The Ensemble
The Arcadia Brass Quintet,
based in New York City, is a professional
group of trumpets, horn, and
trombones that has earned a reputation as a top-notch concert ensemble.
Our performances combine
excitement with elegance, grace and gusto. The Quintet has
appeared in Manhattan at St. Patrick's Cathedral, the Museum of Natural
History, and the
Park Avenue Christmas Tree Lighting; in Long Island's
Manhasset Gazebo Concert
Series; in Brooklyn on Sacred Hearts & St. Stephen's
Christmas
Album &
Concerts, as well as the Heroic Flourishes Concert
with organist Gregory Eaton at St. Ann & The Holy Trinity.
As a Brass Octet, we've performed with the Collegiate Chorale
throughout the New York
area.
In recent years, the Arcadia
Brass has developed and presented a variety
of themed programs, including the Italian Renaissance, Victorian
England, and modern Americana. Each program is
specially tailored to
the unique
community where it was
performed. While we specialize in concerts, we also have extensive
experience performing music for
weddings. Having a real concert ensemble for your
wedding
makes a very big difference! Far from being mere weekend
trumpeters, the Arcadia Brass provides a first-rate performance every
time! Click
here to
contact the Arcadia Brass.
The Trumpeters (Our Leaders)
Arcadia Brass is led by trumpet players Angela
Gosse and Jim
Lake. Both Angela and Jim have active careers as soloists, chamber
musicians, and orchestral performers. You can read more about
them below...
Angela Gosse
Angela is a founding member of the Arcadia Brass Quintet. She is a featured soloist on the Sacred Hearts and St. Stephen (Brooklyn) concert series, and has given many solo recitals, including at Manhattan's Church of the Transfiguration with organist Claudia Dumschat. In addition to recitals, her recent solo activities include playing Bach’s Cantata 51 with Sinfonia Celestis in Staten Island and Pelham. Angela has played chamber music on several concert series including at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. She is an active member of the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra and has played concerts for Yamaha Artist Services International. In recent years Angela has performed with the New World Symphony in Miami and the Pan Asian Orchestra at Lincoln Center. She performs and records with the Gramercy Brass Orchestra of New York. Angela performed with the New England Symphonic Ensemble at Carnegie Hall, played Mahler’s 2nd Symphony with the AAC orchestra in the General Assembly of the United Nations, and continues to perform with Dicapo opera. She has been a featured soloist at churches all around New York and New Jersey, playing for special occasions, holidays and weddings. Angela received her Master of Music Degree from the Manhattan School of Music and her Bachelor’s from New England Conservatory of Music. Her teachers included Chris Gekker and Tim Morrison. For more information and recordings, visit Angela's website here.
Jim Lake
Trumpeter
Jim Lake is active as an orchestral performer and
recording artist. Jim has recently been the
featured trumpet soloist with both the Metro Chamber Orchestra and One
World Symphony. He has also
just completed recording a new CD with Chris Brubeck and the Gramercy
Brass Orchestra of New York. Recent concert appearances include
performances at Jazz at Lincoln
Center's Rose Theater, at Carnegie Hall with the New England Symphonic
Ensemble, at Lincoln Center
with the Pan-Asian Symphony, and throughout the New York City area with
the Manhattan Chamber
Orchestra, the Gramercy Brass Orchestra, One World Symphony, the Ibex
Chamber Orchestra, the
Metro Chamber Orchestra, and The Arcadia Brass. Jim has
performed numerous baroque
oratorios, and just recently performed for his 1,000th wedding. He has
played trumpet on studio recordings for ABC/Disney, Koch
Classics
& Newport Classics, performed live on Fox TV, and his
recordings
have aired on
ABC-TV, ESPN, VH1, and NPR.
In addition to his trumpet activities, Jim is also an organist and
church Music Director. He earned his Master of Music degree as a
scholarship student at the Manhattan
School of Music, and is a graduate of Rice University’s
Shepherd School of Music in Houston, Texas. For more
information,
visit
Jim's
website here.
