Those looking for some last minute Christmas music might be interested in the Whichpond Music holiday wind quintet library- Holst, Vaughan Williams, selections from Messiah, American and English carols, and more, at a 30% discount.

Christmas, Handel, holiday, Holst, Vaughan Williams

From Cate Gerhart at the University of Washington – a comprehensive bibliography of double wind quintet music.

And a shameless plug for my own double wind quintet transcription of Faure’s Pavane.

Cate Gerhart, double wind quintet, Faure

Stuart Balcomb’s American Trilogy (Sunset Strip, Friday Harbor, Ellis Island) will be heard on the New York Philharmonic Wind Quintet’s November 2009 CD.  “Ellis Island” has been featured twice on Bill McGlaughlin’s St. Paul Sunday on NPR.

New York Philharmonic Wind Quintet: Mark Nuccio (clarinet), Sherry Sylar (oboe), Erik Ralske (horn), Judith LeClair (bassoon) and Robert Langevin (flute)

American Trilogy, Balcomb, New York Philharmonic Wind Quintet