Join us as we celebrate 10 years of NCF with our winners’ residency featuring NCF 2023’s Emerging Ensemble Division First Prize winners – IGNIS Quintet! Presented in collaboration with the New Orleans Friends of Music and the University of New Orleans School of the Arts.

First prize winners of NCF 2023’s Emerging Ensemble Division, IGNIS is committed to unlocking the expressive potential of the wind quintet medium by “taking what is an inherently unmatched ensemble and not trying to compensate for it.” Whether through the music of Mozart or music of the 21st century, IGNIS creates memorable, impactful performances by highlighting the “multi-layered, complex musical personalities” of its five members and celebrating the ways these distinct voices combine and interact.