We are excited to announce that this summer, the Madera Wind Quintet will be premiering Lansing McLoskey’s Hardwood at the 2012 conferences of the International Horn Society and the International Double Reed Society! As the winner of the Joint Wind Quintet Project’s commission competition, McCloskey wrote Hardwood to be premiered at the 2012 gatherings of the International Horn Society, the International Clarinet Association, the International Double Reed Society, and the National Flute Association. We are honored to have the opportunity to participate in this historic collaboration and continue our commitment to performing new, exciting works for wind quintet!
The performances are as follows:
International Horn Society Conference: May 18, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
International Double Reed Society Conference: July 11, Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, OH
Tomorrow, the Madera Wind Quintet will be performing a new work written for us by Sarah Summar. The piece is called Tó Neinilii’s Mischief, named for the Navajo god of water, who “takes pleasure in bringing or withholding rain from the human population when it is least convenient for them.” In the piece, Sarah combines a Navajo dance, a Hispano ballad, and a cowboy song into an intricate ensemble piece for wind quintet. The pointillistic, post-minimalist style presents rhythmic challenges for the quintet, but the resulting music is delightful. We look forward to giving the work its premiere performance tomorrow at 8PM in the Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater at the University of North Texas.