WINDSWEPT Toccata for Brass Quintet purchase track from mtraks THE GALLIARD BRASS ENSEMBLE NASHVILLE CONTEMPORARY BRASS QUINTET

First performance: April 1975, Cornell Brass Quintet, Cornell University. Published by The Brass Press (A division of Editions Bim). [Buy Score] Performances Spoleto Brass Quintet, Annapolis Brass Quintet, Eastern Brass Quintet, Charleston Symphony Brass Quintet, Indiana Brass Quintet, Nashville Contemporary Brass Quintet, Vermont Symphony Brass Quintet, Alaska Brass, Academia Brass Quintet in Seoul, Korea, faculty quintets at Universities of Utah, South Carolina, Northern Iowa, Mississippi, James Madison, Kent State, Akron, Tennessee Tech, Vanderbilt, Moorhead State, Northeast Louisiana State, Potsdam, Western Illinois University, Delta State, Eastern Kentucky; numerous others. Recordings WINDSWEPT US Air Force Heartland of America Band Brass Quintet, Omaha, NE  THE GALLIARD BRASS ENSEMBLE (recorded at Hill Auditorium, The University of Michigan), Musical Heritage Society MHS 513534 (compact disc) and 913534 (cassette) NASHVILLE CONTEMPORARY BRASS QUINTET Pantheon Music International, PFN 2241 (Phonodisc) Broadcasts WETA-FM, Washington, D.C.; WNIB-FM, Chicago; WCLV-FM, Cleveland; WGUC-FM, Cincinnati; WQLN-FM, Erie; WMHT-FM, Schenectady; WKSU-FM, Kent. {Index: Chamber Ensembles}

"A splashing, yet lyrical blast of a piece, which gave this sizable audience an example of the best writing for brass quintet available today."
—Jack Dressler, Charleston Post and Courier (Piccolo Spoleto)

"Full of sparkling rhythms in the toccata style."
—James Roberts, International Trombone Association Journal

"A significant addition to brass chamber music."
—The Instrumentalist,

"An exciting piece for the performers and the audience."
—International Trumpet Guild Journal

"A valuable addition to the literature. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED."
—Woodwind World-Brass and Percussion

"The Annapolis Brass Quintet has performed Toccata by Jack Gallagher in concerts throughout the U.S. and Europe. It has always been very enthusiastically received by audiences. The work is well scored for brass quintet--idiomatic and well crafted. I would strongly recommend Toccata to be included in the repertoire of any brass quintet."
—David Cran, Annapolis Brass Quintet

"A very exciting work for both performer and audience. It has great rhythmic energy, clear form, and many sections that make full use of the powerful sound available to the brass quintet. We found the work to be very successful for numerous audiences in a variety of performance situations."
—Tucker Jolly, Principal Tuba, Akron Symphony; formerly member, Eastern Brass Quintet