A Prophecy of Peace: The Music of Samuel Adler NOW AVAILABLE!!!

Synergy Quintet joined Gloria dei Cantores in mid March for the recording of a CD of music by renowned composer Samuel Adler for brass and chorus. Works from the recording will include his "Transfiguration: An Ecumenical Mass" and "Pslam 24." This recording is now available online at Borders.com and Amazon.com and will be available in stores shortly! For more information on this recording and the other recordings of Gloria dei Cantores, visit their website at www.paracletepress.com

A Prophecy of Peace: The Music of Samuel Adler NOW AVAILABLE!!!

Synergy Quintet joined Gloria dei Cantores in mid March for the recording of a CD of music by renowned composer Samuel Adler for brass and chorus. Works from the recording will include his "Transfiguration: An Ecumenical Mass" and "Pslam 24." This recording is now available online at Borders.com and Amazon.com and will be available in stores shortly! For more information on this recording and the other recordings of Gloria dei Cantores, visit their website at www.paracletepress.com

2005

Wow! This has been an incredible year! We have performed over 250 engagements in more than 20 states across the country. We've traveled from our home in Boston to Chicago to perform at the 101st Anniversary Celebration of the Ravinia Music Festival. From there on to Seattle, WA all the way down to San Diego, CA nd back to Boston with many stops in between.

Our horn player, Jon was seen on the Jimmy Kimmel Show. We've performed live radio broadcasts in NE, TX and OK and have appeared on live television with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir from Salt Lake City.

We've performed at Tanglewood, Ravinia, the Bethlehem Musikfest and even participated in the Boston Early Music Festival. Along the way, we've gotten to see old friends and make many new ones.

We've begun the process of recording two new CD's which will hopefully be completed and available soon (we'll keep you posted!). We've traveled by plane and in our trusty tour van...you know, the red one with the Red Sox logos on the doors!

We've seen the Rocky Mountains through five states, visited Redwood Forests, the Golden Gate Bridge, Mesa Verde, Yellowstone NP, swam in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and more. We've seen the geographic center of North America in Rugby, ND and even the World's Largest Ketchup Bottle...true, its in Collinsville, IL. Like we said, its been an incredible year!

2006

So, if 2005 brought all that and more, what is in store for 2006? A lot! Well, we're going to be spending some time at home in Boston, but then its right back on the road. For the rest of this season you will be able to see us in MA, NY, CT, Fl, GA, TN, MO, IL, PA, MD, DC, NC, VA and more. We are anxious to get things started and bring our music to new friends across the country. We also have plans to finish those two CD projects and start another one or two. Check this space and our PERFORMACNES page to see when we will be in your area and what we will be up to. See you soon!


The National Tour 2005/06 Continues!
NV, UT, AZ, NM, TX, OK!


Las Vegas, NV: 11-1-05
11:30 AM Masterclass
University of Nevada at Las Vegas

Cottonwood Heights, UT: 11-2-05
9:00 AM Educational Concert
Brighton High School

Salt Lake City, UT: 11-2-05
7:00 PM Concert
Butler Middle School

Salt Lake City, UT: 11-3-05
7:30 AM Educational Concert
Olympus High School

Salt Lak City, UT: 11-4-05
9:00 AM Educational Concert
Salt Lake Arts Academy

Lehi, UT: 11-8-05
9:00 AM Educational Concert

Salt Lake City, UT: 11-8-05
9:00 AM Educational Concert
Highland High School

West Valley City, UT: 11-8-05
10:45 AM Educational Concert
Hunter High School

Smithfield, UT: 11-9-05
Educational Concert
Skyview High School

Sandy, UT: 11-10-05
10:00 AM Educational Concert
Alta High School

Murray, UT: 11-11-05
10:00 AM Educational Concert
Murray High School

Salt Lake City, UT: 11-13-05
9:00 AM Live Broadcast
Synergy Brass Quintet with
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Queen Creek, AZ: 11-15-05
7:30 PM Concert
Queen Creek Performing Arts Center

Ruidoso, NM: 11-17-05
7:30 PM Concert
Ruidoso Performing Arts Center

Gainesville, TX: 11-20-05
Masterclass
North Central Texas College

Denton, TX: 11-21-05
Masterclass
University of North Texas

Oklahoma City, OK: 11-28-05
7:30 PM Concert
Wesley United Methodist Church

Edmond, OK: 11-29-05
7:50 AM Educational Concert
Edmond Santa Fe High School

Edmond, OK: 11-30-05
11:00 AM Educational Concert
Edmond North High School

Synergy Brass Quintet to Perform with
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

We are very excited to annouce our live broadcast with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir as part of their program "Music and the Spoken Word." This broadcast, first aired in 1929 is the world's longest-running network broadcast. Synergy will join the Choir and director Craig Jessop for several selections, will perform "Now Thank We All Our God" by Sigfrid Karg-Elert with organist Richard Elliott and will perform solo selections. For Broadcast information in your area, please visit their website: www.musicandthespokenword.com

The National Tour Continues...Still Going Strong!!!!

As we enter out fourth month of touring, Synergy continues to bring their music to audiences across the country! So far on this trip we have visited Massachusetts, Indiana, Illinois, Washington, Oregon and California. November will bring us to Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma. Whew! Check our Performances page to see when Synergy will be coming to your area. Hope to see you there!

Masterworks for Brass of the Renaissance and Baroque now Available at Osumn Music

The great team over at Osmun Music in Arlington, MA recently helped us out with some tour damaged instruments, so we played them a couple tunes and now if you can't find that copy of our Renaissance and Baroque CD, just drop your horn and go see the guys at Osmun! Ruor has it that they will be starting up their concert series again, so keep your ears open and you might find another local place to come out and here the Synergy Brass Quintet!

A Prophecy of Peace: The Music of Samuel Adler NOW AVAILABLE!!!

