Repertoire for Woodwind Quintet
(91 pieces by 48 composers as of September 29, 2025)
Directory compiled by Flute Repertoire Specialist Dr. Jen Kennard of the National Flute Association and Managing Editor, Head Researcher & Writer Dr. Megan Hill for the RBP Foundation.
The majority are pieces for the standard woodwind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn). Any exceptions to the standard instrumentation are noted.
Please let us know of any other works that should be added to this list, or if you know of any additional information or resources to complete this catalog!
And if you perform one of these pieces and have an audio or video recording that you would be willing to share, please let us know right away!
Email us at editor@musicbyblackcomposers.org.
Jorge Enrique Amado Molina (b. 1997)
Cuba
Rumbaconga (2021)
DEDICATEE: Ventus Habana Quintet
ENGRAVING: research in progress
LENGTH: 4’30”
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: research in progress
NOTES: listed on composer’s website
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Kenneth Amis (b. 1970)
Bermuda, USA
Wind Quintet (1990)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 14′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Allegretto, 3. Scherzo, 5. Rondo (five movements, further research in progress)
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: movement one on composer’s website
DIFFICULTY: hard- (serious high school / college)
Several arrangements for woodwind quintet of madrigals by Carlo Gesualdo also available for purchase.
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Thomas Jefferson “T.J” Anderson (b. 1928)
USA
Five Etudes and a Fancy (1964)
ENGRAVING: legible manuscript
LENGTH: 9′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Assimilation, 2. Complements, 3. Transference, 4. Diversities, 5. Recurrence, 6. Fancy
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: advanced (college / professional)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
David Nathaniel Baker (1931–2016)
USA
Theme and Variations (1971)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 7′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: research in progress
From The Black Frontier (1971)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: research in progress
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: research in progress
Woodwind Quintet No. 1 (2014)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: research in progress
MOVEMENTS: 1. The Galloper, 2. Minstrel’s Song, 3. Dance, 4. Finale
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: MIDI version of movement 1 on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard- (serious high school / college)
Woodwind Quintet No. 2, The Waterfall (2019)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: research in progress
MOVEMENTS: 1. Allegretto, 2. Allegro con spirito, 3. Andante esspressivo
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: MIDI versions on YouTube: movement 1, movement 2
DIFFICULTY: Flute World level 4, advanced (college / professional)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Ed Bland (1926–2013)
USA
Woodwind Quintet No. 1 “The Jazz Quintet” (1983)
COMMISSIONER: Quintet of the Americas
ENGRAVING: research in progress
LENGTH: 10′
MOVEMENTS: three
SHEET MUSIC: available for rental
RECORDING: excerpt on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Arion’s Song: Woodwin Quintet No. 2 (1986)
ENGRAVING: research in progress
LENGTH: 10′
MOVEMENTS: five
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Derek Douglas Carter (b. 1994)
USA
Two Pieces for Woodwind Quintet (2016)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 8′
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s bio.
William Edward “Billy” Childs (b. 1957)
USA
A Day in the Forest of Dreams (1996)
COMMISSIONER: Dorian Wind Quintet
INSTRUMENTATION: woodwind quintet + piano
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 22′
MOVEMENTS: 1. First Glimpses of Sunlight/Largo, 2. Afternoon Dance/Presto
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube: movement 1, movement 2
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Valerie Coleman (b. 1970)
USA
Afro-Cuban Concerto (2001)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 15′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Afro, 2. Vocalise, 3. Danza
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Umoja (2001)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 3′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: Flute World level 2; intermediate (high school)
Portraits of Josephine (2008)
INSTRUMENTATION: fl/picc, ob/eh, cl, hrn, fg
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 15′
MOVEMENTS: three
SHEET MUSIC: research in progress
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Red Clay and Mississippi Delta (2009)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 5′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Tzigane (2011)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 9′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: Flute World level 3-3+; hard (serious high school / college)
Lift Every Voice
COMPOSER: J. Rosamond Johnson
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 4′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: intermediate (high school)
Many holiday arrangements for woodwind quintet are also available for purchase on the composer’s website (Go Tell it on the Mountain, The Holly and the Ivy, Jingle Bells, Let it Snow!, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Silent Night, God Rest Ye’ Merry Gentlemen), as well as Sous le dôme épais (the “Flower Duet” from the opera Lakmé) by Léo Delibes.
