Join RCBQ and guest bass trombonist Charley Reneau at Third Angle’s February concert! We’re playing works by Gabriella Smith and Michael-Thomas Foumai on their collab with the Winter Light Festival. Come hang!
Fall 2026 Recital for Rose City Brass Quintet, featuring works by Hillborg, Bozza, Sampson, and more!
If you haven't heard the Anders Hillborg Brass Quintet, this recital is required! RCBQ performed this masterwork during Covid on a livestream, but it's our first performance live in-person! Come check it out. Get your TICKETS!
Third Angle New Music presents the Rose City Brass Quintet performing music by Tomas Svoboda, Dana Reason, Sara Jacovino, and Lars Campbell– performed on the grassy bank of Henry Hagg Lake.
Bring your own blankets, low lawn chairs, and drinks!
More info on the Third Angle New Music website.
Mid-century brass music! Pull up an Eames chair and relax in the mid-century vibes. There will be pieces by Derek Bourgeois, James Mattern, Eugene Bozza and more. Find your mid-century groove with us!
Join us at the Hallowed Halls for Acrostic Sounds, a celebration of the release of our second full-length album, Pan-American Expressions — a vibrant collection of brass quintet works from across the American continents. Stay for an unforgettable evening of contemporary brass music, featuring everything from the high-octane energy of Anthony DiLorenzo’s Go to the bold colors of Reena Esmail’s Khirkiyaan and the intricate textures of Jennifer Higdon’s Book of Brass. Our commitment to presenting works by underrepresented composers is at the heart of this dynamic program. There’s truly something for everyone.
Come join us for an exciting night at Clackamas Community College where legendary composer and former CCC alum Ron Jones’s music will be featured. JáTtik Clark and the CCC Wind Ensemble will be performing Jones’s Concerto for Tuba and Wind Ensemble under the formidable baton of RCBQ’s Lars Campbell. Before that, a first half of chamber music features RCBQ, premiering Jones’s newly written four movement brass quintet. This is not something you will want to miss!
Join RCBQ for our spring recital celebrating 5 years of music-making, again presenting a fresh and exciting program of works for Brass Quintet. As we prepare to record our 2nd CD, Music of the Americas, we’ll present pieces from Paquito D’Rivera, Alvin Etler, Tania Leon, and more. If you haven’t been to an RCBQ recital, you won’t be sorry you came! Find your tickets here:
Continuing a four year tradition, RCBQ will be performing a Pop-Up Concert for Classical Up Close. Join us for some lighter fare, and conversation!
Join RCBQ as we present works by female composers in honor of women’s history month. The Music Performance Trust Fund is vital, funding this free event for our community. We’ll perform works by Jennifer Higdon, Dana Reason, Nicole Buetti, Joyce Solomon Moorman, and more!
Cascadia Composers and RCBQ partner in this concert of new works for Brass Quintet. Cascadia’s members present 12 new works for brass, accompanied by voice and percussion in select works. Sarah Beaty, soprano, joins in a work for brass trio and voice, and Wanyue Ye joins on vibraphone and snare drum.
RCBQ joins an all-star cast of Portland area musicians celebrating the life and music of Tomas Svoboda. RCBQ presented the Svoboda Brass Quintet on its premier CD, and we’ll present two movements with this eclectic concert of Svoboda works.
Continuing a three-year tradition, RCBQ will be performing a Pop-Up Concert for Classical Up Close. Join us for some lighter fare, and conversation!
Come out and listen to RCBQ on Clackamas Community College’s concert series, Tuesday at 2. This will be livestreamed on CCC’s YouTube channel, so if you can’t make it in person at 2pm, watch the livestream on this page! Our performance will also be posted there for posterity.
Join us for our winter recital and a new program of music to share. RCBQ is thrilled to be joined by Oregon Symphony percussionist Sergio Carreño for exciting and varied music for brass quintet plus percussion. We’re playing music by New York trumpeters David Sanford and Dave Ballou, tango music from Astor Piazzolla, and custom arrangements of music by Radiohead, live in an intimate space and environment. This is a recital you can’t miss!