Synergy Quintet joined Gloria dei Cantores in mid March for the recording of a CD of music by renowned composer Samuel Adler for brass and chorus. Works from the recording will include his "Transfiguration: An Ecumenical Mass" and "Pslam 24." This recording is now available online at Borders.com and Amazon.com and will be available in stores shortly! For more information on this recording and the other recordings of Gloria dei Cantores, visit their website at www.paracletepress.com

Synergy at Indiana University!

We had the good fortune to meet up with Professor Carl Lenthe at the Indiana University School of Music, and set up a masterclass for the brass students there. We had a gret time, and all of the students were great. If you are thinking about going to school for music, this place is awesome
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...On the Road Again!

As much as we all love being back in Boston, it is hard to keep us off the road...so, here we go again! We just got back from a very successful trip to Maryland and now we're off to Bethlehem, PA for our debut at the Bethlehem Musikfest. We'll be playing a total of six events over our three day stay. Then we return to Massachusetts to play at our unofficial "summer home:" Tanglewood! After that, we get a much needed week off before heading out on our 2005-06 National Tour! The first stops will be at the renowed Ravinia Music Festival in Highland Park, IL followed by several other performances throughout the Chicagoland area. Then, off to points West including WA, OR, CA, NM, UT, CO, TX and more! Check our performances page to see when we'll be performing at a venue near you! Hope to see you down the road!

Synergy Returns to Tanglewood...not to mention a few more summer Music Festivals!

This summer the Synergy Brass Quintet will be playing at some of the world's most prestigious Music Festivals. We are very excited for our return performance at the Ravinia Music Festival in Highland Park, IL, the summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on August 21st. But first, we'll be making our debut at the Bethehem Musikfest August 6th, 7th and 8th. Of course, lets not forget our local favorite, the Tanglewood Music Festival, summer home of the "home team" Boston Symphony Orchestra. We'll actually be performing several times at Tanglewood this summer including a special performaces at their Days in the Arts series on June 28th. You can also catch us at Tanglewood on July 17th, 24th and August 20th. We are also very excited to participate in this year's Boston Early Music Festival, not something most brass quintets get to do! We will be joining renowed Recorder player John Tyson during his masterclass at the New England Conservatory on June 17th. John Tyson helped us to achieve that authentic style on our Renaissance and Baroque CD, and he wrote the liner notes for Masterworks up-coming re-release...yes I said re-release...new tracks, and some surprises....keep checking this space for more information!

Masterworks for Brass of the Renaissance and Baroque now Available at Osumn Music

The great team over at Osmun Music in Arlington, MA recently helped us out with some tour damaged instruments, so we played them a couple tunes and now if you can't find that copy of our Renaissance and Baroque CD, just drop your horn and go see the guys at Osmun! Ruor has it that they will be starting up their concert series again, so keep your ears open and you might find another local place to come out and here the Synergy Brass Quintet!

A Prophecy of Peace: The Music of Samuel Adler NOW AVAILABLE!!!

Synergy Quintet joined Gloria dei Cantores in mid March for the recording of a CD of music by renowned composer Samuel Adler for brass and chorus. Works from the recording will include his "Transfiguration: An Ecumenical Mass" and "Pslam 24." This recording is now available online at Borders.com and Amazon.com and will be available in stores shortly! For more information on this recording and the other recordings of Gloria dei Cantores, visit their website at www.paracletepress.com

On the Road Again!

Well, one more into the breech dear friends! We have just gotten used to being in Boston again and now its time to leave! We are very excited about this Midwest Tour. Our last trip through the region was incredible and the audiences where amazing and we can't wait to get started. We will be going to some new states and all new venues. So check here or in our PERFORMANCES section to find out when Synergy will be in your area. We'd love to see you at a show!

Synergy on KUHF Houston!

While we were in Houston, TX we had the honor to join host Dean Dalton for his program "The Front Row" on KUH, Houston Public Radio. We strongly encourage everyone in the Houston area to dial up 88.7 on your radio and check out this exceptional program! To listen to Synergy's on-air performance, click here

Let's Hear It for the Home Team(s)!

Okay, we were proud of them when they won the American League Championship...especially against the Yankees! But now that they are the WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS, we are just in awe of our BOSTON RED SOX. We would like to think that our tributes to them throughout the Midwest Tour might have helped a bit, if not just rallied more fans to the Red Sox Nation. At any rate, Congratulations WORLD SERIES CHAMPION BOSTON RED SOX! 86 years was worth the wait! We will keep singing our praises in tribute!
BUT WAIT! Thats not all! The NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS are now the AFC Champions and going to Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, FL! Everyone in New England will be rooting for the PATRIOTS to get their 3rd Super Bowl Championship in 4 years and so will we! GO PATRIOTS!

A Prophecy of Peace: The Music of Samuel Adler NOW AVAILABLE!!!

Synergy Quintet joined Gloria dei Cantores in mid March for the recording of a CD of music by renowned composer Samuel Adler for brass and chorus. Works from the recording will include his "Transfiguration: An Ecumenical Mass" and "Pslam 24." This recording is now available online at Borders.com and Amazon.com and will be available in stores shortly! For more information on this recording and the other recordings of Gloria dei Cantores, visit their website at www.paracletepress.com

Upcoming Performances
The Midwest Tour 2004 Continues!
Willmar, MN: 10-01-04
Pierre, SD: 10-03-04
Watertown, WI: 10-04-04
Fond du Lac, WI: 10-05-04
Tomah, WI: 10-06-04
Wadena, MN: 10-07-04
Minneapolis, MN: 10-10-04
Wadena, MN: 10-12-04
Lombard, IL: 10-16-04
Hoffman Estates, IL: 10-17-04
Hoffman Estates, IL: 10-18-04
Waterford, WI: 10-20-04
Bensenville, IL: 10-22-04
Bartlett, IL: 10-24-04
Bensenville, IL: 10-25-04
Boston, MA: 10-29-04
Boston, MA: 11-08-04
Woonsocket, RI: 11-16-04

Midwest Tour 2004!

