On Wednesday, April 20 at 12:10 p.m., the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts program will be streamed.

Calico Winds will perform quintets by Gwyneth Walker, Ihor Shamo, David Baker, William Grant Still, and Valerie Coleman on a Facebook stream and YouTube.

More info about the program and artists, and the link to the stream, can be found at http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com.

Calico Winds is composed of Eileen Holt, flute, Marissa Honda, oboe, Kathryn Nevin, clarinet, Theresa Treuenfels, bassoon, and Rachel Berry, horn. Among the pieces the group will perform are Gwyneth Walker’s “Nearer My God To Thee” from Braintree Quintet (1988), Ihor Shamo’s “Moldavian Dance” arranged by M. Zakopets, David Baker’s “Woodwind Quintet” from “The Black Frontier,” and William Grant Still’s “Miniatures” arranged by A. Lesnick.

With style and grace, Calico Winds is taking wind music to the forefront of the chamber music world by artfully reinventing the conventional wind quintet. The members chose the name “Calico” to reflect the many colors and textures offered by the instruments of their ensemble. The group blends top-notch playing, great music and an appealing atmosphere, their repertoire incorporating a wide variety of classical music.

Calico Winds has delighted audiences across the country, touring to more than half of the 50 states, including numerous cities throughout their home state of California. They are currently ensemble-in-residence at Glendale Noon Concerts.

In 2009, Calico Winds was concerto soloists with Frank Fetta conducting the Culver City Symphony, premiering Sinfonia Concertante for wind quintet and orchestra, a work it commissioned from Los Angeles composer Damian Montano. The ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall both as part of the “Classical Connections” Young Performers Career Advancement program sponsored by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters and in recital with pianist Vivian Liu in a performance of Ludwig Thuille’s Romantic Sextet.

In 1998 Calico Winds released its first CD, “All in One” [Bach, Nielsen, E. Carter, L. Schifrin, Zappa] to critical acclaim. Its second CD, released on Albany Records (2004), “Vintage America: A Musical Meritage,” featured a diverse collection of original and arranged works reflecting the music and life of early Americans.

Calico Winds has held residencies at La Sierra University, the Idyllwild Arts Academy and with the Claremont Youth Symphony Music Retreat in California as well as at the Birch Creek Music Festival in Door County, Wisconsin. It has been the featured ensemble for the Coleman Chamber Music Association’s “Meet the Musicians” concerts. As winners of the 1998 National Flute Association (NFA) Chamber Music Competition the ensemble was featured in recital at the NFA convention in Phoenix, Arizona. It has received a grant from the City of Pasadena for The Weekend Muse Inter-Generational Concerts, a series it self-produced in Los Angeles and Pasadena.

The members of Calico Winds think of themselves as a team whose sum is greater than its parts. Despite resisting the publishing of individual bios, presenters and audience members continue to be interested in each person on stage. To satisfy this curiosity, they have developed “Calico Stats” (vital statistics of each member), which can be viewed on the website calicowinds.com.