Gaudete Brass Quintet

Tonight’s Event is Canceled

TODAY! Up on 10! We're looking forward to seeing you for another year of great music, friends, party! Tickets are still available, join us for this great tradition!

Why is our Up on 10 Concert so awesome? Featuring current composers! Join us on Thursday at 7PM to hear several pieces by the fabulous Reena Esmail, Composer. We adore her Winter Beviary!

Indian-American composer Reena Esmail works between the worlds of Indian and Western classical music and brings communities together by creating equitable musical spaces. She is the Los Angeles Master Chorale’s 2020- 2023 Swan Family Artist in Residence and Seattle Symphony’s 2020-21 Composer in Residence.

Why is our Up on 10 Concert so awesome? Guest artist friends! Join us on Thursday at 7PM to hear the fantastic Liza Malamut, featured on several William Byrd arrangements by our own Paul Von Hoff.

Liza Malamut specializes in historical trombones and is Artistic Director of The Newberry Consort in Chicago. She is also a founding member of Incantare, an ensemble of violins and sackbuts. A passionate teacher and researcher, she teaches sackbut at Indiana University and is a coeditor and contributor for the book Music and Jewish Culture in Early Modern Italy: New Perspectives, winner of the 2023 Ruth A. Solie Award. When not engaged in musical activities, Liza can usually be found on a hiking trail somewhere, buried in a good book, or both.

Meet the GBQ, day 5! On our final day, we feature the new kid on the block, Natalie Grana. Check out what this horn (and alphorn!) sensation has to say.
1. What instrument do you play? A Rauch double. One of the last ever made!
2. What is your go-to, must-try Chicago restaurant and favorite order there? Hopleaf in Andersonville! Toasted Nueske Ham and Gruyère Sandwich and a Pauwel Kwak (comes in the coolest glass ever).
3. What do you consider to be the most underrated fruit? I am totally veggies over fruit. Can I say brussels sprouts? I love them.
4. What was your first hourly job? My orthodontist asked me if I wanted a job in high school, so I was a receptionist after school.
5. What is your spirit animal? A flamingo! Hang out in the water with my friends and be all fabulous and eat so much shrimp that I turn pink? Absolutely.

Meet the GBQ, day 4! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's our super trumpet Charles Russell Roberts! Check out some serious intel on this high brass hero.
1. What instrument do you play? NY Bach ML 43.
2. What is your go-to, must-try Chicago restaurant and favorite order there? Any sandwich from D’Amato’s.
3. Which actor would play you in a movie? Dolph Lundgren, maybe offset by a couple decades and if I worked out more.
4. What do you consider to be the most underrated fruit? Rambutan.
5. What was your first hourly job? Panera! Making sandwiches and flatbread pizzas when they were testing them in Florida. Bummer they never made it onto the national menu.

Meet the GBQ, day 3! Say hello to Bill Baxtresser and enjoy learning some essential facts about our phenomenal trumpet star!
1. What instrument do you play? An Olds Super Recording.
2. What is your go-to, must-try Chicago restaurant and favorite order there? Gene & Georgetti Italian Steakhouse for a NY strip.
3. What do you consider to be the most underrated fruit? Kiwi.
4. What was your first hourly job? Kohl’s cashier.
5. What is your spirit animal? A dolphin, specifically an orca, the honey badger of the sea.

Meet the GBQ, day 2! Today, trombone and sackbut extraordinaire Paul Von Hoff slides onto our feed!
1. What instrument do you play? New York Vintage Bach 36b (1949) with refinements by Dana Hofer.
2. What is your go-to, must try Chicago restaurant and favorite order there? Rick Bayless’s Frontera Grill and their Tortilla Soup.
3. What is your spirit animal? A cat.
4. What do you consider to be the most underrated fruit? Avocado.
5. What was your first hourly job? Barnes and Noble Bookseller.

Meet the GBQ! You know you love him, but did you know these essential facts about our fantastic tubist, Scott Tegge?

1. What instrument do you play? Yamaha 821 F tuba
2. What is your go-to, must try Chicago restaurant and favorite order there? Dat Donut and a blueberry cake donut.
3. What is your spirit animal? A Donkey.
4. What do you consider to be the most underrated fruit? Kiwi.
5. What was your first hourly job? Cooking Craft, a local cooking store and catering kitchen. I cooked and washed dishes!!!

We had a blast performing in Detroit last weekend! Thanks to ProMusica Detroit for having us!!

