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Missouri Quintet

Founded in 1977, the Missouri Woodwind Quintet is an ensemble-in-residence of the University of Missouri School of Music. The ensemble performs a wide variety of literature, ranging from Baroque transcriptions to cutting-edge contemporary repertoire. The Quintet has performed in Boston, New York, Chicago, and Dallas, and at musical institutions including the New England Conservatory, Northwestern University, University of Illinois, Baylor University, and University of North Texas. Highlight performances include a Carnegie Hall debut in 1989 (reviewed favorably in the New York Times), a broadcast on National Public Radio’s Performance Today, and the International Festival of Chamber Music, in Belem, Brazil. The Quintet has recorded two CDs for the Cambria label: Quintets Nos. 1 & 2 by American composer David Maslanka, and Romantic Winds, a collection of transcribed works by Grieg, Dvorak, and Rimsky-Korsakov. In 1999, the Quintet commissioned Quintet No. 3 from Maslanka, which, along with other chamber works by the composer, appear on the Albany Records label.

Marcia Spence, Dan Willett, Alice K. Dade, Paul Garritson, Rodney Ackmann
Missouri Quintet