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John Holloway's "Wood-Up quick Step" was so popular in it's day that it became the test piece for a famous competition between Ned Kendall, playing the keyed bugle and ..... playing the cornet. In this setting for woodwind quintet, the flute, oboe and clarinet get to show off their virtuosity. Hence, those parts are technically demanding.

We have transcribed Christian Julius Weissenborn's delightful bassoon scherzo for solo bass clarinet and chamber winds. The bass clarinet version has been transposed from the bassoon key of C into concert B-flat. The wind ensemble instrumentation is: flute, oboe, 4 B-flat clarinets, bassoon, 2 horns in F and double bass or tuba. An optional cut shortens the piece to 3'50. We also publish the work with piano accompaniment [0005J].

Ludwig Milde's (1849 - 1913) delightful Tarantella, Op. 20 is a brief scherzo that makes a wonderful encore or show-off piece for a bassoonist accompanied by a chamber wind ensemble. The instrumentation is: flute, oboe, 3 B-flat clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 horns in F, and tuba OR double bass.

A transcription for 10 players of a piano piece discovered in a 19th century collection from my wife's ancestors. A delightfully buoyant dance. Scored for flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinet in B-flat, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in F and double bass or contrabassoon. I speculate that the composer used initials as identification to remain anonymous.

Written to prevent potential envy arising from the excluded hornist in the saxophone version. A sort demonstration piece for the standard woodwind quintet. For my colleagues at the Capital University Conservatory of Music.

We needed a piece to demonstrate all of the woodwinds. Something with a little solo for each player - so, I chose the venerable and much arranged "Carnival of Venice" as being relatively familiar to listeners and fun to play for the musicians. Dedicated to my woodwind colleagues at the Capital University Conservatory of Music.

These fanfares were composed at different times for different ensembles. The OBOHIO fanfares were written in 1990 to begin concerts by that double reed quartet. We would play them offstage before entering. #2 was written for performance at the International Double Reed Society's conference at the Louisiana State Unversity. Tavern Fanfare was written for a wind octet to play a concert at, you guessed it, a tavern! The Seven Eight Fanfare was composed in 1998 for no particular ensemble or event.

A Passacaglia on a 9 measure progression for the standard woodwind quintet: flute, oboe, clarinet in B-flat, bassoon and horn in F. Composed in 2008 and eagerly awaiting it's first performance!

Four short fanfares that can be performed as encores, concert openers or as interludes between longer pieces. They don't have to be performed in numerical order. They were composed for a variety of ensembles. The OBOHIO fanfares were played offstage to begin concerts by that double reed quartet. #2 was performed at the International Double Reed Society conference at Louisiana State University in 1990. Tavern Fanfare was originally for wind octet for a concert at, you guessed it, a tavern! The Seven Eight Fanfare was composed in 1998 for no particular ensemble or event.

A passacaglia based on a nine measure progression in which each instrument has a distinctive part. For standard woodwind quintet. Moderately difficult.