So far the trip has been amazing! We have met so many great people along our travels and we are looking forwarding to making new friends as this tour starts to wind down. There are still a few shows left to go before we get back to Boston, so check out the Performances page to see where we'll be next!

Tour Diary Online

As much fun as we have on tour, you only get to see us on stage and after the shows...so what else happens on tour? Do we just go from town to town? Do we get anytime off? Well, it just so happens that we've been keeping a record of the trip for our own memories, and we thought that it might be nice for you to see what else happens to us on our adventures. The full tour diary will be available soon...here is an excerpt:
Milbank, SD: 9-19-04
"...So we decided to relax at Lake Farley for the day. We all went through intervals of napping on the field and practicing. During one of my nap sessions, the gentle breeze turned into a heavy wind. I sat up just in time to see Nick's music blow off his stand and start sailing towards the lake..."

Let's Hear It for the Home Team!

Even on the road, the boys in Synergy have been keeping up with our favorite home team, the Boston Red Sox! We stayed up late throughout their amazing play-off series with the Yankees, and were rooting for them all the way. We had a concert the night of game 7, but that didn't stop us! We had a TV backstage and we kept giving the audience updates during the concert. So congratulations to the American League Champion BOSTON RED SOX!!! We can't wait to get home and see if Boston is still standing!

Texas Tour 2005!

As we get home from the miwest, we are setting our sites on the next trip...and its a big one. Texas! We are still finalizing some of the dates (though the trip will be this February), but it looks like there wil be stops in Dallas, Ft. Worth, Houston and more. Also look for us at the Texas Music Educators Association Conference. Having two native Texans in the Band (Jonathan and Nick) this is sure to be a trip to remember. Look out Texas...here comes Synergy!

CD News

Masterworks for Brass of the Renaisasnce and Baroque NOW AVAILABLE!!!

A Prophecy of Peace: The Music of Samuel Adler NOW AVAILABLE!!!

Synergy Quintet joined Gloria dei Cantores in mid March for the recording of a CD of music by renowned composer Samuel Adler for brass and chorus. Works from the recording will include his "Transfiguration: An Ecumenical Mass" and "Pslam 24." This recording is now available online at Borders.com and Amazon.com and will be available in stores shortly! For more information on this recording and the other recordings of Gloria dei Cantores, visit their website at www.paracletepress.com

Upcoming Performances

Lexington, MA: 06-10-04
10:00 AM
Bowman Elementary School


Chestertown, MD: 06-12-04
7:00 PM
Benefit Concert
Prince Theater
Join us for a program including selections from our forthcoming album "Water Music: Music of the Baroque and Renaissance" as well as other classical favorites, some jazz and some surprises! Proceeds from this performance will go to benefit cancer research. Thank you for helping us support this worthy cause.

Lenox, MA: 06-19-04 through 07-03-04
Boston University Tanglewood Institute
Instrument Workshops
Members of the Synergy Quintet assist faculty members of the Boston University College of Fine Arts for the two-week long instrument workshops. BT and Chris assist Terry Everson in the Trumpet Workshop, while Jon assists Eric Ruske in the Horn Workshop.

Lenox, MA: 07-04-04 through 08-01-04
Boston University Tanglewood Institute
Young Artists Wind Ensemble
The Synergy Quintet serves as coaches for the YAWE program run by renowned conductor Frank Battisti. The ensemble also runs the brass chamber music program for this session.

Tour Schedule Posted!

Be sure to take a look at our Performances page to see where we will be next. Most of our tours have been posted for the 2004/2005 season, and it looks like its going to be another busy one! Eight states in one month, wow. We look forward to seeing you all along the way.

Music of Samuel Adler

Synergy Quintet joined Gloria dei Cantores in mid March for the recording of a CD of music by renowned composer Samuel Adler for brass and chorus. Works from the recording will include his "Transfiguration: An Ecumenical Mass" and "Pslam 24." This recording will be available soon from Paraclete Press. For more information on this recording and the other recordings of Gloria dei Cantores, visit their website at www.paracletepress.com

Click to view pictures from last summer!

Worcester, MA: 04-02-04
7:00 PM
Organ and Brass
St. Paul's Cathedral
The Synergy Quintet joins organist Michael Diorio for an evening a spectacular works for organ and brass. The program will feature works by Eben, Lockwood, Widor, Boston composer Carlyle Sharpe and more.

Boston, MA: 04-04-04
10:00 AM
Marsh Chapel
The Synergy Quintet along with Scott Jarret and the Marsh Chapel Choir invite you to join us as we prepare for one of the most important holidays of the year.

Boston, MA: 04-11-04
10:00 AM
Marsh Chapel
Hear the triumphant sounds of brass with organ and chorus as Scott Jarrett, the Marsh Chapel Choir and the Synergy Quntet join to celebrate this Easter Sunday.

Melrose, MA: 04-18-04
3:00 PM
Melrose Unitarian Universalist
Join us for a program including selections from our forthcoming album "Water Music: Music of the Baroque and Renaissance" as well as other classical favorites, some jazz and some surprises!

Cambridge, MA: 04-24-04
8:00 PM
Christ Church
Join us for a program including selections from our forthcoming album "Water Music: Music of the Baroque and Renaissance" as well as other classical favorites, some jazz and some surprises!

New Summer Concert Series Proposed

One of Boston's well known landmarks, the Cathedral Church of St. Paul is a gorgeous structure. The list of original St. Paul's Church founders includes such names as Amory, Revere, Winthrop, Pickering, Tudor, Bowdoin, Tyng, Hale, Greene, Reynolds, Gerry, and Hancock. Plans in the works for Synergy Quintet to start a new outdoor summer concert series tentatively called "Sundays on the Steps." The idea is to enrich the community by bringing some of Boston's many wonderful ensembles to the public. The concerts would take place in front of the cathedral facing Boston Common. Concerts in this location are expected to become a regular attraction and will add joy to the hearts of all who pass by. Although nothing is finalized yet, the wheels are turning and we may see the first of these concerts in early June of this year.

