Riverside Brass Quintet

Riverside Brass Quintet (RBQ) is an award-winning New York City ensemble expanding the chamber music experience to be as vibrant, dynamic and inventive as the city it calls home. Through novel performances, RBQ presents the diverse music of New York City with a new and artfully engaging perspective. RBQ’s unique sound lends itself to effortless genre-blending between traditional chamber music and commercial styles. RBQ has been a featured ensemble on programs produced by NOVUS NY, Dalton Chorale, Wilton Congregational Church and First Presbyterian Church. RBQ is dedicated to curating free NYC events to celebrate community, connection and art. RBQ frequently partners with nonprofit organizations to provide free interactive concerts in schools, hospitals, and retirement homes. The quintet also held a residency at Peabody’s Innovation for Music Academy Summer Program. As a recipient of the Chamber Music America’s 2024 Ensemble Forward grant, RBQ released their debut EP, Impromptu, produced by GRAMMY-winning bass trombonist Jennifer Wharton and mixed by GRAMMY-nominated engineer Nich “S!lky” Jones. What started in 2023 as a group of friends reading music and sharing bagels quickly grew into an established ensemble with a profound blend, purpose, and synergy that all began in an apartment on Riverside Drive.

2026 Concerts: Brass on Broadway June 7, 2026