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912)
England
A Ba Boleki Bwana! (They Will Not Lend me a Child!) (1905/2003)
ORIGINAL: from Twenty-Four Negro Melodies, Op. 59 for piano
ARRANGER: Adam Lesnick
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: research in progress
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: Flute World level 2, easy (middle school / high school)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Marvin Curtis (b. 1951)
USA
Three Traditional Spirituals (arranged 1989)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 9′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Roll Jordan, Roll, 2. By ‘an By, 3. Great Day
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: easy (middle school / high school)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Tyson Gholston Davis (b. 2000)
USA
Desert Pass (2023)
COMMISSIONER: Zéphyros Winds
DEDICATEE: Saxton Rose (bassoonist of Zéphyyros Winds)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 7′
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: preview available on Apple Music
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Kevin Day (b. 1996)
USA
Jubilee
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 4’30”
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Roger Donald Dickerson (b. 1934)
USA
Wind Quintet (1961)
ENGRAVING: research in progress
LENGTH: research in progress
SHEET MUSIC: possibly located in the Amistad Research Center at Tulane University
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Stephanie Fischer
USA
Calibrate (2018)
COMMISSIONER: Stanford Wind Quintet
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 6′
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Flutronix
USA
Seen (2021)
COMPOSER: Nathalie Joachim
COMMISSIONER: The Phillips Collection for Imani Winds
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 15′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Mysterious Flowers, 2. This Old House, 3. Sleeping Baby, 4. Tiny Golden Bells, 5. Empty Space
SHEET MUSIC: available for sale
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for information about Flutronix.
Am’re Ford (b. 1990)
USA
Music After Chatherine
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 11′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Bittersweet, 2. Longing, 3. Happily
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: on composer’s website
DIFFICULTY: intermediate (high school)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Damien Geter (1980)
USA
I Said What I Said (2021)
COMMISSIONER: Imani Winds
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 8′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on composer’s website
DIFFICULTY: hard- (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Nathalie Joachim (b. 1983)
USA, Haiti
Seen (2021)
COMMISSIONER: The Phillips Collection for Imani Winds
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 15′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Mysterious Flowers, 2. This Old House, 3. Sleeping Baby, 4. Tiny Golden Bells, 5. Empty Space
SHEET MUSIC: available for sale
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Stumble, Fall, Fly (2022)
COMMISSIONER: Imani Winds
INSTRUMENTATION: fl/picc, ob, cl, hrn, fg
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 10′
SHEET MUSIC: research in progress
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Joseph Jones (b. 1984)
USA
Miniatures for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 7 (2004)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 15′
MOVEMENTS: 1. March, 2. Elegy, 3. Scherzo, (movement 4 title research in progress)
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Woodwind Quintet, Op. 77 (2022)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 17′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Moderato, 2. Scherzo, 3. Adagio, 4. Allegro
SHEET MUSIC: research in progress
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard- (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Scott Joplin (ca. 1867–1917)
USA
Chrysanthemum (1904)
ARRANGER: Wendy Large
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 5’30”
SHEET MUSIC: available for download on IMSLP
RECORDING: recording of original piano version on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
The Easy Winners (1901)
ARRANGER: Mitchell Kriegler, Anthony Iannaccone
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 3′
SHEET MUSIC: Kriegler’s version available for download on IMSLP, Iannaccone’s version available for purchase
RECORDING: Iannaccone’s version on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: Kriegler’s version, hard (serious high school / college); Iannaccone’s version, hard (serious high school / college)
Elite Syncopations (1902)
ARRANGER: Melanie Bradford, Kenneth Abeling
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 3’30”
SHEET MUSIC: Bradford’s version available for download on IMSLP, Abeling’s version available for purchase
RECORDING: Abeling’s version
DIFFICULTY: Bradford’s version, advanced (college / professional); Abeling’s version, hard (serious high school / college)
The Entertainer (1902)
ARRANGER: John Clarke
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 3′
SHEET MUSIC: available for download on IMSLP
RECORDING: recording of original piano version on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: advanced (college / professional)
Eugenia (1905)
ARRANGER: Mitchell Kriegler
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 3’30”
