Reed Quintet Net

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.