Seraph Brass Quintet

Seraph Brass is a dynamic brass ensemble drawing from a roster of America’s top female brass players. The remarkable artists in the Seraph Brass Quintet are Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet; Raquel Samayoa, trumpet; Rachel Velvikis, horn; Hana Beloglavec, trombone; Gretchen Renshaw James, tuba. The quality of their performances was recognized in receiving the Silver Medal Global Music Award with their album Asteria and the invitation to perform in 2019 at the International Trumpet Guild Conference. Seraph Brass has toured throughout the United States, Mexico, and Europe, performed multiple concerts at the Lieksa Brass Week in Finland, and they were the featured ensemble at the International Women’s Brass Conference.

Members of Seraph Brass have performed with such esteemed ensembles as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Musicians from Marlboro, Luzern Music Festival in Switzerland, National Symphony, Brass Band of Battle Creek, Daejeon Philharmonic in Korea, and Auckland Philharmonia in New Zealand.