Paradise Winds
Beloved and dear friends, Paradise Winds have been commissioning composers, performing live, educating, and entertaining audiences worldwide since 2009
- 2009
- United States
Paradise Winds is a Phoenix, Arizona-based woodwind chamber music ensemble performing original and arrangement repertoire for audiences locally and globally since 2009, and one of the first professional reed quintets formed in the United States.
Quickly featured for over a million listeners on American Public Media’s Performance Today in 2011 and 2013, Paradise Winds launched into recording with Earful Recording and SoundSet Records, releasing Behind Stained Glass with Jackie Meyers Band in 2016, Journey on a Comet’s Tail in 2017, and All Things Bright and Beautiful in 2022 all available on your favorite streaming app. These albums represent a sequence of works donated by composers because the reed quintet genre is both new and the signatures of Paradise Winds are so captivating by composers and audiences alike.
Active educators and free-lance artists, Paradise Winds members support a range of roles around Arizona, at educational institutions such as Arizona State University, Maricopa Community Colleges, the Musical Instrument Museum, Yavapai College in Prescott, and Northern Arizona University, as well with performing groups such as Arizona MusicFest, The Phoenix Symphony, Ballet Arizona, and Arizona Opera among other local groups. They are also advocates for the woodwind arts, partnering with International Clarinet Association, International Double Reed Society, and the North American Saxophone Alliance among others.
- Members
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Joseph Kluesener (PC Joshua Gardner) Paradise Winds, Adjunct Faculty SCC & CGCC (AZ, USA), Corporate IFM Procurement UC-CCM Cum Laude, ASU Alumni, USAF Qualified Musician, Coyote Bassoon Director, Concert Curator, Spouse, Dog-dad, Pickle-baller, Chaconne Patisserie -
Stefanie Harger Gardner (PC Joshua Gardner) Music Program Director Glendale Community College (AZ, USA) Vegan chef, cat lady, clarinetist, educator, advocate for inclusivity and new music, directs the largest active low clarinet choir worldwide -
Joshua Gardner (PC Jacques Barbey) Associate Professor of Clarinet, Arizona State University Acclaimed clarinetist, educator blending virtuosic performance with innovative pedagogy; mentors research at ASU and performs globally in various chamber ensembles. -
Tiffany Pan (PC Afrodita Ellerman) Freelancer and teacher, oboist at Paradise Winds Oboe / English horn freelancer & teacher, passionate foodie, home cook, traveler, gardener, part-time cat-mom to neighbors' cat, family and friends hugger.
- Bookings and contact
- Website http://paradisewinds.org