Fine Arts Center Winds Chamber Fall Concert

This program offers a representative overview of chamber music for winds and brass from the Baroque period to the present. Works by Quantz and Bach demonstrate early contrapuntal writing and the emerging idiomatic possibilities of wind instruments, while Mozart reflects the Classical era’s emphasis on clarity of form and balance. Twentieth-century perspectives are explored through the folk-influenced rhythmic language of Béla Bartók and the experimental sonorities of Henry Cowell. Music by contemporary composer Catherine McMichael introduces a contrasting modern tonal and lyrical approach. Taken together, the program highlights the evolution of style, texture, and instrumentation across more than three centuries of repertoire for winds and brass.