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woodwind

  • n  any wind instrument other than the brass instruments

  • In such works as Prevailing Winds (1974), for woodwind quintet, or the orchestral piece Antiphony One (1963), which requires five conductors, he deployed musicians all over the .
  • His compositions include Elvis Everywhere, a work for string quartet and three Elvis impersonators on tape; Desi, a woodwind tribute to I Love Lucy; and Metropolis Symphony, a five .
  • Hungarians once used the ancient tarogatoa deep-toned, clarinet-like woodwind of remote Tibetan ancestrymuch as the Romans, and the Scots and Irish after them, used the .
News & Articles

  • ‘Music Under the Stars’ series kicks off 81st concert season
    As the sun began its descent below the tree line, a light drizzle of rain began to fall as band members picked up their polished brass and woodwind instruments and transitioned slowly from note to not
    June 14, 2013 - Peninsula Warrior
  • Exponential Ensemble Coming to Guilford
    Head to the Guilford Community Center for a chance to not only be entertained by talented musical performances, but to learn something, too. The Exponential Ensemble, a woodwind group...
    June 12, 2013 - Guilford Courier
  • Sesame Street Explains "Incarceration," Not Why U.S. Imprisons So Many
    A gloomy woodwind arrangement proceeds the gentle explanation (helpfully paid for by a defense contractor ) of what it means to have a parent incarcerated in the United States today, which seems apt given that since 2002 our country has had the highest incarceration rate in the world. [ more › ]
    June 11, 2013 - Gothamist
Quotes

  • Chris Brubeck in Hartford Courant
    As Brubeck explains, his "Vignettes for Nonet" has "one foot squarely planted in the classical world as a woodwind quintet piece and the other foot firmly tapping in the jazz universe of improvisation."
  • Lee Loughnane in Market Wire (press release)
    Founding member Loughnane added, "Throughout my career, I have always believed in and supported getting kids involved in music and music education. That is one of the common threads we have with the Woodwind & Brasswind."
  • Igor Stravinsky in Telegraph.co.uk
    When a journalist asked Stravinsky whether he was interested in new instruments, Stravinsky replied severely, "Our resources are stringed instruments, woodwind and brass, a few percussion, and the human voice."

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