Eclectic and versatile, Voyager Reed Quintet was formed in Brooklyn, New York in the summer of 2022. Our ensemble’s mission is inspired by the golden records aboard NASA’s Voyager spacecraft. The quintet aims to explore the shared humanity of our players and audiences by performing music that traverses stylistic boundaries. We are inspired by the intersections of a wide variety of music, particularly that of living composers, jazz and popular music, contemporary classical music, and older works made new to the reed quintet medium through transcriptions and arrangements.

Since its inception, Voyager Reed Quintet has performed throughout the northeast, most notably at The Juilliard School, the Imani Chamber Winds Music Festival, and Lincoln Center’s “Summer for the City” Concert Series. For 2024, the quintet was selected to be the recipient of an Ensemble Forward Grant from Chamber Music America (supported by The New York Community Trust), allowing Voyager to expand the scope of its mission to include community outreach efforts and the commission and recording of new works. For the 2024 season, Voyager has commissioned composers Kevin Day, Andrew List, Harriet Steinke, and Mara Keen.

In high demand as educators and clinicians, Voyager Reed Quintet has been invited to give concerts and masterclasses at Boston Conservatory, Ithaca College, University of Delaware, and SUNY Oneonta.