Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1210361 By West Coast Wind Quintet. By Ron Levy. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary,Jazz. 44 pages. Thinkling Music #808135. Published by Thinkling Music (A0.1210361). Mmm ... DELICIOUS!!Jazz Salad began life as a set of piano solos, designed to display various aspects of jazz style to beginning/intermediate level pianists. This version of three of those pieces was orchestrated for West Coast Wind Quintet for performance on their concert series at the Merc in Temecula, California. The three pieces are: 1)   Funky Cheese     (2’30�)2)   Tomato Tango    (2’)3)   Walnut Waltz      (1’45�)First performance in Temecula, California, April 24th, 2021, by West Coast Wind Quintet.info@ronlevymusic.com.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1150807 By West Coast Wind Quintet. By Ron Levy. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary. 53 pages. Thinkling Music #750990. Published by Thinkling Music (A0.1150807). Six Pieces for Woodwind Quintet is an essay in style composition. Each piece represents a different composer, stylistic era, or, in the case of Leaning Down (the most accessible of the set), an American folk music tradition. Total duration is about 10 minutes. Here are the six movement titles: 1. Jump and Leap 2. A Strange Meeting 3. Persistence 4. Java Booboo 5. Chocolate Fingers 6. Leaning Down (MP3 Audio Sample).

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1210402 By West Coast Wind Quintet. By Ron Levy. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary,Renaissance. 41 pages. Thinkling Music #808180. Published by Thinkling Music (A0.1210402). “If music be the food of love, play on …� TWELFTH NIGHT MUSIC is a concert suite drawn from my incidental music for Shakespeare’s play.  This arrangement for wind quintet was an easy transition from my original instrumentation of flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, and trombone; the trumpet part went easily into the oboe, and the trombone was written in about the same range as French horn.  Translating to this more established standard ensemble makes the piece much more accessible to a wider range of musicians worldwide than the fairly unusual instrumentation employed for the original theatrical production. First performance in Temecula, California, April 24th, 2021, by West Coast Wind Quintet. Duration approx. 7 mins.info@ronlevymusic.com.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1210341 By West Coast Wind Quintet. By Ron Levy. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary. 11 pages. Thinkling Music #808108. Published by Thinkling Music (A0.1210341). Includes score and partsA musical meditation ...Originally composed as a solo piano piece, CHORDAL MEMORIES works beautifully as a wind quintet.It has a serene meditative quality. The piece is a series of long phrases with jazz-inflected harmonies.It is not jazz at all, however. The whole unfolds in an organic manner. First performance: Temecula, April 24th, 2022, by West Coast Wind Quintet. Duration: approximately 5 minutes ronlevymusic.com.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1145980 By West Coast Wind Quintet. By Ron Levy. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary. 28 pages. Thinkling Music #746220. Published by Thinkling Music (A0.1145980).          AEROS is a one-movement piece about flying.          The composition begins with Latin dance rhythms and a clearly defined melodic motif. The threads gradually build to a tumble of ecstatic exuberance, engaging but short-lived. The remainder of the piece is a return to the mundane, ultimately settling on a plateau of stability which the listener senses to be merely a steppingstone, a pause before resuming the journey into an uncertain future …          Structurally, the work is a single movement built around an Afro-Cuban montuno pattern, with ostinati divided among the instruments. Stylistically it could be considered as “moody minimalist with a melody�. Or if that is too long and unwieldy, then perhaps just “MMMMUSIC!�          First performance in Laguna Beach, California on September 21st, 2021, by West Coast Wind Quintet, as part of the Sunset Serenades series. The outdoor venue, a small amphitheater in beautiful Heisler Park, high on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, was the perfect aerie from which to bring this piece into the world.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1161598 By West Coast Wind Quintet. By Ron Levy. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary. 12 pages. Thinkling Music #761966. Published by Thinkling Music (A0.1161598). ... and he walked a crooked mile...CROOKED LISA – In this lovely quaint, slightly offbeat composition, Beethoven’s most popular piece is mangled practically beyond recognition – and yet the original structure remains miraculously intact. The “jazzy� middle section maintains the key relationship of the original, but it is reimagined in alternately swinging and “straight� phrases with a decidedly bluesy feel.Could this be the perfect encore piece? Let's say yes!Performed by West Coast Wind Quintet. Duration: approx. 2 mins.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1172148 By West Coast Wind Quintet. By Ron Levy. Classical. 63 pages. Thinkling Music #772412. Published by Thinkling Music (A0.1172148). That's odd ...In 'Odd Beethoven', various works of the great master are refashioned in new and sometimes humorous ways. The project is intended as a tribute – no disrespect intended!Beethoven's melodic and harmonic material presents an irresistible trove of ideas just begging to be played with. I sincerely hope that Herr Beethoven would not be offended.But if he is, I suggest he roll over and tell Tchaikovsky the news!.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1162108 By West Coast Wind Quintet. By Ron Levy. 20th Century,Classical. 13 pages. Thinkling Music #762481. Published by Thinkling Music (A0.1162108). A charmer! Shrimp Salad takes Beethoven’s quaint little piano piece and casts it as a light ragtime. Each phrase is followed by a response, with notes altered to give it a “bluesy� quality. 

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1162317 By West Coast Wind Quintet. By Ron Levy. 20th Century,Classical. 15 pages. Thinkling Music #762678. Published by Thinkling Music (A0.1162317). Beethoven gets bluesy!Based on themes from Beethoven’s Symphony No 6, “Sixth Sense� begins just like the original, but then quickly takes a wrong turn. That one “wrong� note (you’ll hear it) signals “this is not your grandmother’s Beethoven�. The piece also makes creative use of Beethoven’s repeating figuration patterns, converting them with a few expertly placed note changes into quite bluesy sounding figures.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1162314 By West Coast Wind Quintet. By Ron Levy. 20th Century,Classical. 14 pages. Thinkling Music #762674. Published by Thinkling Music (A0.1162314). Once again, my mind goes to food. What can I say? But this is no random title. “Hero� refers of course to the subtitle of Beethoven’s third symphony, the “Eroica�. Just as in Sixth Sense, my piece begins a lot like the original, but soon goes astray - into a blues style which  Beethoven never knew. There IS drama here, along with the witty stuff.  After all, it is “Odd BEETHOVEN�. And “Beethoven� is synonymous with “drama�… as well as with “wit�! The overall mood is whimsical and fun – and the piece is brief, making it a perfect encore piece – short and sweet.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1162191 By West Coast Wind Quintet. By Ron Levy. 20th Century,Classical. 15 pages. Thinkling Music #762547. Published by Thinkling Music (A0.1162191). The GREAT AND POWERFUL Symphony Number Nine of Beethoven! How DARE anyone take on this sacred cow!! Well, again, it is an homage, a tribute … to PERHAPS THE GREATEST MUSIC COMPOSITION EVER BROUGHT INTO BEING. EVER. BY ANYONE. So great is its awe and mystery. Truly a gift to humanity.