The quintet's current members are flutist Carol Wincenc, oboist Stephen Taylor, clarinetist Charles Neidich, bassoonist Marc Goldberg, and French horn player William Purvis, The New York Woodwind Quintet was founded in 1947 and made its New York debut in January 1954.
"[3] The quintet's personnel stabilized in the early 1950s with flutist Samuel Baron, oboist Jerome Roth, clarinetist David Glazer, hornist John Barrows, and bassoonist Bernard Garfield.
The ensemble has performed in concerts and workshops in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Central and South America.
More than 20 compositions have been written for and premiered by the quintet, some of which have become classics of the woodwind repertoire.
They include quintets by Gunther Schuller, Ezra Laderman, William Bergsma, Alec Wilder, William Sydeman, Wallingford Riegger, Jon Deak and Yehudi Wyner.