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Weather.... Published: 4/8/2005  Quintet on road to recognition
How do you get to Carnegie Hall?  "Practice, practice,
practice," goes the old joke, but "play, play, play," may be
closer to the truth. And that means playing at every
opportunity.  Consider the case of the Synergy Quintet, a
Boston-based brass ensemble whose touring schedule might be
mistaken for a Greyhound bus timetable. Cities and towns change
with the day. What with school concerts by day and formal
programs by night, the venues change far more quickly still.
The Synergy Quintet performs at the Toledo School for the Arts
during the school day on Monday, then gives a 7:30 concert that
night at the Collingwood Arts Center.  There will be little rest
on Tuesday when the musicians drive to Sturgeon Bay, Wis.,
before heading off to Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and points
further west.  Despite all those concerts, most people probably
have never heard of the Synergy Quintet. They, like so