friends across the border
with a similar name, making Canada a great place to live |
| Portsmouth Brassworks | New Hampshire - very well designed pages |
| Potsdam Brass Quintet | Crane School of Music resident quintet |
| Premier Brass |
Located in Hendersonville,
NC, featuring compositions by Peter Voisin |
| Quintessential Brass |
Washington D.C. is home
for this group, associated with the Quintessential Brass Publications. |
| Regalia Brass
Quintet |
performing a variety of
music in the Boston, MA area |
| Rhythm
and
Brass |
ensemble within the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West. |
| Roanoke Chamber Brass Quintet |
an experienced ensemble
based in southwestern Virginia |
| Roasted Chestnuts |
based in southeastern
Illinois |
| Roscoe Brass Quintet | Performing around Coshocton, OH |
| Rum River Brass |
Performers in the Twin
Cities area of Minnesota, blogs and MySpace links |
| Saginaw Brass Quintet |
Saginaw, MI is home for this quintet (formerly named FCC brass quintet) |
| Saint Louis Brass
Quintet |
a touring group of professionals |
| St. Paul's Brass |
Carlisle, PA - emphasizing music in church
services |
| The Santa Cruz Brass | sheet music available |
| Seventh Chapter of Fine Brass | Australian funk driven group w/perc. and kbd |
| Shepherds Brass Quintet |
Regular performers at the
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheren Church, McHenry, IL |
| Slovene Brass
Quintet |
members of the Slovenian
Philharmonic |
| Sonoran Brass
Quintet |
professional group from
Phoenix, Arizona |
| Strasbourg Brass
Quintet |
from Alsac France.
visit the myspace page for sound samples |
| Summit Hill Brass Quintet | St. Paul, Minnesota, contact University of Minnesota
professor David
Baldwin |
| Synergy Brass Ensemble |
Cambridge, MA - youthful, popular with
schools , youtube
video |
| Texas Brass Ensemble |
5 + percussion playing someplace in Texas |
| Timberline Brass |
this quintet brings fine
brass music to central Iowa |
| Top Brass |
Norwich, UK group |
| Top Brass of Louisville |
Louisville, KY group,
performed at the Great American Brass Band Festival |
| Top Brass
Quintet |
(ex Royal Marines and Army
musicians) performing in Southwest England |
| Top
Brass Northeast |
musicians at the Naval
Station in Newport, RI |
| Touch of Brass | Cincinnati group, link to Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia |
| Tower Brass Quintet | Well traveled group based in Northern Ohio |
| Tower Brass
Quintet of Chicago |
Chicago group, no web
page, only YouTube
clip from 2007 |
| Triton Brass Quintet |
Quintet in Residence at Boston College,
Massachusetts |
| Universty of
Nebraska Faculty Brass Quintet |
Faculty at Lincoln,
Nebraska |
| Valdosta State Faculty Brass Quintet | Valdosta College, Georgia |
| Vintage Brass |
Cape Coral, and
southwest Florida group,
started in 2006 |
| Washington Brass Quintet |
performing in the West
Bend, Wisconsin |
| Wessex
Brass Quintet |
versatile group performing in southern
England |
| Westwind Brass | San Diego State University ensemble in residence -tours and recordings |
| Whitewater Brass
Quintet |
resident faculty quintet at Univ. of
Wisconsin-Whitewater |
| Windsor Brass Ensemble | Minneapolis-St.Paul area group |
| Windward Brass Ensemble | members of the Navy band Southeast - Jacksonville, FL |
| Wisconsin
Brass Quintet |
resident faculty quintet at Univ. of
Wisconsin- Madison |
| Wormshead Top
Brass |
Wales and Southwest
England is home for this group |
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