Prized Composers

Warren F. Benson

Personal Website:

http://www.warrenbenson.com

 

Awards:

Guggenheim Fellowship (1981)

 

Compositions for Winds:

Divertissement No. 1 (1993): for Wind Ensemble

Meditation on “I Am for Peace” (1990: for Wind Ensemble

Steps (1989): for Brass Quintet

Symphony No. 2: Lost Songs (1983/1985/1987): for Wind Ensemble

Ginger Marmalade (1978): for Wind Ensemble

The Passing Bell (1974): for Wind Ensemble

Blues Antigua (1971): for Jazz Band

Mask of Night – record (1968): for Wind Ensemble

The Solitary Dancer (1966): for Wind Ensemble

Wind Rose (1966): for Saxophone Quartet

The Leaves are Falling (1963/1964): for Wind Ensemble

Remembrance (1962/1963): for Wind Ensemble

Symphony for Drums and Wind Orchestra (1962): for Wind Ensemble

Polyphonies for Percussion (1960): for Wind Ensemble

Transylvania Fanfare (1953): for Wind Ensemble

Marche: Encore for Woodwind Quintet (1947): for Woodwind Quintet

Adagietto (no date): for Wind Ensemble

Danzón-memory (no date): for Wind Ensemble

Daughter of the Stars [A reminiscence on “Shenandoah”] (no date): for Wind Ensemble

Dawn’s Early Light (no date): for Wind Ensemble

Recuerdo (no date): for Solo Oboe/English Horn and Wind Ensemble

Wings (no date): for Wind Ensemble