SHEET MUSIC: available for download on IMSLP
RECORDING: recording of original piano version on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: advanced (college / professional)
Five Scenes from Treemonisha (1911/2007)
ARRANGER: Graham Barnstable
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 17′
MOVEMENTS: 1. We’re Goin’ Around, 2. Prelude, 3. Aunt Dinah Has Blowed de Horn, 4. Superstition, 5. A Real Slow Drag
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: Flute World level 3; hard (serious high school / college)
Maple Leaf Rag
ARRANGER: John Clarke, Kenneth Abeling
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 3′
SHEET MUSIC: Clarke’s version available for download on IMSLP (individual parts), Abeling’s version available for purchase
RECORDING: recording of Abeling’s version on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: Clarke’s version, advanced (college / professional); Abeling’s version, hard (serious high school / college)
Original Rags (1899)
ARRANGER: Mitchell Kriegler
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 3′
SHEET MUSIC: available for download on IMSLP
RECORDING: recording of original piano version on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Peacherine Rag (1908)
ARRANGER: Mitchell Kriegler
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 3′
SHEET MUSIC: available for download on IMSLP
RECORDING: recording of original piano version on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Pine Apple Rag (1908)
ARRANGER: Mitchell Kriegler
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 3′
SHEET MUSIC: available for download on IMSLP
RECORDING: recording of original piano version on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: advanced (college / professional)
Pleasant Moments (1909)
ARRANGER: Mitchell Kriegler
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 3’30”
SHEET MUSIC: available for download on IMSLP
RECORDING: recording of original piano version on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
The Ragtime Dance (1905)
ARRANGER: Adam Lesnick
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 4′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: Flute World level 2+; (easy+, upper middle school / high school)
Solace (1909)
ARRANGER: John Clarke
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 6′
SHEET MUSIC: available for download on IMSLP
RECORDING: recording of original piano version on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: advanced (college / professional)
Stoptime Rag (1910)
ARRANGER: Mitchell Kriegler
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 3′
SHEET MUSIC: available for download on IMSLP
RECORDING: recording of original piano version on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: advanced (college / professional)
Sunflower Slow Drag (1901)
ARRANGER: Wendy Large
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 5’30”
SHEET MUSIC: available for download on IMSLP
RECORDING: recording of original piano version on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: advanced (college / professional)
Weeping Willow
ARRANGER: Mitchell Kriegler
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 4’30”
SHEET MUSIC: available for download on IMSLP
RECORDING: recording of original piano version on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: advanced (college / professional)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917–1995)
USA
Five Winds: Divertimento for Woodwind Quintet (1984)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 12′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Allegretto, 2. Andante, 3. Allegretto, 4. Allegro
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard- (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Tania Justina León (b. 1943)
Cuba, USA
De Momorias (2000)
COMMISSIONER: The Mexico City Woodwind Quintet with support from the Mexico/US Fund for Culture
DEDICATEE: León’s teacher, Cuban composer Alfredo Diez Nieto
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 9′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Wendell Morris Logan (1940–2010)
USA
Woodwind Quintet (1964)
ENGRAVING: research in progress
LENGTH: research in progress
SHEET MUSIC: research in progress
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Lina Mathon-Blanchet (1903–1994)
Haiti
Haitian Folk Tale
INSTRUMENTATION: woodwind quintet, optional drum
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 5′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: intermediate (high school)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Joe M. Moore III (b. 1986)
USA
One NotE TwO maNy
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: research in progress
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Jeffrey Mumford (b. 1955)
USA
the play of intervening objects (2007)
COMMISSIONERS: Imani Winds
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 10′
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Andre Myers (b. 1973)
USA
Macy Loves Rashawn (2010)
COMMISSIONERS: Imani Winds
ENGRAVING: research in progress
LENGTH: 9′
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Brian Raphael Nabors (b. 1991)
USA
Until Dawn (2021)
COMMISSIONERS: Volante Winds
ENGRAVING: printed, extended techniques
LENGTH: 14’30”
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Gary Powell Nash (b. 1964)
USA
Stop for Equity (2021)
COMMISSIONERS: Chione Quintet as part of the Breathe Collective
ENGRAVING: printed, extended techniques
