The group was formed in 2005 and performs a variety of music ranging from Bach to the Beatles. The FSO Brass has performed at the Crim Festival of Races, Fenton's Jubil'Eve and at the Flint Institute of Music's annual Holiday Sneak Peek. This quintet features the following Flint Symphony Orchestra musicians: Eric Fontan, trumpet, Mark Flegg, trumpet, Carrie Banfield-Taplin, French horn, John Upton, trombone and Joe DeMarsh, tuba.