Synergy Quintet Pictures in the Cathedral:

Music of Samuel Adler

ABOUT SYNERGY QUINTET RECORDING:
Synergy Quintet joined Gloria dei Cantores in mid March for the recording of a CD of music by renowned composer Samuel Adler for brass and chorus. Works from the recording will include his "Transfiguration: An Ecumenical Mass" and "Pslam 24." This recording will be available soon from Paraclete Press.


Synergy takes a moment for a photo with composer Samuel Adler and the director of Gloria dei Cantores, Elizabeth Patterson. This picture was taken just after the final take.

"Trasfiguration: An Ecumenical Mass" was originally written to dedicate the Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans, MA. Here you can see some of the incredibly detailed artwork on the church. It was great to make the recording in this beautiful space, we're looking forward to coming back.

Hard at work, Elizabeth Patterson reviews the score during the recording.

The gang's all here! Elizabeth Patterson conducts Jim Jordan on the organ, the Synergy Quintet and Gloria dei Cantores. Can you see us way down there at the bottom?

Ah, there we are! The Synergy Quintet (Jon Hurrell, Joe Stewart, Aaron McCalla, Bobby Thorp and Chris O'Hara) records that tricky muted section in Transfiguration.

ABOUT SAMUEL ADLER:
Samuel Adler was born March 4, 1928, Mannheim, Germany and came to the United States in 1939. He was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in May 2001. He is the composer of over 400 published works, including 5 operas, 6 symphonies, 12 concerti, 8 string quartets, 4 oratorios and many other orchestral, band, chamber and choral works and songs, which have been performed all over the world. He is the author of three books, Choral Conducting (Holt Reinhart and Winston 1971, second edition Schirmer Books 1985), Sight Singing (W.W. Norton 1979, 1997), and The Study of Orchestration (W.W. Norton 1982, 1989, 2001). He has also contributed numerous articles to major magazines and books published in the U.S. and abroad.Adler was educated at Boston University and Harvard University, and holds honorary doctorates from Southern Methodist University, Wake Forest University, St. Mary’s Notre-Dame and the St. Louis Conservatory. His major teachers were: in composition, Herbert Fromm, Walter Piston, Randall Thompson, Paul Hindemith and Aaron Copland; in conducting, Serge Koussevitzky.He is Professor-emeritus at the Eastman School of Music where he taught from 1966 to 1995 and served as chair of the composition department from 1974 until his retirement. Before going to Eastman, Adler served as professor of composition at the University of North Texas (1957-1977), Music Director at Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, Texas (1953-1966), and instructor of Fine Arts at the Hockaday School in Dallas, Texas (1955-1966). From 1954 to 1958 he was music director of the Dallas Lyric Theater and the Dallas Chorale. Since 1997 he has been a member of the composition faculty at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. Adler has given master classes and workshops at over 300 universities worldwide, and in the summers has taught at major music festivals such as Tanglewood, Aspen, Brevard, Bowdoin, as well as others in France, Germany, Israel, Spain, Austria, Poland, South America and Korea. Some recent commissions have been from the Cleveland Orchestra (Cello Concerto), the National Symphony (Piano Concerto No. 1), the Dallas Symphony (Lux Perpetua), the Pittsburgh Symphony (Viola Concerto), the Houston Symphony (Horn Concerto), the Barlow Foundation/Atlanta Symphony (Choose Life), the American Brass Quintet, the Wolf Trap Foundation, the Berlin-Bochum Brass Ensemble, the Ying Quartet and the American String Quartet to name only a few. His works have been performed lately by the St. Louis Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Mannheim Nationaltheater Orchestra. Besides these commissions and performances, previous commissions have been received from the National Endowment for the Arts (1975, 1978, 1980 and 1982), the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, the Koussevitzky Foundation, the City of Jerusalem, the Welsh Arts Council and many others. Adler has been awarded many prizes including a 1990 award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Charles Ives Award, the Lillian Fairchild Award, the MTNA Award for Composer of the Year (1988-1989), and a Special Citation by the American Foundation of Music Clubs (2001). In 1983 he won the Deems Taylor Award for his book, The Study of Orchestration. In 1988-1989 he was designated "Phi Beta Kappa Scholar." In 1989 he received the Eastman School’s Eisenhard Award for Distinguished Teaching. In 1991 he was honored being named the Composer of the Year by the American Guild of Organists. While serving in the United States Army (1950-1952), Adler founded and conducted the Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra and, because of the Orchestra’s great psychological and musical impact on European culture, was awarded the army’s Medal of Honor. Adler has appeared as conductor with many major symphony orchestra, both in the U.S. and abroad. His compositions are published by Theodore Presser Company, Oxford University Press, G. Schirmer, Carl Fischer, E.C. Schirmer, Peters Edition, Ludwig Music, Southern Music Publishers, Transcontinental Music Publishers. Recordings of his works have been done on RCA, Gasparo, Albany, CRI, Crystal and Vanguard.

Click to view pictures from last summer!

Upcoming Performances

Woonsocket, RI: 03-10-04
7:00 PM
Mount St. Charles Academy
The Synergy Quintet returns to the Mount St. Charles Academy to perform during the Jr. High School Concert. Come join us as we support these talented young musicians!

Boston, MA: 03-14-04
4:00 PM
The Cathedral Church of St. Paul
As part of our Residency at the beautiful Cathedral Church of St. Paul, the Synergy Quintet will present an exciting concert of music from around the world!

Boston, MA 03-15-04
8:00 PM
The Music of
Boston University
Tsai Performance Center
This program features the works of Boston University's Composition/Theory Department and BU alumni including Samuel Headrick's "Passage", a new work by Richard Cornell, Jonathan Hurrell's "Brass Quintet" and Bobby Thorp's "Evensong."

