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These lists contain a selection of NZ works suitable for advanced wind players - perfect for players studying at university, or looking for works appropriate for competitions or auditions.  There are still many more works on our full catalogue, including works for mixed chamber groups.  Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have, or if you need any help navigating our online catalogue! 

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Flute

Anthony Ritchie: Tui for solo flute
Douglas Mews: Tango Fantastique for solo flute
Maria Grenfell: Four Pooh Stories for solo flute
Michael Norris: Tre Canzoni Imperfette for solo flute
David Hamilton: Slides 8 for solo flute
Lyell Cresswell: Anake for solo flute
Rachael Morgan: Nyx for solo flute
Samuel Holloway: en abyme for solo flute
Nick Hunter: Cascade for solo flute

Michael Norris: Chrysalis for flute and electronic sounds
Michael Williams: When We Fell for flute with digital effects and electronic sounds
John Rimmer: Composition 4 for flute and electronic sounds

Gareth Farr: Nga whetu e whitu for flute and piano
Gillian Whitehead: Taurangi for flute and piano
Chris Adams: Art Miniatures for flute and piano
Gao Ping: Sonatine for flute and piano

Anthony Ritchie: Flute Concerto (also available with piano reduction)
John Ritchie: The Snow Goose for flute and orchestra (also available with piano reduction)
Maria Grenfell: Maui tikitiki a Taranga for flute and orchestra

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Oboe

Gillian Whitehead: Three Improvisations for solo oboe
Dylan Lardelli: To My Winter for solo oboe
Maria Grenfell: Five Years for solo oboe
Neville Hall: a furred tail upon nothingness for solo oboe
John Elmsly: Old Songs for solo oboe (or cor anglais)

John Rimmer: Crow for oboe and electronic sounds
Kit Powell: Chance Piece for oboe and electronic sounds

Anthony Ritchie: Sonata for oboe and piano
Maria Grenfell: Dancing in the Snake Pit for oboe and piano
Ross Harris: Icon for oboe and piano

Edwin Carr: Concerto for oboe and orchestra (also available with piano reduction)
Michael Williams: Piercing the Vault for oboe and orchestra
David Hamilton: Concertino for oboe and string orchestra
Edwin Carr: Four Pieces for oboe d'amore, strings and harp (also available with piano reduction - oboe d'amore or cor anglais)

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Clarinet

Peter Scholes: Wireless for solo clarinet
Eve de Castro-Robinson: Undercurrents for solo clarinet
Christopher Blake: Towards Peace for solo clarinet
Gillian Whitehead: Mata-au for solo clarinet
Ross Harris: Four Laments for solo clarinet
Nigel Keay: Allusions for solo clarinet
Ken Wilson: Spiderweb for solo clarinet
Eve de Castro-Robinson: Chaos of Delight I for solo bass clarinet
John Rimmer: Hauturu - Where the Winds Rest for solo bass clarinet

Chris Cree Brown: Inner Bellow for clarinet and electronic sounds
John Rimmer: Projections at Dawn for clarinet and electronic sounds
Michael Norris: De corporis fabrica for amplified solo clarinet and video 

Douglas Lilburn: Sonatina for clarinet and piano
Helen Bowater: Ixion’s Wheel for clarinet and piano
Karlo Margetic: Svitac for clarinet and piano (also available for clarinet and ensemble)
Gareth Farr: Waipoua for clarinet and piano (also available for clarinet and string orchestra)
Edwin Carr: Aubade for clarinet and piano (also available for clarinet and orchestra)

Ken Wilson: Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra (also available with piano reduction)
John Ritchie: Concertino for clarinet and string orchestra
Dylan Lardelli: Tumbu for clarinet and orchestra
Kit Powell: Te Ika a Maui for clarinet and orchestra

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Bassoon

Alex Taylor: loose knots for solo bassoon  
Gillian Whitehead: Nga ha o nehera for solo bassoon  
Edwin Carr: Three Pieces for solo bassoon
Neville Hall: lifeless air become sinewed for solo bassoon
Bryony Jagger: Love Duet for solo contrabassoon

John Rimmer: Southern Invention for bassoon and piano
Ross Harris: In Memory G.B. for bassoon and piano
John Rimmer: Composition 7 for bassoon, piano and electronic sounds

Martin Lodge: Winterlight for bassoon and orchestra
Michael Norris: Heavy Traffic for contrabassoon and orchestra
Alex Taylor: Bassoon Concerto for bassoon and chamber orchestra

