Wynn-Anne Rossi is an American

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composer. She is known to combine impressionistic flavors with jazz harmonies. She is the author of over 70 music publications. She has written a wide variety of repertoire, including music and text for vocalists and instrumental music. Rossi has a unique approach to teaching young musicians to compose, turning student musical ideas into band and orchestral works.

Selected works

Vocal

• Nature Passion Poems
• Family Farm
• Creature Voices

String orchestra

• One Man's War
• Thunder Dance
• Musical Journals
• Incognito
• Midnight Caravan
• Minor Expressions
• Winds of Time

Full orchestra

• Iceland Fantasy for piano and orchestra
• Spirits of the Earth
• Plenty of Time

Concert band

• Origins of the River
• Call to Aaron
• Nature Awakens
• Facing the Unknown

Published Works for Solo Piano

Books and suites

• Along the Mississippi (2010)
• Outside the Box (2008)
• Intuitive Journeys (2006)
• Surprising Solos, book one and two (2002)
• Day in the Life of a Dog (1998)
• An Alaskan Tour (1997)
• Day in the Life of a Cat (1995)
• Trip Through the Rainforest (1993)
• Grecian Pillars (1994)
• Fourth Seasons (1992)

Sheet music

• Rockin' Roller Coaster (2011)
• Pyramid Power (2010)
• Homework Tango (2009)
• Metamorphosis (2006)
• Wind Chimes (2003)
• Memories of Midnight (2000)
• Wild Columbine Waltz (1999)
• Diamonds on the Water (1999)
• Ghost Rider (1996)
• Olympic Fanfare (1994)
• Path to Twilight (1994)
• Open Prairie Toccata (1993)
• Tribute to Romance (1993)

Educational piano series

• Fun & Games (1999), three book series
• Get Ready for Duets (2003), six book series
• Treasures in Technique (2003), five book series
• Pedal Technique (2007), two book series
• Music by Me (2007), five book series teaching composition
• Creative Composition Toolbox (2011), six book series

Take Me North (2000)

This CD recording is broken into 4 distinct sections each representing a different aspect of the American north for which the album is named.

• Take Me North

1. "Take Me North"
2. "Lady Slipper"
3. "Walleye Pike"
4. "Agate"
5. "Wild Rice and Morels"
6. "Norway Pines"

• Creature Voices

1. "Frog Hunt"
2. "Dirty Dog Delights"
3. "Songbird Solo"
4. "Mosquito"
5. "Rodent"
6. "Owls at Night"

• Nature Passion Poems

1. "To the Inland Sea"
2. "To Lightning"
3. "To Daisy"
4. "To the Minnow"
5. "To the Oak"
6. "To Clouds"
7. "To the Common Rock"
8. "To Time"

• State Fair Suite

1. "Ferris Wheel"
2. "World's Biggest Pig and the Piglets"
3. "Machinery Hill"
4. "Butter Princess"
5. "Junk Food Blues"

External links

• Wynn-Anne Rossi Official Homepage
• http://blogs.jwpepper.com/?p=2701
• http://pianoadventures.com/newsletter/2004_pdf/PA5_pg3-4_Composition.pdf
• http://www.alfred.com/Search/SearchResults.aspx?q=wynn-anne+rossi&type=All
• http://www.picosearch.com/cgi-bin/ts.pl?index=429194&query=wynn-anne+rossi&SEARCH=+Search+