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Woodwind Instruments Handy Guide: DEI Resources

Your quick guide to woodwind instrument music resources (Bassoon, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Saxophone).

Woodwind DEI Resources

Web Resources

This is a non-exhaustive list of open-access web resources for woodwind music. 

To find more general music DEI resources, visit our Music Diversity Guide'

  • American Composers Alliance
    American Composers Alliance, established in the 1930s, is a non-profit publisher of American concert music, past and present. With a curated catalog of over 14,000 works from a diverse group of more than 300 American composers of the 20th/21st centuries, ACA preserves historical works, introduces new works, and develops innovative ways to increase awareness, performance opportunities and public engagement with its unique catalog, which is available worldwide in print and other formats.
  • Boulanger Initiative Database
    Designed for everyone – musicians, performers, conductors, students, researchers, educators, artistic administrators, and anyone with a curious mind – this database provides access to thousands of works by women and gender-marginalized composers. By sharing knowledge and resources, the Boulanger Initiative Database (BID) increases access to works by underrepresented composers, empowering all who wish to diversify classical music programming.v
  • Corelia Project
    The Corelia Project focuses on bringing the compositions of women to the forefront of the classical music world. This database allows you to discover the music of various women by listening to freely available recordings and links to public domain scores or ways to purchase the work. If you find a work you would like to preform please let a Music Librarian know.
  • Diverse Composers of Wind Band Music
    This database is owned and maintained by And We Were Heard panelist Christian Michael Folk. 
  • Institute for Composer Diversity - Wind Band Database

  • The Institute for Composer Diversity works to encourage the discovery, study, and performance of music written by composers from historically excluded groups.

  • Mexican Repertoire Initiative at Dartmouth
    An ongoing commitment to bringing Mexican repertoire to the international stage, providing opportunities for Mexican composers, and combating institutionalized racism in educational and professional performing ensembles.

  • No Broken Links
    The No Broken Links directories are a starting point for scholars, performers, composers, and teachers to discover minority composers through solo and chamber repertoire for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Saxophone, and Horn. The directories focus specifically on the work of women, transgender & gender non-conforming individuals, and/or Black, Indigenous, or persons of color.

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