Fairhaven, MA: 03-21-04
3:00 PM
First Congregational Church
Join us for a program including selections from our forthcoming album "Water Music: Music of the Baroque and Renaissance" as well as other classical favorites, some jazz and some surprises!

Boston, MA: 03-24-04
12:00 noon
The Cathedral Church of St. Paul
As part of our Residency at the beautiful Cathedral Church of St. Paul, the Synergy Quintet joins the Noontime Concert Series.

Click to view pictures from last summer!

Upcoming Performances

Click to view pictures from last summer!

Fort Worth, TX

Lewisville, TX: 2-7-05
8:45 AM Educational Concert

Lewisville, TX: 2-7-05
10:45 AM Educational Concert
Briarhill Middle School

Fort Worth, TX: 2-8-05
TBA Educational Concert
Boswell High School

San Antonio, TX: 2-9-05
1:30 PM Educational Concert
East Central Independant School District

Houston, TX: 2-10-05
11:00 AM Educational Concert
12:00 noon Educaitonal Concert
7:30 PM Educational Concert
George Bush High School

San Antonio, TX: 2-11-05
6:00 PM Clinic: Chamber Music in Education
TMEA Convention
Gonzales Convention Center

Houston, TX: 2-12-05
7:30 PM Concert
St. Anne Catholic Church

Houston, TX: 2-14-05
8:45 AM Educational Concert
High School for the Visual and Performing Arts

Houston, TX: 2-14-05
2:30 PM Educational Concert
Parker Elementary School

Houston, TX: 2-14-05
7:30 PM Concert
Bering Memorial United Methodist Church
1440 Harold Street

Arlington, TX: 2-15-05
3:30 PM Masterclass
7:30 PM Concert
University of Texas at Arlington

Houston, TX: 2-16-05
12:00 noon Concert
Duncan Hall
Shepard School of Music
Rice University

Oklahoma City, OK: 2-17-05
1:30 PM Masterlcass
8:00 PM Concert
Oklahoma University

Stillwater, OK: 2-18-05
TBA Masterclass
Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK: 2-19-05
TBA Concert
Oklahoma State University

Weatherford, OK: 2-20-05
4:30 Concert
Followed by an informal Masterclass
Oklahoma State University

On the Road Again!

While it is always nice to be home in Boston, we love to be out on the road playing in new places and meeting new people. This upcoming tour will take us to Texas and Oklahoma, two new states for us and we can't wait to get going. Check out the PERFORMANCES page to see when Synergy will be near you!

Tour Diary Online

As much fun as we have on tour, you only get to see us on stage and after the shows...so what else happens on tour? Do we just go from town to town? Do we get anytime off? Well, it just so happens that we've been keeping a record of the trip for our own memories, and we thought that it might be nice for you to see what else happens to us on our adventures. The full tour diary will be available soon...here is an excerpt:
Milbank, SD: 9-19-04
"...So we decided to relax at Lake Farley for the day. We all went through intervals of napping on the field and practicing. During one of my nap sessions, the gentle breeze turned into a heavy wind. I sat up just in time to see Nick's music blow off his stand and start sailing towards the lake..."

Let's Hear It for the Home Team(s)!

Okay, we were proud of them when they won the American League Championship...especially against the Yankees! But now that they are the WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS, we are just in awe of our BOSTON RED SOX. We would like to think that our tributes to them throughout the Midwest Tour might have helped a bit, if not just rallied more fans to the Red Sox Nation. At any rate, Congratulations WORLD SERIES CHAMPION BOSTON RED SOX! 86 years was worth the wait! We will keep singing our praises in tribute!
BUT WAIT! Thats not all! The NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS are now the AFC Champions and going to Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, FL! Everyone in New England will be rooting for the PATRIOTS to get their 3rd Super Bowl Championship in 4 years and so will we! GO PATRIOTS!

CD News

Masterworks for Brass of the Renaisasnce and Baroque NOW AVAILABLE!!! Masterworks for Brass of the Renaissance and Baroque is a testament to both the flexibility of the modern brass quintet and the adaptability of some of history's greatest music. Much of the music on this disc was written for a group of friends to get together and sing. In that spirit, the group of friends that is the Synergy Quintet, sat down and played some of our favorite music of the period including works by Tallis, Victoria, J.S. Bach, Susato and many more. This CD is currently available at all of our concerts! Come by, see a concert and pick up your copy soon!

A Prophecy of Peace: The Music of Samuel Adler NOW AVAILABLE!!!

Synergy Quintet joined Gloria dei Cantores in mid March for the recording of a CD of music by renowned composer Samuel Adler for brass and chorus. Works from the recording will include his "Transfiguration: An Ecumenical Mass" and "Pslam 24." This recording is now available online at Borders.com and Amazon.com and will be available in stores shortly! For more information on this recording and the other recordings of Gloria dei Cantores, visit their website at www.paracletepress.com

Organ and Brass We've just returned from a great recording session in Trenton New Jersey with organist Michael Diorio, and let me just say that the new Synergy recording of Organ and Brass music is going to be amazing! Now don't too excited yet...it is still going to be in post production for some time now, but keep checking this space for more information.

Transmissions vol. 1 Transmissions is the first in what will be a series of recordings representing favorite moments from each concert season. Each of the tracks on this CD were individually selected for Synergy's own sentimental reasons and are a rare look into some of the quintet's most intimate performances. Selected tracks include Brad and Aaron's first performance with the quintet as well as a selection from Synergy's first concert at Tanglewood. This CD is currently available at all of our concerts and on the website.

Transmissions vol. 2 Transmissions vol. 1 has been such a great success that we are currently looking through the piles of recordings of our live shows for this season. Like the last Volume, this CD will not contain just any performance that sounds good, we'll find the ones with a story behind them...the special ones. Keep checking this space for more information!


March Madness!

