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Isabel Lepanto Gleicher is an acclaimed flutist, composer, and visual artist, lauded by The New York Times as “excellent,” with composer John Zorn describing her as “inspiring” and “stunningly musical.” As an artist member of...
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Gunther Schuller: Woodwind Quintet (1958) Ruth Crawford-Seeger: Suite for Wind Quintet...
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Watch the new video conversation with Stephanie Griffin and flutist Svjetlana Kabalin, founder and artistic director of the Sylvan Winds, a wind quintet she has led for over 46 years. Kabalin reflects on growing up in a musical family, her early fascination with opera...
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February 2026, by Laurence Vittes “To celebrate their 47th season, New York-based Sylvan Winds showcases a quartet of new quintets that tease the brain with their brilliant use of the genre and delight the ear with their transfiguring beauty. In Pentalogue,...
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Our newest CD of newly-commissioned music, RESONANT WORLDS, was released on Albany records on December 5, 2025. With a grant awarded from Chamber Music America, the Sylvan Winds recorded four recent commissions by women composers — all written for wind quintet, one...