LENGTH: 4′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Èbùn Oguntola (b. 2005)
USA
Contrition (2021)
COMMISSIONERS: Chione Quintet as part of the Breathe Collective
ENGRAVING: printed, extended techniques
LENGTH: 4′
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: intermediate+/hard- (serious high school)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Fred Onovwerosuoke “FredO” (b. 1960)
USA, Ghana, Nigeria
Four Dances for Wind Quintet
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 15′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Beethoven Returns to Africa, 2. Yarinya (Maiden), 3. Ayevwiomo (Mother Begets), 4.Dance Tribute
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on Apple Music
DIFFICULTY: all movements advanced (college / professional)
Four More Dances for Wind Quintet
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 15′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Ogiribo (Storm), 2. Domenshigbe (At the Market), 3. Edo (Royal Serenade), 4. Ukere (Warriors Dances)
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on Apple Music
DIFFICULTY: Flute World level 3; all movements advanced (college / professional)
Rhapsodies for Wind Quintet No. 1, “Nwomkro”
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 7′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: advanced (college / professional)
Rhapsodies for Wind Quintet No. 2, “Malaika”
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 6′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on Apple Music
DIFFICULTY: advanced (college / professional)
Rhapsodies for Wind Quintet No. 3, “Healing Dances”
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 7′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on Apple Music
DIFFICULTY: advanced (college / professional)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Ali Osman (1958–2017)
Sudan, Egypt
Woodwind Quintet (1984)
ENGRAVING: research in progress
LENGTH: research in progress
SHEET MUSIC: research in progress
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Daniel Bernard Roumain (b. 1970)
USA
Five Chairs and One Table (2008)
COMMISSIONER: Carnegie Hall for Imani Winds
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 15′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Godwin Simeon Sadoh (b. 1965)
Nigeria, USA
Summer Evening at Ile-Ife for Woodwind Quintet
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 3’30”
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: intermediate+ (serious high school)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
David Sanford (b. 1963)
USA
Woodwind Quintet No. 1 (1982)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 8′
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: research in progress
Woodwind Quintet No. 1 (1986)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 7′
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: research in progress
Tatu (2018)
COMMISSIONER: Zephyros Winds
INSTRUMENTATION: cl doubles bass cl
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 10′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Jeffrey Scott (b. 1967)
USA
Titilayo (2006)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: research in progress
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: intermediate (high school)
Josephine Baker Suite I. “Le Sirène Comme Comedienne” (2005)
INSTRUMENTATION: woodwind quintet with cl doubling on Bcl and sax, solo voice, percussion
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 10’30”
MOVEMENTS: 1. Donnez-moi La Main, 2. Je Voudrais, 3. Message from Josephine, 4. MAMBO!
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube: movement 1, movement 2, movement 3, movement 4
DIFFICULTY: all movements advanced (high school / college)
Josephine Baker Suite II. “Le Sirène Comme Comedienne” (2005)
INSTRUMENTATION: woodwind quintet with fl doubling on picc, solo voice, percussion
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 8′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Journey Across the Atlantic, 2. One Ticket Please!, 3. Wake me when it’s over!, 4. Papitou’s Blues
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube: movement 1, movement 2, movement 3, movement 4
DIFFICULTY: movement 1, hard (serious high school / college); movement 2, advanced (college / professional); movement 3, intermediate (high school); movement 4, hard (serious high school / college)
Baile Se Quiere!
INSTRUMENTATION: woodwind quintet + wind band
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 13′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Startin’ Sumthin’ (2012)
COMMISSIONER: Jenny Cline of The Monmouth Winds
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 5’30”
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: advanced (college / professional)
Homage to Duke (2002)
DEDICATEE: In Memory of Duke Ellington and his Sacred Music
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 7′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Many woodwind quintet arrangements available for sale on the composer’s website, including Fuga e Misterio, Escualo [The Shark], Contrabajissimo, Oblivion, and Libertango (Astor Piazzolla); Um a Zero (Pixinguinha); The Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla (Mikhail Glinka); Pavane Op. 50 (Gabriel Faure); When the Saints Go Marching In (spiritual); as well as many holiday arrangements: Christmastime is Here, Sleigh Ride, I Saw Three Ships, Greensleeves, Carol of the Bells.