Atlanta, GA: 03-01-05
7:30 PM
Organ and Brass Concert
Peachtree Road United Methodist Church
3180 Peachtree Road

Athens, GA: 03-03-05
5:00 PM
Concert/Masterclass
Univeristy of Georgia at Athens
Edge Recital Hall
250 New River Road

Atlanta, GA: 03-04-05
12:30 PM
Masterclass
7:30 PM
Concert with the Atlanta Concert Band
Pace Academy
W Paces Ferry Road

Brookline, MA: 03-06-05
7:00 PM
Concert
Brookline Public Library
361 Washington Street

ALTOONA RESIDENCY
03-14-05
8:35 AM
McAuliffe Heights Elementary School
10:00 AM
Penn Lincoln Elementary School
2:00 PM
Baker Elementary

03-15-05
8:35 AM
Washington Jefferson Elementary School
10:00AM
Logan Elementary School
1:00 PM
Roosevelt Junior High School

03-16-05
8:35 AM
Wright Elementary School
10:00 AM
Juniata Gap Elementary School
1:00 PM
Keith Junior High School

03-17-05 - St. Patrick's Day!
9:30 AM
Ebner Elementary School
11:00 AM
12:15 PM
1:15 PM
Altoona Area High School
7:30 PM
Concert featuring musicians of the Altoona Area School District!
Altoona Area High School

03-18-05
8:30 AM
Pleasant Balley Elementary School
11:00 AM
Wright Elementary School
2:00 PM
Juniata Gap Elementary School

Boston, MA: 03-20-05
11:00 AM
Palm Sunday Service
Marsh Chapel
Boston University

Dorchester, MA: 03-20-05
3:00 PM
375th Anniversary!!!
First Parish Church
10 Parish Street

Upton, NY: 03-23-05
12:00 noon
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Boston, MA: 03-27-05
11:00 AM
Easter Service
Marsh Chapel
Boston University

Home Again...sort of!

The Synergy boys are back in Boston after a great tour! We will be here for about a week, and then we'll be in PA for a week. Ah, then we get to come home (with just a couple side trips) until the next big tour starting in April! Don't miss us while we're in town at the Brookline Public Library March 6 at 7:00 PM! While we didn't exactly miss the snow, we did miss Boston. Its good to be home!

Synergy on KUHF Houston!

While we were in Houston, TX we had the honor to join host Dean Dalton for his program "The Front Row" on KUH, Houston Public Radio. We strongly encourage everyone in the Houston area to dial up 88.7 on your radio and check out this exceptional program! To listen to Synergy's on-air performance, click here

Tour Diary Online

As much fun as we have on tour, you only get to see us on stage and after the shows...so what else happens on tour? Do we just go from town to town? Do we get anytime off? Well, it just so happens that we've been keeping a record of the trip for our own memories, and we thought that it might be nice for you to see what else happens to us on our adventures. The full tour diary will be available soon...here is an excerpt:
Milbank, SD: 9-19-04
"...So we decided to relax at Lake Farley for the day. We all went through intervals of napping on the field and practicing. During one of my nap sessions, the gentle breeze turned into a heavy wind. I sat up just in time to see Nick's music blow off his stand and start sailing towards the lake..."

Let's Hear It for the Home Team(s)!

Okay, we were proud of them when they won the American League Championship...especially against the Yankees! But now that they are the WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS, we are just in awe of our BOSTON RED SOX. We would like to think that our tributes to them throughout the Midwest Tour might have helped a bit, if not just rallied more fans to the Red Sox Nation. At any rate, Congratulations WORLD SERIES CHAMPION BOSTON RED SOX! 86 years was worth the wait! We will keep singing our praises in tribute!
BUT WAIT! Thats not all! The NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS are now the AFC Champions and going to Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, FL! Everyone in New England will be rooting for the PATRIOTS to get their 3rd Super Bowl Championship in 4 years and so will we! GO PATRIOTS!

CD News

Masterworks for Brass of the Renaisasnce and Baroque NOW AVAILABLE!!! Masterworks for Brass of the Renaissance and Baroque is a testament to both the flexibility of the modern brass quintet and the adaptability of some of history's greatest music. Much of the music on this disc was written for a group of friends to get together and sing. In that spirit, the group of friends that is the Synergy Quintet, sat down and played some of our favorite music of the period including works by Tallis, Victoria, J.S. Bach, Susato and many more. This CD is currently available at all of our concerts! Come by, see a concert and pick up your copy soon!

A Prophecy of Peace: The Music of Samuel Adler NOW AVAILABLE!!!

Synergy Quintet joined Gloria dei Cantores in mid March for the recording of a CD of music by renowned composer Samuel Adler for brass and chorus. Works from the recording will include his "Transfiguration: An Ecumenical Mass" and "Pslam 24." This recording is now available online at Borders.com and Amazon.com and will be available in stores shortly! For more information on this recording and the other recordings of Gloria dei Cantores, visit their website at www.paracletepress.com

Organ and Brass We've just returned from a great recording session in Trenton New Jersey with organist Michael Diorio, and let me just say that the new Synergy recording of Organ and Brass music is going to be amazing! Now don't too excited yet...it is still going to be in post production for some time now, but keep checking this space for more information.

Transmissions vol. 1 Transmissions is the first in what will be a series of recordings representing favorite moments from each concert season. Each of the tracks on this CD were individually selected for Synergy's own sentimental reasons and are a rare look into some of the quintet's most intimate performances. Selected tracks include Brad and Aaron's first performance with the quintet as well as a selection from Synergy's first concert at Tanglewood. This CD is currently available at all of our concerts and on the website.


