Английская Википедия:Imani Winds

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Imani Winds is an American wind quintet based in New York City, United States. The group was founded by flutist Valerie Coleman in 1997 and is known for its adventurous and diverse programming, which includes both established and newly composed works. The word Imani means "faith" in Swahili. They are also active commissioners of new music with the intent of introducing more diverse composers to the wind quintet repertoire.

Overview

The name "Imani Winds" was chosen by Coleman before she formed the quintet. She viewed it as a vision of what the quintet could mean to African-American and other underrepresented communities. Coleman wanted to form a chamber group to highlight the work of underrepresented composers and performers. Therefore, the group's initial members were all of African American and Latino ancestry. The group first included Valerie Coleman on flute, Toyin Spellman-Diaz on oboe, Monica Ellis on bassoon, Mariam Adam on clarinet, and Jeff Scott on french horn. In 2016 Mark Dover replaced Mariam Adam, in 2018 Brandon Patrick George replaced Valerie Coleman, and in 2021, Kevin Newton replaced Jeff Scott.

The group has released nine CDs. Their first CD on a major label, The Classical Underground (Koch Entertainment), was released in January 2005 and was nominated for a Grammy award in 2006. Their 2023 album Passion for Bach and Coltrane, a multimedia collaboration with poet A. B. Spellman, won the 2024 Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium.

In 2001 they won the Richard S. Weinert Award for Innovation in Classical Music from the Concert Artists Guild. In 2002, they won the CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming and the CMA/WQXR Recording Award for their first album Umoja. In 2007, they won the ASCAP Concert Music Award.

Imani Winds have toured throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, and participated in Chamber Music Society Two, a professional residency program of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. In addition, Imani has toured internationally and recorded with saxophonist Steve Coleman, performed with pop recording artists Morley, and opened for Cassandra Wilson and Wynton Marsalis. They have performed with several notable jazz musicians such as Wayne Shorter, Steve Coleman, Paquito D'Rivera, and Steffon Harris. They have appeared on radio programs including Saint Paul Sunday, Performance Today, Performance Today, News & Notes, The Bob Edwards Show, and The World.

Legacy Commissioning Project

Imani Winds began the Legacy Commissioning Project in 2008 with the intention of commissioning and premiering ten new works for wind quintet by composers of color and diverse backgrounds over a five-year period. The group has continued to commission and premiered more works after the initial five-year time frame, and the group has continued their original intent to introduce more diverse composers to the standard wind quintet repertoire.

Commissions

Composer	Title(s)	For LCP	Notes
Fred Ho	Josephine Baker's Angels from the Rainbow	Yes
Paquito D'Rivera	Kites	Yes
Wayne Shorter	Terra Incognita	Yes
Alvin Singleton	Through it All	Yes
Roberto Sierra	Concierto de Camara	Yes
Jason Moran	Cane Jump Cut Rose	Yes
Daniel Bernard Roumain	Five Chairs and One Table	Yes
Stefon Harris	Anatomy of a Box (A Sonic Painting in Wood, Metal, and Wind)	Yes
Jonathan Russell	Arrangement of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring Arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade Arrangement of Holst's The Planets	Yes
Simon Shaheen	Zafir	Yes
Danilo Perez	Travesias Panamenas	Yes
Muhammed Fairouz	Jebel Lebnan Deep Rivers	Yes
Vijay Iyer	Bruits	Yes
Jeff Scott	Passion for Bach & Coltrane	Yes
Frederic Rzewski	Sometimes	Yes
Reena Esmail	The Light is the Same	Yes
Courtney Bryan	Blooming	Yes
Valerie Coleman	Bronzeville Phenomenal Woman, Concerto for Wind Quintet	Yes
Aaron Helgeson	Calls of close and away	Yes
Henry Threadgill	2.6 Pentadactyl	Yes
Alison Yun-Fei Jiang	On Light and Birds	Yes
Ted Moore	feedback vii: speak, contain	Yes
Kevin Kay	Quiver	Yes
Maria Kaoutzani	Speak, Mind	Yes
J. P. Redmond	9X9: Nine Pieces for Nonet	Yes
James Primosch	Four Sketches	Yes
Jessie Montgomery	Sargeant McCauley	Yes
Ledah Finck	Fractured Fossil	Yes
Nathalie Joachim	Seen	Yes
Richard Wernick	Quintet for Winds	No	Premiered but did not commission
Kenji Bunch	Shout Chorus	No	Premiered but did not commission

Discography

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Year	Title	Label
2002	Umoja	Imani Winds
2005	The Classical Underground	Koch International Classics / Koch
2006	The Imani Winds	Koch International Classics / Koch / Koch International
2007	Josephine Baker: A Life of le Jazz Hot!	eOne / Koch / Koch International Classics
2008	This Christmas	Koch / Koch International / Koch International Classics
2010	Terra Incongnita	E1 Entertainment
2013	Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring	EMI Classics
2016	Startin' Sumthin'	eOne
2021	Bruits	Bright Shiny Things
2023	Passion for Bach and Coltrane	Imani Winds Media Production

With Steve Coleman

• 1999 – The Ascension to Light

With Brubeck Brothers Quartet

• 2008 – Classified

With Chick Corea

• 2012 - The Continents: Concerto for Jazz Quintet & Chamber Orchestra

With Wayne Shorter

• 2013 – Without a Net

With Mohammed Fairouz

• 2013 – Native Informant

With Edward Simon

• 2018 – Sorrows & Triumphs

External links

• Imani Winds official site
• Imani Winds page at Jay K. Hoffman & Associates, Inc. site

Listening

• Imani Winds on All Things Considered radio program, June 8, 2005
• Imani Winds on Performance Today radio program, February 22, 2006
• Imani Winds on News & Notes radio program, May 23, 2006
• Imani Winds on All Things Considered radio program, June 11, 2007

Video

• Imani Winds video