Welcome
to The New Mexico Woodwind Quintet! We are currently entering our twenty-second year of performing and have opened
the season with a Chamber Music of Albuquerque collaboration. The project includes several
workshops in the Albuquerque Public Schools and is sponsored in part by a grant from Chamber
Music America. Thank-you Luis Delgado, Janet Kahn and Steve Beaumont for helping us make
this happen.
Since our concert debut in 1983, we are proud to have commissioned and premiered several
compositions for woodwind quintet. In a continuation of this tradition, NMWQ performed Michael Mauldin's "Canyon Light" at the International Flute Association Conference
in Las Vegas, Nevada. "Canyon Light" was written for NMWQ in 1989 and we are happy to
announce that Mr. Mauldin has published a chamber music CD entitled "Earth Spirit" which
includes an NMWQ concert performance of this piece. You can read more about Mr. Mauldin at
his website: http://www.mmauldin.com/.
We also must announce
with heavy heart that two of our great friends and NMWQ members have moved to Jacksonville Florida.
Congratulations Laura and Chris Dwyer for winning spots in the Sarasota Opera Orchestra and the
Jacksonville Symphony! Perhaps an octet concert in Florida is in our future?
To fill in the open
spots we are happy to welcome two new wonderful musicians to NMWQ. Flutist, Carol Redman. Thanks
for joining us! (Stay tuned for new photos and bios to be updated
soon.)
Thanks for helping us keep NMWQ alive. Bien venidos!
NMWQ
Carol Redman, flute
Lori Lovato, clarinet
Leslie N. Shultis, bassoon