The Summer of Synergy

Braintree, MA: 05-01-05
12:30 PM
Masterclass
Braintree High School

Boston, MA: 05-07-05
11:00 AM
Concerts on the Steps
The Cathedral Church of St. Paul
138 Tremont Street

Boston, MA: 05-10-05
11:00 AM
Concerts on the Steps
The Cathedral Church of St. Paul
138 Tremont Street

Boston, MA: 05-17-05
TBA
Boston Early Music Festival
Masterclass with John Tyson, Recorder

Boston, MA: 05-21-05
11:00 AM
Concerts on the Steps
The Cathedral Church of St. Paul
138 Tremont Street

Lenox, MA: 05-28-05
TBA
Days in the Arts
Tanglewood Musid Festival
138 Tremont Street

Westfield, MA: 06-03-05
7:30 PMM
Concert
Stanley Park Common

Sturbridge, MA: 06-04-05
2:30 PM
The Great American Picnic Celebration
Old Sturbridge Villagel

Arlington, MA: 06-08-05
7:30 PM
Regent Theatre
7 Medford Street

Cambridge, MA: 06-10-05
TBA
Longfellow House
National Historical Site
105 Brattle Street

Boston, MA: 06-12-05
11:00 AM
Concerts on the Steps
The Cathedral Church of St. Paul
138 Tremont Street

Boston, MA: 06-15-05
11:00 AM
Concerts on the Steps
The Cathedral Church of St. Paul
138 Tremont Street

Lenox, MA: 06-12-05
TBA Pre-Concert Performance
Tanglewood Music Festival

Boston, MA: 06-19-05
11:00 AM
Concerts on the Steps
The Cathedral Church of St. Paul
138 Tremont Street

Boston, MA: 06-22-05
11:00 AM
Concerts on the Steps
The Cathedral Church of St. Paul
138 Tremont Street

Lenox, MA: 06-24-05
TBA Pre-Concert Performance
Tanglewood Music Festival

Boston, MA: 06-26-05
11:00 AM
Concerts on the Steps
The Cathedral Church of St. Paul
138 Tremont Street

Sturbridge, MA: 06-28-05
TBA
Concert Series
Sturbeidge Town Common

Chestertown, MD: 06-30-05
7:30 PM
Music in the Park

Chestertown, MD: 06-31-05
2:00 PM
Heron Point

Synergy is home for the Summer!

It is definitely summer in Boston! How do you? Because the Synergy Brass Quintet is performing their 2ns Annual Concert Series on the Steps of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in downtown Boston! They boys of Synergy will be performing almost every Tuesday and Friday throughout the summer. Check the PERFORMANCES page and come out to the beautiful Boston Common and hear some good music.

Synergy Returns to Tanglewood...not to mention a few more summer Music Festivals!

This summer the Synergy Brass Quintet will be playing at some of the world's most prestigious Music Festivals. We are very excited for our return performance at the Ravinia Music Festival in Highland Park, IL, the summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on August 21st. But first, we'll be making our debut at the Bethehem Musikfest August 6th, 7th and 8th. Of course, lets not forget our local favorite, the Tanglewood Music Festival, summer home of the "home team" Boston Symphony Orchestra. We'll actually be performing several times at Tanglewood this summer including a special performaces at their Days in the Arts series on June 28th. You can also catch us at Tanglewood on July 17th, 24th and August 20th. We are also very excited to participate in this year's Boston Early Music Festival, not something most brass quintets get to do! We will be joining renowed Recorder player John Tyson during his masterclass at the New England Conservatory on June 17th. John Tyson helped us to achieve that authentic style on our Renaissance and Baroque CD, and he wrote the liner notes for Masterworks up-coming re-release...yes I said re-release...new tracks, and some surprises....keep checking this space for more information!

Masterworks for Brass of the Renaissance and Baroque now Available at Osumn Music

The great team over at Osmun Music in Arlington, MA recently helped us out with some tour damaged instruments, so we played them a couple tunes and now if you can't find that copy of our Renaissance and Baroque CD, just drop your horn and go see the guys at Osmun! Ruor has it that they will be starting up their concert series again, so keep your ears open and you might find another local place to come out and here the Synergy Brass Quintet!

CD News

Masterworks for Brass of the Renaisasnce and Baroque NOW AVAILABLE!!! Masterworks for Brass of the Renaissance and Baroque is a testament to both the flexibility of the modern brass quintet and the adaptability of some of history's greatest music. Much of the music on this disc was written for a group of friends to get together and sing. In that spirit, the group of friends that is the Synergy Quintet, sat down and played some of our favorite music of the period including works by Tallis, Victoria, J.S. Bach, Susato and many more. This CD is currently available at all of our concerts! Come by, see a concert and pick up your copy soon!

A Prophecy of Peace: The Music of Samuel Adler NOW AVAILABLE!!!

Synergy Quintet joined Gloria dei Cantores in mid March for the recording of a CD of music by renowned composer Samuel Adler for brass and chorus. Works from the recording will include his "Transfiguration: An Ecumenical Mass" and "Pslam 24." This recording is now available online at Borders.com and Amazon.com and will be available in stores shortly! For more information on this recording and the other recordings of Gloria dei Cantores, visit their website at www.paracletepress.com

Transmissions vol. 1 NOW AVAILABLE!!! Transmissions is the first in what will be a series of recordings representing favorite moments from each concert season. Each of the tracks on this CD were individually selected for Synergy's own sentimental reasons and are a rare look into some of the quintet's most intimate performances. Selected tracks include Brad and Aaron's first performance with the quintet as well as a selection from Synergy's first concert at Tanglewood. This CD is currently available at all of our concerts and on the website.

Organ and Brass We've just returned from a great recording session in Trenton New Jersey with organist Michael Diorio, and let me just say that the new Synergy recording of Organ and Brass music is going to be amazing! Now don't too excited yet...it is still going to be in post production for some time now, but keep checking this space for more information.

Transmissions vol. 2 Transmissions vol. 1 has been such a great success that we are currently looking through the piles of recordings of our live shows for this season. Like the last Volume, this CD will not contain just any performance that sounds good, we'll find the ones with a story behind them...the special ones...rumor has it that there might be a DVD involved...Keep checking this space for more information!


The National Tour 2005/06 Continues!
October in California!

