Title: Woodwind section - Wikipedia
Headings: Woodwind section
Woodwind section
Contents
Orchestra
Concert band
Woodwind choir
History of the woodwind choir
Original music for woodwind choir
See also
References

Content: Piccolo (s)
Flutes
Oboes
Bassoons
B♭ clarinets
Bass clarinet (s)
Alto saxophones
Tenor saxophone (s)
Baritone saxophone (s)
Other woodwinds that are used in the concert band, but not as frequently as the ones listed above, in normal score order : Cor anglais (usually played by an oboist)
Contrabassoon (usually played by a bassoonist)
E♭ clarinet (usually played by a B♭ clarinetist)
Alto clarinet (usually played by a B♭ clarinetist)
Contra-alto clarinet or contrabass clarinet (usually played by a bass clarinetist)
Soprano saxophone (usually played by the principal alto saxophonist)
Woodwinds that are sometimes, but very rarely, used in the concert band: Alto flute
Bass flute
Basset horn
Bass saxophone
Woodwind choir
A woodwind choir, also called woodwind orchestra, or woodwind ensemble is a performing ensemble consisting exclusively of members of the woodwind family of instruments. It typically includes flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons and saxophones, all of varying sizes. The woodwind orchestra has a small repertoire of original music written especially for the ensemble and arrangements of orchestral compositions, light music, and popular tunes. History of the woodwind choir
Civic wind groups in the United Kingdom can be traced back to medieval times. The father of English literature Geoffrey Chaucer wrote in his poem House of Fame: "Then I saw standing behind them, far away and all by themselves, many scores of thousands, who made loud minstrelsy with bagpipes and shawms and many other kinds of pipes, and skilfully played both them of clear and them of reedy sound, such as be played at feasts with the roast-meat, and many a flute and lilting-horn and pipes make of green stalks, such as these little shepherd-lads have who watch over beasts in the broom." Wind music flourished in the courts of Europe. Henry VIII celebrated his coronation in 1509, which included three days of entertainment, with performances from several wind groups.