Western Brass Quintet

Scott Thornburg, Trumpet
Stephen Jones, Trumpet
Lin Foulk, Horn
Daniel Mattson, Trombone
Deanna Swoboda, Tuba

Primary Contact: Stephen Jones

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Title: Songs and Dances Arranged by Bob Whaley

The Western Brass Quintet was founded in 1966 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA and is comprised of the brass professors at Western Michigan University. The Quintet has established a reputation for excellence over the past 36 years.

Notable achievements include performances at the Kennedy Center; Carnegie Recital Hall; three International Trumpet Guild Conferences; the International Horn Symposium, the International Trombone Workshop; the T.U.B.A. Convention; tours to the People's Republic of China, to Russia, Sweden, and to Germany; five recordings; and concerts at more than 100 American universities.

The Western Brass Quintet offers a variety of classical programs ranging from Bach to Bernstein. Committed to promoting the composition of significant works for the brass quintet, the ensemble has premiered numerous works including Masques by Ramon Zupko, Nodding Music by Elgar Howarth, Plays and Rimes by Curtis Curtis-Smith, Pro and Contra Dances by Ramon Zupko, Vox Naturae (with orchestra) by Ramon Zupko, Dark Matters by Mark Schultz, and Landscapes by the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Karel Husa. An interest in authentic performance practices for the music of the Renaissance and Baroque has inspired several significant arrangements of music from these periods by Western Brass Quintet members.