Quintet Bio

The members of the Festival City Symphony Brass Quintet

have experience playing in a wide range of musical settings. 

Individually, they have performed with such ensembles as

the Louisville Orchestra, the Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra,

the Philadelphia Concerto Soloists, the Eastman Wind Ensemble,

and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.  They have played

under such noted conductors as Zubin Mehta, Sir Georg Solti,

Arthur Fiedler, Eugene Ormandy, Riccardo Muti, Andre Previn,

Klaus Tennstedt, and Robert Shaw.  Their musical education

includes university degrees from the Eastman School of Music,

and the Curtis Institute. They have backed up stars like Melissa

Manchester, Frank Sinatra Jr., Henri Mancini, Johnny Mathis,

Three Dog Night, and Moody Blues, as well as performed with

numerous touring Broadway shows.  Locally, members have

performed with nearly every ensemble in the area, including the

Milwaukee Symphony, Madison Symphony, Wisconsin Chamber

Orchestra, Waukesha Symphony, Rockford Symphony, Racine

Symphony, Kenosha Symphony, Fox Valley Symphony, Bel Canto

Chorus, Bach Chamber Choir, Lutheran A Cappella, Milwaukee

Choristers, Milwaukee Ballet, Present Music, and the Milwaukee

Chamber Orchestra.  As church musicians, members have played

numerous wedding ceremonies, and religious services in many

area churches, including the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist,

the Basilica of St. Josaphat, and St. Robert in Shorewood, and

have played for Milwaukee’s Archbishop on many occasions.