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• 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 .

• woodwind instrument
• wood

News & Articles

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• ‘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

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• 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."