Repertoire
Children's Programs:
From classical to traditional folk song, ragtime to Gershwin, marches to contemporary, family audiences will be entertained with the music of the woodwind quintet through story and song. Discover the variety of different sounds, moods, and styles created by the combination of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and the French horn. Our Children's programs include works from the following:
Peter and the Wolf Prokofiev
The Carnival of the Animals Saint-Saens
The Sorcerer's Apprentice Dukas/Christensen
Small Swan's Dance from "Swan Lake" Tchaikovsky
Jeux d'enfants Bizet
The Story of the Woodwind Family Goldfaden
The Teddy Bear's Picnic Bratton
A Children's Medley arranged by James Haynar
An American Folk Song Suite adapted by Micheal Isaacson
Looney Tunes arranged by Bill Holcombe
The Pink Panther Mancini/Christensen
The Magic Flute Mozart
Wedding Music:
We work with you to develop a musical program that may include prelude, processional, ceremony, recessional and postlude music. These pieces could form a starting point, to be supplemented by classical, romantic or lighter pieces listed below, or other pieces selected for this special occasion.
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin Wagner
Wedding March Wagner
Canon in D Pachelbel
Air From Water Music Handel
Bist Du Bel Mir Bach
Hornpipe from Water Music Handel
Ode to Joy Beethoven
Spring from The Four Seasons Vivaldi
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Mozart
Classical, romantic, and more:
Passacaille Barthe
Carmen Suite Bizet, arr. Taillard
Pastorale Pierne
Quintet Taffanel
Quintet Op. 71 Beethoven
Quintette Chretien
3 Pieces for Woodwind Quintet Deslandres
Suite Op. 57 Lefebvre
Menuet Mozart
Presto Haydn
Quintet in Bb Major Danzi
Two Bach Fugues arr. by Catelinet
Trois Pieces Breves Ibert
Blaserquintett Reicha
Suite No 1 Debussy
Quintet No 1 Cambini
Six Studies in English Folk Song Vaughan Williams, transcr. Bussick
Three Shanties Malcolm Arnold
Libertango Piazolla, arr. Scott
Lyric Suite Grieg, arr. Taylor
Pastorale Beach
Pastoral Persichetti
Aires Tropicales, Rivera
Light and fun:
Polka Fucik
Dear Tessie! Shaw
Cakewalk ("Le Petit Negre") Debussy
The Teddy Bear's Picnic Bratton
Looney Tunes arranged by Bill Holcombe
The Pink Panther Mancini/Christensen
Blues from American in Paris Gershwin/Leone
St. Louis Blues Handy/Holcomb
The Entertainer Joplin/Sacci
Maple Leaf Rag Joplin/Frackenpohl
The Cascades Joplin/Frackenpohl
All You Need is Love Beatles/Canadian Brass
When I'm Sixty-Four Beatles/Gilbert
Ob-la-di Ob-la-da Beatles/Gilbert
Excerpts from "Les Miserables" Shonberg/Boublil, arr. Cheng
Can-Can Caprice Jones
Danse Macabre Saint-Saens/Corcoran
The Sorcerer's Apprentice Dukas/Christensen
Theme from Super Mario Brothers Sidi/Hoderov, arr. Corcoran
Back to the Future Silvestri/Vinson
The Wellerman Traditional, arr. Corcoran
Thunder and Blazes Fucik, arr. Corcoran