Concert and Contest Woodwind Music

Faure's most celebrated orchestral work, the Pavane is well-known for its haunting flute solo - as beautiful as it is challenging at times in the authentic key of F-sharp minor. Within one

The classic depiction of Death and the dancing dead is arranged by Thorne for a clarinet choir of nine instruments. Death's violin solo is here, along with the immediately-identifiable themes of this spooky

Blades of Grass was inspired by the poem Grass by Carl Sandburg (1878-1967):

"Pile the bodies high at Austerliz and Waterloo, Shovel them under and let me work-I am the grass; I cover all.

Originally composed for orchestra, Saint-Saens made a version of Danse Macabre for violin and piano. Durand also asked flute virtuoso Giuseppe Gariboldi to arrange the piece for flute and piano. A

The manuscript of this Prelude pour 4 Bassons ou Violoncelles bears the date 1902, during the time Gilson was professor of composition at the Brussels Conservatory. There are few original

The classic depiction of Death and the dancing dead is arranged by Thorne for saxophone octet. Death's violin solo is featured throughout the upper instruments, along with the immediately-identifiable

Fugue in F minor is a simple, yet rewarding piece for saxophone quartet. The simple subject and several changes in character make it fun to listen to and to play!

Four Fagotten Polka was composed for the Northern Hills Bassoon Ensemble and Director, Russ Hinkle, and is the fourth, simplest and last of the "Four Fagotten" series. A straight-forward,

For Bassoon Quartet by Richard Cioffari. Four Fagotten March was composed for the Northern Hills Bassoon Ensemble and Director Russ Hinkle. It is essentially a military-style march with