December 21, 2020 UMass Wind Ensemble MSR Classics has just released the latest CD by the UMass wind ensemble, led by director of wind studies Matthew Westgate. “Quicksilver” features the world premiere recordings of three works, all of which were commissioned by the wind studies program as part of a larger consortium. These include Stacy Garrop’s “Quicksilver: Concerto for Alto Saxophone with Wind Ensemble,” which includes UMass saxophone professor Jonathan Hulting-Cohen as soloist; David Biedenbender’s “What is Written on the Leaves;” and David Maslanka’s “Concerto No. 3 (‘Do You Know My Name?’) for Piano, Winds and Percussion.” The featured soloist on the Maslanka piece is the late UMass faculty pianist Nadine Shank, to whom the CD is dedicated.