Join RCBQ at the Richmond Bar for a pop up holiday concert on the patio. The patio is covered and has heaters, and the libations will also help fight the chilly weather! Come enjoy one of our favorite spots and an evening of brass holiday arrangements that are sure to please! No tickets required, but limited seating!
Funded in part by the Clackamas County Cultural Coalition grant cycle, RCBQ visits West Linn to present its holiday concert for high students and for community. Join us!
Funded in part by the Clackamas County Cultural Coalition grant cycle, RCBQ visits Estacada to present its holiday concert for high students and for community. Join us!
Join RCBQ for an MPTF-sponsored free concert in Tanner Springs Park in Portland! We’ll present a free concert featuring music by local composers Nicole Buetti and Don Appert, as well as colorful music from West Side Story and from Astor Piazolla’s opera, Maria de Buenos Aires. Join us!
Join RCBQ in its return to the Friends of the Canby Public Library series by popular demand! Performing in Wait Park in downtown Canby, and aligning with the Canby Thursday Night Market, join the quintet as we perform music from both local and international composers, featuring a sneak preview of apiece that will feature on our winter recital series, Suite from Maria de Buenos Aires, by Astor Piazzolla.
Gate opens at 4pm for picnics in the meadows and for garden strolls to discover special sound installations. The Rose City Brass Quintet set begins at 5 pm followed by repeating musical performances at different locations throughout the garden so that concert guests may experience the music at each of the locations in any order they choose.
The program will include works of Cascadia Composers: Adrienne Albert, William Ashworth, Daria Baiocchi, David S. Bernstein, John G. Bilotta, Antonio Celaya, Ted Clifford, Ken Davies, David Jones, Lisa Ann Marsh, Jan Mittelstaedt, Carolyn Quick, Christina Rusnak, Greg A Steinke, Tomas Svoboda, and Linda Woody.
Featured musicians include the Rose City Brass Quintet (Logan Thane Brown, Lars Campbell, JáTtik Clark, Joseph Klause, and Daniel Partridge), Dunja Jennings Marcum (clarinet), Daniel Partridge (horn), and Brett EE Paschal, Wanyue Ye, and Davi Martinelli de Lira (percussion).
Electronic sound installation created by Daniel Brugh, Mei-ling Lee, Timothy Arliss O’Brien, Jennifer Wright, and Nicholas Yandell. Guests are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs and may pack in a picnic to enjoy on the garden grounds. Alcoholic beverages may not be brought onto the grounds, but beer and wine will be sold on-site.
We hope you can share in this exciting concert of new music from Cascadia Composer members! Tickets are $25 for general admission, $15 for seniors and working artists, $10 for students, free for children under 12. Tickets are available through Leach Botanical Garden at Crossing Paths Tickets, or at the door and include admission to the garden.
For more information go to https://cascadiacomposers.org/crossing-paths-2022/
Rose City Brass Quintet presents an afternoon of Nordic brass compositions performed outdoors at Nordic Northwest. RCBQ has curated a program featuring music from each Nordic country, featuring works by composers Axel Jorgensen, Anders Hillborg, Tomi Räisänen, and more. Experience the different flavors of each country's particular influence on the brass repertoire in a culture where brass quintet is embraced and cultivated as a native genre.
Doors open at 2pm; there we will be a no host bar serving select Oregon wines and beers along with non-alcoholic beverages. Broder Söder provides a select food menu.
Tickets at: https://www.nordicnorthwest.org/rose-city-concert
We’re releasing Disquiet with a recital of works at The Old Church Concert Hall! Come join and hear four brand new works for brass quintet, written specifically for Disquiet from fantastic composers Dana Reason, Joey Sellers, Joyce Solomon Moorman and Lars Campbell. Copies of Disquiet will be available at our concert!! Tickets at: https://events.humanitix.com/rose-city-brass-quintet
The Old Church requires either proof of full COVID-19 vaccination OR proof of a professionally administered negative PCR or rapid antigen COVID-19 test given within 72 hours. NO HOME TESTS.
Indoor masking is still required.
