The Albemarle Ensemble, a woodwind quintet made up principals from the Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra, has been in residence at the University of Virginia since 1987. The group has performed throughout the eastern United States. They received a Virginia Arts Grant for educational programs and other grants for their recording and touring projects. The Ensemble appears on the CDs American Camerata Performs and Harlequinade, Wind Music by Walter Ross. High Performance Review magazine described their playing on their most recent recording as “splendid ... with spirit and understanding” and the Washington Post spoke of the Ensemble’s “ease, wit and spontaneity.”