"Chamber Winds"

I got an email from a band director at a college (a former band director of mine) who said he might be interested in programming something I write over the next year or two, either something for band or for a Chamber Winds (he capitalized it?) group. I was curious about how you might interpret that. I know what chamber music is in general, but is there a particular instrumentation for "Chamber Winds"? Is it like a larger scale version of a classical wind quintet - flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon? Or could that mean something else? I am going to email back to clarify but I wanted to run it by you all first to see if you had any input. I would think it could vary from group to group but you never know.

That could be almost anything, I'm pretty sure. Sounds like a group of wind players between a standard chamber group (such as a woodwind quintet) and a concert band. Such a group would probably play pieces like Mozart's Gran Partita, a serenade for 13 wind instruments. If I were you, I'd ask him specifically what forces he has at his disposal in the group.

good plan, thanks. I just didn't want to feel foolish if there was something I didn't know about :)