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About the Quintet
"…Certainly a group on the rise..."
The Gaudete Brass Quintet has quickly established itself as one of the finest brass chamber ensembles in the country today. Founded in 2004, the quintet is committed to sharing the great brass quintet literature with audiences in an exciting and relevant way. They are Artists-in-Residence at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and have been featured on a number of prominent concert series, including the Fourth Presbyterian Noon Concert Series in Chicago, the Noon Concert Series at the University of Chicago, Fine Arts at First at the First Methodist Church in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and Musical Mondays in Milwaukee. The quintet has also performed on live radio broadcasts on the "Live in Studio C" program on Nashville Public Radio, the 21st Century Classical program on WSME in Milwaukee, and Kenosha Public Radio. The group is committed to expanding the brass quintet repertoire, commissioning works by James Woodward (premiered in 2008) and John Cheetham. In 2007, the group celebrated the centenary of Alec Wilder with the playing of his Suite No. 1 for Brass Quintet. The Gaudete Brass has collaborated with many accomplished organists on numerous organ and brass programs. They were the guest artists at the Freedom Celebration at the Northland Family Camp in Dunbar, Wisconsin, where they also gave a special presentation on chamber music for families and children. The quintet performed in the semi-finals of the 2007 and 2008 Plowman Chamber Music Competition and the semi-finals of the 2007 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and will return to Fischoff in May 2008. Sought after as teachers as well as performers, the group has presented clinics at several colleges and universities, including Vanderbilt University, Western Illinois University, the University of Georgia, the University of Alabama, Furman University, Western Carolina University, Eastern Illinois University, and the University of Notre Dame. The quintet has performed several mini-residencies at Lincoln Memorial University, which have included performances at the University’s Lincoln Museum, the most recent of which included Civil War brass chamber music recreated from the Museum’s archives. In 2006, the Gaudete Brass released its first CD, Brass Outings, featuring Andre Previn's Four Outings for Brass.

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