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About the Quintet

The Black Willow Brass Quintet is one of Chicago’s most unique and thrilling chamber groups. Known for embracing a wide variety of literature — everything from Bach to Brahms, Ragtime to Radiohead, and folksongs to theme songs — the quintet offers programs for audiences of all ages and interests. Their debut album, Sonntag, will be available in 2026, and will feature selections from the group’s summertime and holiday music.   The quintet’s members all work as musicians and educators, and pride themselves in making technically demanding brass music relatable, moving, and fun!

SELECTED REPERTOIRE

Halloween

Addams Family 

Boogie Woogie Man

The Bunyip

Dead Man's Party

Devil's Dance (Witches of Eastwick)

Double Trouble (Harry Potter) 

Great Pumpkin Waltz from Charlie Brown 

Grim Grinning Ghosts 

Gremlins Theme 

The Headless Horseman

La Llorona 

Munsters 

Nightmare Before Christmas Suite 

Over the Garden Wall 

Scooby-Doo

She Moved Through the Fair

Spooky Scary Skeletons 

Toys R Us

Transylvanian Lullaby (Young Frankenstein)

Trick or Treat 

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf 

Spring & Summer

All The Things You Are

Armed Forces Medley (Arr. D. Adams)

Bare Necessities (Jungle Book)

Blackbird 

Cantina Band (Star Wars)

Doctor Worm (Flansburgh, Linnell)

Everything’s Alright (Jesus Christ Superstar)

Fields of Gold

Fly Me To The Moon

Theme from I Love Lucy

La Vie En Rose

Love Will Keep Us Together

Movin' Right Along (The Muppet Movie)

Muppet Show Theme

Por Una Cabeza 

Theme from The Price Is Right

Pyramid Song

Rest of My Life

Rubber Duckie

Sesame Street Theme

Someone to Watch Over Me

Star Trek 

Super Mario Brothers Suite 

Christmas

A La Medianoche

Bethlehem Down

Carol of the Drum

Christmas Chimes Are Calling

The Christmas Song

The Cinnamon Bear

Count Your Blessings (White Christmas)

Fanfare on a Christmas Carol

Frosty

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Heat Miser

The Happiest Christmas Tree

I Hate Christmas (Sesame Street)

Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas! 

Mr. Grinch

O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Rudolph

Sleigh Ride

Suzy Snowflake

Wonderful Christmastime

Concert Repertoire

Adagio (Mozart)

Avignon (Traditional)

Angels Ever Bright and Fair (Handel)

Bethena (Joplin)

Buona Sera (DeRose & Sigman)

Colonial Song (Grainger)

Dark Eyes (Traditional)

Jazz Autographs (Williams)

Kiss at the End of the Rainbow (McKean, O'Toole)

Little Fugue in G Minor (Bach)

Nice to be Around (Williams)

Pie Jesu (Fauré)

Pie Jesu (Lloyd Webber)

Pure Imagination (Bricusse & Newly)

Residential Fanfare (D. Adams)

Sarabande (Handel)

Simple Song (Bernstein)

Sonntag (Brahms)

Sicilienne (Fauré)

Zortzico (Albéniz)

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