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Kevin Scott (1956)
USA
Woodwind Quintet (2004/2018)
ENGRAVING: research in progress
LENGTH: 17’30”
MOVEMENTS: 1. Passacaglia (In Memoriam Chuck Bond), 2. Scherzo
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: on Soundcloud: movement 1, movement 2
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Carlos Simon (b. 1986)
USA
Giants (2023)
COMMISSIONER: Imani Winds and Shriver Hall Concert Series
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 13′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Bessie Smith, 2. Maya Angelou, 3. Ronald E. McNair, 4. Cornel West, 5. Herbie Hancock
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress (perusal score on composer’s website)
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Alvin Singleton (b. 1940)
USA
Through it All (2007)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 15′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: excerpt on Soundcloud
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
Woodwind Quintet (1968–1969)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 12′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s bio.
William Grant Still (1895–1978)
USA
Miniatures (1948/1963)
ORIGINAL 1948 INSTRUMENTATION: fl, ob, pf
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 12′
MOVEMENTS: 1. I ride an Old Paint, 2. Adolorido, 3. Jesus is a Rock in the Weary Land, 4. Yaravi, 5. Froggie Went a-Courtin
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: intermediate (high school)
Folk Suite #4 (1962)
ORIGINAL 1962 INSTRUMENTATION: fl, cl, vc, pf
ARRANGER: Adam Lesnick
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 8′
MOVEMENTS: 1. El Monigote (Venezuela) 2. Anda Buscando de Rosa en Rosa (Mexico) 3. Tayeras (Brazil)
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: Flute World level 3, hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Justinian Tamusuza (b. 1951)
Uganda
Abaafa Luli (1994)
INSTRUMENTATION: woodwind quintet, handheld maracas and stamping feet by the 5 quintet musicians
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 7′
MOVEMENTS: 1. El Monigote (Venezuela) 2. Anda Buscando de Rosa en Rosa (Mexico) 3. Tayeras (Brazil)
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard- (serious high school / college)
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Frederick C. Tillis (1930–2020)
USA
Five Fantasies on Primary Colors (1999)
DEDICATEE: Avanti Woodwind Quintet, University of Massachusetts
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 19′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Light Blue Prologue, 2. Shade of India, 3. Echoes of Africa, 4. Fantasy on To Ryan Se/Kojo No Tsuki, 5. Tinge of New World Rainbows
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: all movements intermediate (high school)
Spiritual Fantasy No. 23 – Weary Traveler (2001)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 20′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Light Blue Prologue, 2. Shade of India, 3. Echoes of Africa, 4. Fantasy on To Ryan Se/Kojo No Tsuki, 5. Tinge of New World Rainbows
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: movement 1, hard (serious high school / college); movements 2 and 3, intermediate (high school)
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Andre Vindu Bangambula (1953)
Congo, China
Wind Quintet (1991)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: research in progress
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: research in progress
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George Walker (1922–2018)
USA
Windset (1999)
COMMISSIONER: New Jersey Chamber Music Society
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 7’45”
MOVEMENTS: 1. quarter note = 63, 2. eighth note = 72
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube: movement 1, movement 2
DIFFICULTY: hard- (serious high school / college)
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Mary Watkins (b. 1939)
USA
The Party Line
INSTRUMENTATION: woodwind quintet + egg shakers
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 3′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: intermediate+ (high school)
Spring Break
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 3’40”
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
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Michael E. (“Doctuh”) Woods (b. 1970)
USA
Quintet for Winds (2020)
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 15′
MOVEMENTS: three
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: on Soundcloud: movement 1, movement 2, movement 3
DIFFICULTY: hard (serious high school / college)
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Kerwin Young (b. 1970)
USA
The Legacy of “Lefty La Marque (2020)
ENGRAVING: research in progress
LENGTH: research in progress
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: research in progress
Atchafalaya Expedition (2010)
ENGRAVING: research in progress
LENGTH: research in progress
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: research in progress
An Observation of Squirrels (2009)
ENGRAVING: research in progress
LENGTH: research in progress
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: research in progress
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Pamela Z (b. 1956)
USA
Differences (2022)
COMMISSIONER: Detroit Chamber Winds’ “Resonate” project
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 10′
SHEET MUSIC: email to order a score
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY: research in progress
Summons (2021)
INSTRUMENTATION: woodwind quintet + tape
COMMISSIONER: Yale Bands, Yale Glee Club, and Yale Symphony Orchestra
ENGRAVING: printed
LENGTH: 3′
SHEET MUSIC: email to order a score
RECORDING: on Vimeo
DIFFICULTY: advanced (college / professional)
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