Please note that TOC’s COVID-19 policies are subject to change. For more information on TOC's updated policies and frequently asked questions please visit this link:
Oregon State University hosts RCBQ in a recital, featuring the newest brass work from OSU professor Dana Reason, entitled SPIN. Her new work, specifically for RCBQ, opens the quintet’s newest release, Disquiet. Join us live on campus, or virtually at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YSyOywltS4
RCBQ heads to Sandy as part of our Clackamas County Cultural Coalition grant, performing in three cities outside of Portland. Join us at Meinig Park for a concert Thursday, August 26 at 6 PM!! We will be performing a one-hour set of music including music from our forthcoming CD, music from Bernstein’s West Side Story, and other fan favorites!
RCBQ heads to Canby as part of our Clackamas County Cultural Coalition grant, performing in three cities outside of Portland. Join us at Wait Park in Canby for a concert Thursday, August 19 at 6 PM!! We will be performing a one-hour set of music including music from our forthcoming CD, music from Bernstein’s West Side Story, and other fan favorites!
Come out and hear RCBQ perform on Pioneer Courthouse Square’s art installation, Polka Dot Downtown. We’re playing an informal lunch concert, and we’re welcoming guest bass trombonist Charley Reneau to join us! Enjoy music by Bernstein, Jorgensen and Sellers with us in center of Portland.
Join us at Cathedral Park in St. John’s for a pop-up concert Thursday, June 17 at 6 PM!! We will be performing a one-hour set of music including music from Bernstein’s West Side Story and original works by some of our favorite composers from our Fall and Winter livestream concerts! Best of all, we invite Eugene Symphony principal trumpeter Sarah Viens to join us performing the Oskar Böhme Brass Sextet. This music has inspired us all, and you will love it too!
Join us as we present an outdoor performance at the base of Mt. Tabor, with plenty of room for social distancing! We’ll play favorites from our winter recitals, as well as some new pieces we’re preparing to record in the end of summer, 2021! We’ll perform near the Mt. Tabor Community Garden, off SE Lincoln St., just east of SE 60th. More information at www.classicalupclose.org/events.html
Rose City Brass Quintet presents a livestream of all Nordic brass quintet music. The performance features music by composers from all 5 Nordic countries, and from the Romantic era forward to 21st-century compositions. Included are works by Anders Hillborg, Daniel Herskedal, Axel Jørgensen, Tomi Räisänen, Jarmo Sermilä, and Þorkell Sigurbjönsson. An exciting and varied program, newcomers to the quintet genre will find gripping and dramatic music from the cold regions of Northern Europe. This performance presented by the Music Performance Trust Fund, bringing free professional musical performances to audiences across the country.
Watch us at: www.facebook.com/events/457439265493885
Join Rose City Brass Quintet for a free livestream recital. The thread of space and stillness pervades our fall recital, highlighting works by Jennifer Higdon, David Sampson, Anders Hillborg, Tom Pierson, Joyce Solomon Moorman, and Morley Calvert.
Our fall rehearsals culminate in an engaging and majestic program of great works for brass. Hear us explore classics and modern takes on space, both physical and time-related. In our physical rehearsal space, the time spent between phrases is gripping! We will help it translate to you at home. For the best result, play it on youtube live through your stereo! Hearing the space makes all the difference.
To watch, visit us at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5LLTvT0BF5UD-QL2rdgD9A.
If you’re inspired by our music, we hope you can help support our efforts. Producing a concert like this doesn’t come without expenses, and, while we don’t want to charge for tickets in this unprecedented time, we would love your support in our music-making. To leave a donation, please visit PayPal.me/RoseCityBrass or on Venmo, @RoseCityBrass. If you liked our livestream as a concert, leave us what you might spend on a live concert. We have certainly spent the same hours trying to make something lasting for you. If you can’t do that, just sign up for our email list! We are so happy you’re here to enjoy our music.
Join Rose City Brass Quintet as we present a preview of our upcoming livestream recital on Thursdays at Three. We joined host Christa Wessel to talk about the music for our upcoming recital, as well as plans we’re enacting throughout our COVID performance break. Hear our recital live on 89.9 FM in Portland, OR, at https://player.allclassical.org/ beginning at 3 PM, Thursday, October 29, or archived at http://player.allclassical.org/archives after the broadcast.
