Here you can find all the composers that have worked with the Quintet of the Americas for over 40 years.

  • Robert Deemer

    Robert Deemer

    Mannahatta Windows (2009) Robert Deemer wrote about Mannahatta Windows: “In his article “Mannahatta: An Ecological First Look at the Manhattan Landscape Prior to Henry Hudson”, Eric Sanderson provided ratios of how much of the island contained human habitation in 1604 (0.1%), in 1798 (16%) and in 2004 (97%). Through a commission by the Quintet of…

  • Robert Paterson

    Robert Paterson

    Suburban Waltz Fantasy Rob writes about his Wind Quintet: All of the movements of this wind quintet are connected and inspired in some way by American icons, surrealism, collage, post-1950’s imagery and suburbia. The second movement, “Suburban waltz-fantasy,” contains quotes from 1960’s-70’s TV show themes:  The Jetsons, All in the Family, Green Acres, The Dick…

  • Roberto Sierra

    Roberto Sierra

    Dona Rosita la soltera for Quintet and Soprano (1985) Essays (1987) Dos tonos de verde with orchestra (1991) Estudios para quinteto de vientos (2011-2012) Sexteto para piano y vientos (2014) Quintet of the Americas was introduced to the music of Roberto Sierra in the mid-1980’s by the Puerto Rican mezzo Puli Toro when the Quintet premiered Doña Rosita…

  • Shanyse Strickland

    Shanyse Strickland

    Ala Arusha – Mother Earth Shanyse Strickland recently won a space as a composer in the 2023 Music by Women International Festival, which will premiere a commissioned piece titled Afrofuturism, which also was the winning piece for the Urgent Art Fund grant. She has written and published seven original works, one of which was performed…

  • Sunny Knable

    Sunny Knable

    Satchmo in New Orleans (2025) Commissioned by Quintet of the Americas made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. SUNNY KNABLE (b. 1983) is an award-winning composer, a multi-instrumental performer, an educator, and an author of multiple…

  • William T. McKinley

    William T. McKinley

    Concerto for the New World for Wind Quintet, String Orchestra and Percussion (1991) Introduction and Thema: AndantinoVariation I: AllegroVariation II: LarghettoVariation III: PrestoVariation IV: ModeratoVariation V: AdagioVariation VI: Scherzo ragVariation VII: NobileVariation VIII e Finale: Allegro molto e baccanàle Quintet manager, Sandra Elm introduced us to William Thomas McKinley. we were happy to have two…

  • Xinyan Li

    Xinyan Li

    Milky Way Lovers (2013) Quintet of the Americas met Xinyan Li when she was a resident of Flushing, Queens, NY. She gave us the parts for her woodwind quintet Mo Suo’s Burial Ceremony. It is a very interesting well-constructed piece and we were happy to commission her for another work – Milky Way Lovers. Link…