Yuba City, CA: 10-2-05
3:00 PM Concert
First United Methodist Church

Yuba City, CA: 10-4-05
Rio Del Oro Elementary School
8:50 AM Educational Concert
9:45 AM Educational Concert
Franklin School
2:00 PM Educational Concert

Mountain View, CA: 10-5-05
St. Francis High School
8:00 AM Masterclass

San Jose, CA: 10-5-05
Piedmont High School
11:00 AM Educational Concert
12:10 PM Educational Concert
1:00 PM Educational Concert

Felton, CA: 10-6-05
San Lorenzo Valley High School
10:00 AM Educational Concert
1:00 PM Masterclass

Mountain View, CA: 10-6-05
Foothill College
7:30 PM Concert
with the St. Francis High School Music Ensembles

San Jose, CA: 10-7-05
Independence High School
1:00 PM Educational Concert
2:00 PM Masterclass

San Jose, CA: 10-10-05
Mount Pleasant High School
Educational Concert

Palo Alto, CA: 10-11-05
Gunn High School
1:00 PM Brass Clinic

San Francisco, CA: 10-11-05
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
4:00 PM Masterclass

San Francisco, CA: 10-12-05
Lincoln High School
Edcational Concert

Sunnyvale, CA: 10-13-05
Fremont High School
7:45 AM Educational Concert

Bakersfield, CA: 10-18-05
East Bakersfield High School
Educational Concert

Valencia, CA: 10-21-05
California Institute of the Arts
4:00 PM Masterclass

Westchester, CA: 10-23-05
Holy Nativity Episcopal Church
6:00 PM Concert

San Diego, CA: 10-24-05
Scripps Ranch High School
12:00 noon Educational Concert

Chula Vista, CA: 10-25-05
Bonita Vista High School
10:00 AM Educational Concert

El Cajon, CA: 10-27-05
Granite Hills High School
10:00 AM Educational Concert

San Diego, CA: 10-28-05
San Diego School of Creative Arts
8:00 AM Educational Concert

San Clemente, CA: 10-29-05
St. Andrew's By-The-Sea
7:30 PM Concert

San Diego, CA: 10-30-05
Good Samaritan
TBA Concert

They are still Champions to us!

Well, the Red Sox made it to the play-offs again this year in the wild card spot. Unfortunately, our dreams of a repeat were ended in the first round. Thats okay though. As far as we are concerned here in the Synergy Brass Quintet, our Boston Red Sox are still Champions! Thanks for a great season guys!

The National Tour Continues!

We left Boston in August and now here we are in October in beautiful California! This is the ensembles first time to the West Coast and its pretty safe to say that it won't be our last. We've had such a great reception here and the audiences have been great. For all of the new friends that we've already made and those we have stil to meet, please keep in touch on the Guestbook! Thanks for making this part of our tour so memorable! Go Lancers!

Masterworks for Brass of the Renaissance and Baroque now Available at Osumn Music

The great team over at Osmun Music in Arlington, MA recently helped us out with some tour damaged instruments, so we played them a couple tunes and now if you can't find that copy of our Renaissance and Baroque CD, just drop your horn and go see the guys at Osmun! Ruor has it that they will be starting up their concert series again, so keep your ears open and you might find another local place to come out and here the Synergy Brass Quintet!

CD News

Masterworks for Brass of the Renaisasnce and Baroque NOW AVAILABLE!!! Masterworks for Brass of the Renaissance and Baroque is a testament to both the flexibility of the modern brass quintet and the adaptability of some of history's greatest music. Much of the music on this disc was written for a group of friends to get together and sing. In that spirit, the group of friends that is the Synergy Quintet, sat down and played some of our favorite music of the period including works by Tallis, Victoria, J.S. Bach, Susato and many more. This CD is currently available at all of our concerts! Come by, see a concert and pick up your copy soon!

A Prophecy of Peace: The Music of Samuel Adler NOW AVAILABLE!!!

Synergy Quintet joined Gloria dei Cantores in mid March for the recording of a CD of music by renowned composer Samuel Adler for brass and chorus. Works from the recording will include his "Transfiguration: An Ecumenical Mass" and "Pslam 24." This recording is now available online at Borders.com and Amazon.com and will be available in stores shortly! For more information on this recording and the other recordings of Gloria dei Cantores, visit their website at www.paracletepress.com

Transmissions vol. 1 NOW AVAILABLE!!! Transmissions is the first in what will be a series of recordings representing favorite moments from each concert season. Each of the tracks on this CD were individually selected for Synergy's own sentimental reasons and are a rare look into some of the quintet's most intimate performances. Selected tracks include Brad and Aaron's first performance with the quintet as well as a selection from Synergy's first concert at Tanglewood. This CD is currently available at all of our concerts and on the website.

Organ and Brass We've just returned from a great recording session in Trenton New Jersey with organist Michael Diorio, and let me just say that the new Synergy recording of Organ and Brass music is going to be amazing! Now don't too excited yet...it is still going to be in post production for some time now, but keep checking this space for more information.

New CD in Progress! While the ensemble was in Chicago this past August performing at the Ravinia Music Festival, we began the recording a new CD. We are scheduled to return to the Chicago area in March and finish the project. It should be available next season and will have many exciting new arrangements for brass. We'll keep you posted as things progress!

Transmissions vol. 2 Transmissions vol. 1 has been such a great success that we are currently looking through the piles of recordings of our live shows for this season. Like the last Volume, this CD will not contain just any performance that sounds good, we'll find the ones with a story behind them...the special ones...rumor has it that there might be a DVD involved...Keep checking this space for more information!
Transmissions vol. 2 Transmissions vol. 1 has been such a great success that we are currently looking through the piles of recordings of our live shows for this season. Like the last Volume, this CD will not contain just any performance that sounds good, we'll find the ones with a story behind them...the special ones...rumor has it that there might be a DVD involved...Keep checking this space for more information!