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Saxophone

Neville Hall: some points in time, book 1 for solo saxophone
Eve de Castro-Robinson: Countercurrents for solo tenor saxophone
Dugal McKinnon: Homage to the Night Sky’s Debris for solo baritone saxophone

Neville Hall: Reflexive for alto saxophone and electronic sounds
Kit Powell: Chance Piece for saxophone and electronic sounds

Maria Grenfell: Dancing in the Snake Pit for soprano saxophone and piano
Philip Norman: Murphy's Law for soprano saxophone and piano
John Elmsly: Sonata for alto saxophone and piano
Natalie Hunt: Winter for alto saxophone and piano
Gareth Farr: Meditation for alto saxophone and piano
Matthew Davidson: Deux Plaisenteries for alto saxophone and piano
Michael Jamieson: Sonata for tenor saxophone and piano
Robbie Ellis: Sonatina for Alto Saxophone and Piano

Anthony Ritchie: Concerto for soprano saxophone and orchestra
Tony Ryan: Concerto for soprano saxophone and orchestra
Michael Vinten: Concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra
John Ritchie: Concerto for alto saxophone and small orchestra

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Wind Duos

Ben Hoadley: Manaia for two flutes
Neville Hall: in the folds of silence 1 for two flutes
Rachel Clement: txt msgs for flute and clarinet
Eve de Castro-Robinson: Chaos of Delight IV for piccolo/flute and bassoon
David Farquhar: Five Canons for two clarinets
Alexandra Hay: Part/s for two clarinets
Ken Wilson: Duo for two clarinets
Karlo Margetic: Saccades for two clarinets
Michael Norris: Ars Moriendi for two bass clarinets
John Rimmer: At the Base of The Whirlpool for two bass clarinets
John Rimmer: Streets Ahead for oboe and bassoon
Ken Wilson: Duo for clarinet and bassoon
Michael Jamieson: nga manu (bird-song suite) for two soprano saxophones
Neville Hall: the crystal funnel of air 2 for soprano and alto saxophone

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Wind Trios

Dylan Lardelli: Humoresque for flute, clarinet and bassoon
Pieta Hextall: Seven Point Zero for flute, clarinet and bassoon
Helen Fisher: Woodwind Trio for flute, clarinet and bassoon
John Rimmer Murmures 2 for three clarinets
Samuel Holloway: Malleus for three clarinets
Claire Scholes: The Wyrd Sisters for three clarinets
Juliet Palmer: Rush for three clarinets
John Rimmer Transcendental Fragments for three oboes
Philip Brownlee: Gracious numbers decayed for oboe, clarinet and bassoon

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Wind Quartets

Alex Taylor: eight pieces for wind quartet
David Farquhar: Serenade for wind quartet 
Kenneth Young: Elegy for saxophone quartet
John Rimmer: The Moon Rises Over Tapu Bay for saxophone quartet
Dorothy Buchanan: Owed to R for saxophone quartet 
Dylan Lardelli: Arrangements for saxophone quartet
Philip Norman: A Short Suite for saxophone quartet
Tony Ryan: Scherzo for saxophone quartet
Robert Burch: Capriccio for saxophone quartet 
Ross Carey: Divertissement for saxophone quartet 
Robbie Ellis: Banda Chiflada for saxophone quartet 
Michael Norris: Honk! for saxophone quartet
Neville Hall: Kontinuum I for saxophone quartet 
Ken Wilson: Variations on a Theme of Paganini for clarinet quartet
Ken Wilson: Slow Piece for clarinet quartet
Robert Burch: Little Suite for clarinet quartet
Chris Adams: The Liberation of Mr Norris for clarinet quartet
Natalie Hunt: Three Quirky Microscores & A Flock of Fleeting Microscores for clarinet quartet
Edwin Carr: Waiheke Island - a suite for oboe consort

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Wind Quintets

Douglas Lilburn: Wind Quintet
Anthony Ritchie: Wind Quintet
Christopher Blake: Sounds - an Evocation of Tahuahua, Queen Charlotte Sound for wind quintet
John Rimmer: Serenade 2 for wind quintet
Ken Wilson: Wind Quintet
Ross Harris: Jazz Suite for wind quintet 
David Farquhar: Concerto for wind quintet
Anthony Young: Firmament for wind quintet 
Chris Watson: E pari, e te tai for wind quintet
John Rimmer: Composition 2 for wind quintet and electronic sounds

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Wind Ensemble

David Hamilton: Kaleidoscope for wind octet
Edwin Carr: Octet for wind octet
Dorothy Buchanan: Three Sketches for wind octet
Ken Wilson: Wind Octet
Michael Norris: Orbits of Influence for twelve saxophones

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