Founded in 1972, the Wisconsin Brass Quintet is ensemble-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music. The brass chamber music experience of the Wisconsin Brass Quintet is nationally recognized. Their musical expertise has been acknowledged by Verne Reynolds, Jan Bach, Karel Husa, John Harbison, Daron Hagen, and many other composers. Quintet members John Stevens and Douglas Hill have also composed extensively for the group. The WBQ was a featured performing ensemble at the 1995 International Brassfest in Bloomington, Indiana. They have performed throughout the Midwest as well as nationally, including performances at New York's Carnegie Recital Hall and Merkin Hall. The quintet's educational programs and master classes have been presented in such prestigious settings as the Juilliard School and the Yale School of Music. They regularly perform radio broadcast concerts for Wisconsin Public Radio. Their most recent CD (Mark Records), Images, includes the works of Douglas Hill, John Stevens, John Harbison and Daron Hagen. Their initial CD (Summit Brass), Fabrics, features Verne Reynolds and two works of John Stevens. Barry Kilpatrick writes for the American Record Guide: "I've reviewed over 250 brass recordings in the past five years, and this is one of the very best. The WBQ is a remarkable ensemble that plays with more reckless abandon, warmth, stylistic variety, and interpretive interest than almost any quintet in memory." Their album features the only recording of Jan Bach's Rounds and Dances and Hilmar Luckhardt's Brass Quintet. Each recorded work was composed especially for the Wisconsin Brass Quintet, in keeping with the WBQ's commitment to commissioning and performing new music of the 20th and 21st century. Their video, Developing Brass Ensembles, is available from the UW-Madison Division of University Outreach.