Commissioned Compositions

IWBC Composition Commission Projects

Part of the mission of the IWBC is to encourage and promote the creation of new music by women composers. To further this goal, the organization regularly funds commissions projects and also strives to create performance opportunities for these new works.

Here is a list of these works:

2nd International Women’s Brass Conference
St. Louis, Missouri May 1997
COMPOSER TITLE PREMIERED BY
Marta Ptaszynska Scherzo di Fantasia (Euphonium, Piano) Gail Robertson, Patti Wolf
Emma Lou Diemer Four for Three (4 – 4 – 3), “A Little Light Music” (Trumpet, Horn, Trombone) Susan Slaughter, Nancy Cochran Block, Abbie Conant
3rd International Women’s Brass Conference
Cincinnati, Ohio June 2000
COMPOSER TITLE (MEDIA) PREMIERED BY
Carolyn Bremer The Four Winds (Brass Ensemble) Monarch Brass
4th International Women’s Brass Conference
Normal, Illinois June 2003
COMPOSER TITLE (MEDIA) PREMIERED BY
Amy Williams JB Montage (Brass Ensemble) Monarch Brass
Faye-Ellen Silverman Meetings (Tuba/Euphonium Quartet) Junction
Anne McGinty Motivations (Brass Band) Athena Brass Band
Larysa Kuzmenko Impromptu and Toccata (Brass Quintet) ISU Faculty Brass Quintet
5th International Women’s Brass Conference
Normal, Illinois June 2006
COMPOSER TITLE (MEDIA) PREMIERED BY
Stella Sung Towards Light (Brass Ensemble) Monarch Brass
Kim Archer Fiddlydee (Euphonium and Piano) Gail Robertson, euphonium and Alex Thio, piano
Joelle Wallach In a Dark Time (Horn and Piano) Laurel Ohlson, horn and Caryl Conger, piano
Gail Robertson A Eupher’s Dream (Euphonium Ensemble) IWBC All-Star Euphonium Ensemble
6th International Women’s Brass Conference
Toronto, Canada June 2010
Augusta Read Thomas Fête (Brass Ensemble) Monarch Brass
Alice Gomez Reincarnation and Dance (Brass Ensemble) Monarch Brass
Elizabeth Raum Color Code (Horn and Tuba) Lin Foulk, horn & Deanna Swoboda, tuba; Alex Thio, piano