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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 |