• The commissioning of new chamber works by underrepresented composers

• The Songs for the Spirit Project, an annual commission of a chorale on themes of peace and unity to be taught to and sung by the audience.

• The transcription of existing works to include Winsor’s core instrumentation. The goal of these transcriptions is not only to provide more repertoire, but to expose audiences to little-known chamber works.

• Project STEP students: Jamboard (Winsor Music’s Opus 1 project)

• Devon Gray: the immeasurable quantum communique between earth and cosmos

• Lavell Blackwell: On the Impulse to Move

• Kevin Harris: Pulse

• David Sanford: Dearest One Thou Art My Star

• Milad Yousufi: Love Story

• Natacha Diels: What Do You Want To See Today?

• Yu-Hui Chang: Resurfacing

• Milad Yousufi: My Journey to America

• Marti Epstein: Yet there is hope: Time and Tide flow wide

• Osnat Netzer: They bury their dead with great ululations

• Anna Weesner: Mantra Music: No Harmony Like Silence

• Marti Epstein: Komorebi

• James Primosch: Oboe Quintet

• Anna Weesner: Love Progression: A Personal Essay

• Charlotte Bray: Bluer Than Midnight

• Lev Mamuya: loosely turing

• Andreia Pinto-Correia: Dalla Legenda aurea

• Yi Ying Chen: Sailing Against Time

• James Primosch: Oboe Quartet

• Harold Meltzer: Air and Angels

• Andrew Waggoner: Down/Up

• John Harbison: Crossroads (Consortium)

• Eric Nathan: Quartet for Oboe and Strings

• Helen Grime: Oboe Quartet

• Lev Mamuya: The Eagle (A Song without Words)

• Peter Child: Finite Infinity

• Peter Lieberson: The Coming of Light for baritone, oboe and string quartet (with Chicago Chamber Players)

• John Heiss: Sandburg Songs

• James Matheson: Quartet for Oboe and Strings

• Tison Street: Overture, Soliloquy and Metamorphosis (with Chamber Orchestra of Boston)

• Stephen Hartke: Precepts (with Cantata Singers)

• Peter Child: Pantomime: Seven Lyric Scenes for Oboe Quartet

• Hayg Boyadjian: Little Songs

• John Harbison, John Heiss, and Peter Child: Three Chorale Preludes

• James Primosch: Matins (with Cantata Singers)

• Kay Rhie: Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Violoncello

• Martin Brody: Tree of Life

• Elizabeth Brown: Beatitudes

• Fred Lerdahl: Oboe Quartet

• Martin Brody: d.C., Divertimento

• John Harbison: Four Chorale Preludes

• John Harbison: Six American Painters (oboe version)

• Yehudi Wyner: Quartet for Oboe and String Trio (Commissioned with a Consortium)

• Mario Davidovsky: Quartetto No. 2

“To say that Winsor Music is nothing short of miraculous misses the point, since nothing happens by chance. An indispensable series, music-making at its absolute best!” — Shulamit Ran

“The Winsor Music Chamber Series is an essential part of our musical life in Boston. Central to its mission has been the presentation of new pieces, often commissioned for the concerts, amid unusual older repertoire, all splendidly played, in an attractive acoustical space. The atmosphere is warm and informal, with a unique sense of occasion, something conceived with love and imagination.” — John Harbison

“For a composer, working with Winsor Music is pure joy. The players are fabulous and fabulously sensitive, both to each other and to the music at hand. They approach each work, new or old, with the same level of curiosity, engagement, and subtlety. A composer simply could not have a better advocate.” — Martin Brody

“Every once in awhile a composer has a completely satisfying experience with the premiere of a new work. Such was my experience with the Oboe Quartet I wrote for Winsor Music Consortium.”
— Fred Lerdahl

"Winsor Music presents lively and varied programs of chamber music, each expertly and sensitively played by world class musicians. I was honored to hear my own music played by this ensemble recently; it was wonderful to be welcomed by devoted players and an enthusiastic audience, all in the intimate, glowing atmosphere of a charming New England church. Winsor Music, Inc., is truly a treasure!"
— Mindy Wagner

