Carthage has supported several composers in the creation of outstanding new works for wind orchestra.
New commissions are currently in progress from:
Christopher Theofanidis - The Here and The Now (in conjunction with Rumbelow Consortium)
Recent commissions were offered to:
Daniel Bukvich - INFERNO for Chamber Ensemble (2009) (in conjunction with Cochran Consortium)
Matthias Kern - Two Lives, One Music (2006)
Charles Rochester Young - Songs without Words (2004) (with Wisconsin Band Directors' Consortium)
Keith Carpenter - Palimpsest (2003)
Steven Stucky - Concerto for Percussion (2002) (with Eastman Conductors' Consortium)