Blas Emilio Atehortúa (1943-2020) is one of the most important academic composers from Colombia. His total output includes around 256 opuses. Most of his catalog consists of works for symphony orchestra, pieces for chamber ensembles, choral music (with and without orchestra), music for film and television, and songs. Atehortúa’s catalog for winds is also significant and consists of around 75 opuses, many of them commissioned by important institutions and conductors including The American Wind Symphony Orchestra, led by Robert Austin Boudreau. This catalog includes solo pieces, pieces for chamber ensembles, and pieces for symphonic band. Paradoxically, the quantity and quality of his works for winds contrast with the lack of attention they have received, at least in comparison with the rest of his works. Therefore, the most important goals of this presentation are: 1) to allow the audience to know Atehortúa’s catalog for winds, with special emphasis on his works for full band, 2) to show Atehortúa’s compositional voice as a contributive sound in the band world, especially as a Latin American representant, 3) to encourage editors and scholars to work toward preserving Atehortúa’s music for winds by making more editions of his pieces, as well as more research about them, and 4) to motivate players and conductors to program his music for winds more frequently.