Excited for our concert in Detroit this afternoon at 2pm!! We love playing music written by our friends such as Ephraim Champion, Reena Esmail, Anthony Plog, Alice Jones and Joan Tower!!!

You got an extra hour of sleep. And there's no Lions game today.
Join us for some music at 2p.m. at Historic Players Playhouse with the Artist Afterglow for all ticket levels including our $5 student ticket. Show is at 2p.m. and parking is free next door. promusicadetroit.com

We had a wonderful time performing at The University of Illinois last night! Special shout out to Ephraim Champion who made the drive to Champaign to hear his wonderful quintet he wrote for us!!

Excited to be traveling down to The University of Illinois tomorrow for a concert at 7:30pm in Smith Memorial Hall! Tickets are free and we are excited to share music by Stacy Garrop, Alice Jones, Ephraim Champion, Joan Tower and John Cheetham! Link to more info in the comments!

As we begin our 23-24 season, we are beyond excited to welcome Natalie Grana to the family. Get to know more about Natalie as well as upcoming shows at www.gaudetebrass.com

We had a wonderful time workshopping Reena Esmail, Composer’s quintet Khirkiyaan a couple weeks ago. If you don’t know her music, check it out! She is an incredible composer and even more wonderful person.

What a weekend!! Hosted our first ever brass hang/concert featuring quintets from DePaul, Univeristy of Illinois and Northwestern! Through music we can bring people together in different ways and to see the young people of the Chicagoland area form one community is priceless!! More of these to come!!!

Excited to be sharing a concert with some of the Chicago’s areas finest young brass players tonight at 7pm at the historic Fine Arts Building!! Reception to follow hosted by Balu Musik!

Excited to bring brass players together for a concert/hang tomorrow night at the Fine Arts Building at 7pm! Quintets from DePaul University, The University of Illinois, and Northwestern University will perform in addition to us! Tickets are free!!!!

Thanks to Ethos New Music Society for hosting us this past weekend! Had a wonderful opportunity to read student compositions, give masterclasses and share some wonderful music!

Excited for tonight’s concert featuring works by Reena Esmail, Stacy Garrop, Alice Jones and Ephraim Champion! Thanks to Ethos New Music Society for having us out!

Gaudete Brass arrives TODAY! There is a reading session today, along with a brass masterclass and recital tomorrow. Don't miss them!

Excited to be heading to Fredonia this weekend!

We are excited to be bringing in our first group of the semester - Gaudete Brass Quintet!

Saturday (2/11), they will be doing a reading session of student works, and on Sunday (2/12), they will be doing a brass masterclass and giving a recital at 8pm in Rosch.

We hope to see you there!

What an incredible “Up on 10” Concert this year! Great music, great people and great conversations! Thanks to all the composer’s for writing beautiful brass music and to Jessica Meyer and Ephraim Champion for being with us that night! Mark your calendars! Next’s years concert will be on DECEMBER 21, 2023!!!

Had an incredible rehearsal with Jessica Meyer last night on her piece “Luminosity” before we perform it tomorrow night on our annual “Up on 10” Concert which happens adjacent to the The Midwest Clinic! Ticket info in the comment!!

Nevermore Chamber Music Festival kicks off tonight at 7pm with Nois!!! We are excited to close out the festival Sunday night at 7pm. Ticket info in the comments.

3pm concert today!

Classical Concert: Gaudete Brass Since 2004, this quintet has engaged in creatively expanding the brass quintet repertoire, delighting chamber music audiences around the country.

So excited to welcome back Joanna!! Thanks to Evanston In-School Music Association EISMA for hosting us last night and we look forward to being in the schools this fall. The family is back together and more upcoming concert info coming shortly.

Looking forward to presenting a Free Concert tonight in Evanston!! Information and registration below. More upcoming concert info coming soon!!

EISMA Presents: Gaudeté Brass Quintet .

JackTrip Labs will be at TMEA this week sharing some interesting technology for online playing - and featuring some of the music Gaudete made online using jacktrip. Stop by and say hello!

Looking forward to playing some Holiday Music at HeyNonnyAH tomorrow night at 7:30! Come dressed in your best “Ugly” Holiday Sweater because we sure will be!!! Ticket information below!

Gaudete Brass Holiday Tunes - Hey Nonny Hear Chicago’s own Gaudete Brass play Christmas tunes live at Hey Nonny, and find out why brass music and Christmas are a classic combination!