Frank Ticheli’s music was described in the Los Angeles Times as “optimistic and reflective”, in the New York Times as “thin and muscular”, in Miami Herald as “brilliantly effective”, and in South Florida Sun-Sentinel as “powerful with impressive style and ears for impressive instrumental colors”. Ticheli entered the School of Music at Thornton University of Southern California in 1991, where he is currently Professor of Composition. From 1991 to 1998, he was a composer at the residence of the Pacific Symphony. Although we recognize that there are many types of adaptive music, works created by IRC composers fall into the following four categories. We are a team of 11 composers and one conductor, each of whom has dedicated himself to creating and promoting adaptive music to meet the serious challenges faced by music teachers in the coming academic year and beyond. Adaptive music is available in the usual places where music teachers and musicians receive their music: distributors, publishers, and self-published composers or their representatives. Small instrumental music programs, university and college courses, and anyone looking to supplement traditional music for large ensembles, will find adaptive music a welcome resource. Although the OVID 19 pandemic served as a catalyst for the immediate creation of adaptive music, we recognize that the same music can serve an important purpose long after the pandemic. As stated in our mission statement, the IRC seeks to encourage, guide and promote other composers who wish to create adaptive music. While there is no central place for adaptive works, the Wind Repertoire Project has added the categories Adaptive Instrumentation and Flexible Instrumentation to its website, as well as the Initiatives section: the Creative Repertoire initiative has been added with a list of adaptive works in alphabetical order of composers. As the gravity of the situation began to diminish, I found a solution to Allan’s problem: I began making arrangements for my music that could be performed with sets of any size and composition. Sheet music and customizable parts are usually provided in PDF files, although some publishers also provide notes. Allan said: “If teachers do not have music that fits this situation, how will they involve their students? Children can be disappointed or upset and give up music. There are many works from Flex, including his FlexBand series by Hal Leonard, Bravo Music and his by the Japanese parent company Brain Music. After sharing jokes, our conversation focused on the pandemic and its possible impact on school music programs. The Full Flex approach emerged as a direct response to the need for radically altered parts after the VOCID 19 pandemic. These adaptive plays, based on improvisation, can consist of jazz chords, verbal hints, alternative notations and a number of additional features to provide an improvisational structure.