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