Flower City Brass

Since its inception in 2016, Flower City Brass has grown to become one of the United States’ leading young brass ensembles. The quintet was most recently featured as quarterfinalists in the inaugural Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Competition—the only American ensemble invited to attend. In today’s ever-changing musical world, FCB serves as an eclectic performance outlet of both the old and the new. Seeking to not only champion the standard brass quintet repertory, FCB has also premiered multiple contemporary works that stretch the more traditional boundaries of the brass quintet idiom. In 2020, the FCB was invited to participate in the American Brass Quintet Seminar @ Aspen summer program.  In 2018, the quintet was invited to attend the third annual Stockholm Chamber Brass Academy where, in addition to working extensively with the SCB, they collaborated with composers Mike Svoboda and Alfred Jimenez in premiering Jimenez’s new work, Gasps for Brass Quintet. FCB has also been a featured ensemble with the world-renowned Eastman Wind Ensemble, performing Jeff Tyzik’s New York Cityscapes.

Flower City Brass performs extensively, and in a wide variety of settings, including chamber music classes, recitals, educational outreach concerts, and other formal events.  Please contact us for more information.