The ensemble was founded in 1988 by professional musicians in Eastern Pennsylvania to pursue goals of performing the best brass quintet literature of all periods and styles. The Philadelphia Brass has since gone on to commission and perform important premieres of new works and has collaborated with other musicians and ensembles in numerous concerts and recordings. NPR has called them “one of the gems of Philadelphia’s cultural life.” The program includes music of Bach, André Previn, Jennifer Higdon, Cole Porter, Frank Loesser and others – not the typical brass quintet concert!

This event is free and open to the public.