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In 2012, they won the Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh International Competition. “There was not one model that exactly fit our career trajectory, or the speed of our growth, so we borrowed bits and pieces from other groups, such as eighth blackbird, Dallas Brass, Imani Winds and the Canadian Brass,” explains Jacobson.Īnd what a whirlwind it has been for this young troupe: In 2011, they were the ensemble in residence for the Da Camera of Houston Young Artist Program. Jacobson knew that she had a tough road ahead, but her can-do spirit kept her plans in motion. Although this maverick collective of virtuosos started out modestly, they’ve made their mark in just six short years. One of them is the very quintet Jacobson founded, Houston’s WindSync. There are only a few such ensembles working in the entire United States.

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Although professional string quartets seem to come and go as fast as a Texas winter, the same is not true for woodwind quintets. Some of them, usually string players, even intend on making a career for themselves as chamber musicians. It has been six years since bassoonist Tracy Jacobson ran through the halls of Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, asking her friends if they would join her in playing in a woodwind quintet. WindSync members Emily Tsai, Anni Hochhalter, Jack Marquardt, Tracy Jacobson and Garrett Hudson. WindSync members Tracy Jacobson, Garrett Hudson, Jack Marquardt, Emily Tsai and Anni Hochhalter at Rice Gallery in front of Ben Butler’s Unbounded installation at Rice University.

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