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Quintet Attacca, a woodwind quintet from Chicago, is the Grand Prize Winner of the 2002 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, held May 10-12 at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. The ensemble also won the Senior Wind Division Gold Medal. In the summer of 2003, Fischoff will send the Quintet to the Emilia Romagna Festival in Italy for several concert appearances.
Quintet Attacca is comprised of Jennifer Binney (flute), Erica Burtner Anderson (oboe), Sean McNeely (clarinet), Collin Anderson (bassoon), and Jeremiah Frederick (horn).
Quintet Attacca is one of Chicago’s most dynamic chamber music ensembles. Comprised of five Civic Orchestra of Chicago alumni, Quintet Attacca enjoys bringing varied programs to its audiences. The quintet has performed in venues such as the Chicago Cultural Center and DePaul University. They have also performed as part of the Performing Arts Series at Fourth Presbyterian Church, St. Xavier University’s Classics at Noon, and Milwaukee’s Jay Whitney Recital Series. The group’s most recent accomplishments include being named a finalist for Chamber Music Society Two at Lincoln Center and winning the Senior Wind Division Gold Medal and Grand Prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.
Programs by the quintet have included works by Elliott Carter, Paquito D’Rivera, John Steinmetz, John Harbison, Joan Tower, and Gyorgy Ligeti. Recently, they premiered “Two Episodes for Wind Quintet” by Dana McCormick, written for Quintet Attacca.
The concert is free and open to the public.