Performing Units

BRASS QUINTET
The United States Naval Academy Band

The United States Naval Academy Band Brass Quintet is made up of five professional Navy musicians dedicated to the promotion of traditional and contemporary brass quintet literature. The members of the quintet are Chief Musician Jarrod Williams, tuba; Chief Musician John Babcock and Musician First Class Carl Lindquist, trumpet; Musician First Class Jessica Privler, horn; and Musician First Class Russell Sharp, trombone.

Originally formed in 1967 as an "extra-curricular" venture, the expertise and dedication shown by the members of the quintet have made them a vital part of the Naval Academy Band's concept of a "total musical experience." They have been widely hailed as clinicians by schools and colleges in the Annapolis area, generating interest in the idiom among the area's young brass instrumentalists. They regularly entertain and enrich the general public in nursing homes, parks, and public libraries with music from the Renaissance through ragtime and the twenty-first century.

Sound file of Fanfare from "La Peri" in MP3 format.

The Brass Quintet is available to come to your school or community for concerts or clinics. For more information, click here.