The quintet was founded in 1997 by flautist Johanna Goldstein at the
Peabody Conservatory of Music in
Baltimore, Maryland. It relocated to the Boston area in 1999 when it became the ensemble-in-residence the
Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since 2002 it has served on the faculty of the
Boston University Tanglewood Institute's Young Artists Wind Ensemble. In 2008, the ensemble released their debut recording,
Vento Chiaro: Music for Wind Quintet on Ongaku Records. ==Members==