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PRELUDE: two samples from our Meet-The-Composer educational residencies, written by sixth- to eighth-graders in collaboration with resident composer R. James Whipple

#1: Ferenc Farkas – Ugros from Five Hungarian Dances of the 17th Century

 . . . . wind quintet, on tour programs:
 . . . . Winds Around the World, Winds of Change

#2:  Herbert Franklin Mells – I’ve Got Religion, with Eugene Perry
 . . . . wind quintet and baritone voice, on tour program:
 . . . . A Night at the Opera

#3:  Peggy Glanville-Hicks – first movement from Concertino da Camera
 . . . . flute, clarinet, bassoon, and piano, with Rodrigo Ojeda
 . . . . on tour programs: Mix and Match, Women of Notes II

#4:  Linda Marcus (lyrics) and Ruth Schramm: Picture a Playground
 . . . . wind quintet and soprano voice, with Demareus Cooper
 . . . . on tour program: Glorious Song

#5:  Arthur Bird – Suite in D (for double wind quintet)
 . . . . first movement. On tour program:
 . . . . Mozart and More

#6  Efraín Amaya – Trompos y Perinolas, from Sidewalk Divertimenti
. . . . wind quintet and piano, commissioned through
. . . . MEET THE COMPOSER’s Pittsburgh New Residency