“Winsor Music is a unique voice. The sense of community, among musicians, between the musicians and their audience, is remarkable. The developing humanist hymnal, ‘Songs of the Spirit,’ embodies Winsor’s commitment to humanitarian ideals and audience participation. Winsor’s commitment to new music combined with traditional repertory helps keep both musics alive. This is music the way it should be made, and the way that we really want to hear it.”
— Peter Child

“It is very rare that composers have the luxury of being able to write exactly what they want and know that they will get a committed performance — in my case the piece I wrote was often fiendishly difficult for all four players, and I was astonished at the level of preparation and dedication to the music. A performance that so closely resembles the original intention is a very special occurrence.”
— Helen Grime

“Winsor Music is a bright light in our musical lives. Much in the way a lighthouse beckons a sailor, Winsor Music is a beacon of intelligence, excellence, integrity and artistic beauty and it enriches the lives of everyone it touches.” — John Heiss
 

Transcriptions to include oboe

• Bach: Chorale Preludes

• Beethoven: Quintet in C major, Op. 29

• Beethoven: Trio in B flat major, Op. 11

• Brahms: Fünf Gesänge

• Brahms: Serenade #1

• Harbison: Remembering Gatsby

• Haydn: Quartet in D major, Op. 1, No. 3

• Haydn: Quartet in C major, Op. 54 No. 2

• Haydn: Quartet in B minor, Op. 33, No. 1

• Haydn: Quartet in F major, Op. 74, No. 2

• Landini: Trio

• Mozart: Divertimento, K. 136

• Mozart: Quartet in D minor, K. 421

• Mozart: Quintet in B flat, K. 174

• Mozart: Sonata in F major, K. 374

• Mozart: Kegelstatt Trio, K. 498

• Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben

• Clara Schumann: Romances

• Webern: Langsamer Satz

Transcriptions available for sale

• Beethoven: Septet  (oboe part only) 

• Brahms: Three Chorale Preludes 
  (PDF download)

• Boccherini: Quintet Op. 13, n. 4

• Haydn: Trio #96 in B minor 

• Haydn: Quartet in D minor, Op. 42

• Haydn: Quartet in D minor, Op. 42
  (PDF download)

• Mendelssohn: Quintet Op. 87

Songs for the Spirit is an annual project in which Winsor Music commissions a chorale to be taught to and sung by the audience. Winsor Music’s goal is ultimately to create a collection of songs on the themes of peace and unity. Songs for the Spirit was inspired by “A Song of Peace,” a melody based on Finlandia by Sibelius.

• Yu-Hui Chang: Cherokee Smudging Prayer

• Milad Yousufi: Love Story

• Osnat Netzer: Hippocratic Song for the Spirit

• Marti Epstein: Yet There is Hope - Time and Tide Flow Wide

• Anna Weesner: Mantra Music: no harmony like silence

• James Primosch: Come Brothers All; Come Sisters, Too

• Lev Mamuya: high-wire

• Lev Mamuya: I Dream a World

• Eric Nathan: “Hope” is the thing with feathers

• Megan Henderson: Jewell Hill

• James Matheson: On Liberty and Slavery

• Peter Child: Peace Poem After a Ugaritic Inscription

• Martin Brody: Until They Are Free

• John Harbison: O God of Every People; Let Me Not Mar That Perfect Dream; I long for household voices gone

In preparation

Song by Kevin Harris

“The developing humanist hymnal, ‘Songs of the Spirit,’ embodies Winsor’s commitment to humanitarian ideals and audience participation.”

— Peter Child

“This project was inspired by “A Song of Peace” which was my parents’ favorite hymn that wasn’t a Bach chorale. My mother spent the night on a life boat after having been torpedoed at the beginning of World War II. She became an ardent pacifist, and my father was right behind her...”

— Winsor Music founder, Peggy Pearson