The Wellington Wind Symphony’s concert season runs from fall to spring each year. For the 2018-19 season we will be presenting one performance only of each of our four concert programs. All four concerts are at Knox Presbyterian Church in Waterloo.
February 2019
Of War and Might
Music Director Candidate – Amy McLennan Piano & Violin – Marcus Scholtes There is a stark reality in our concert’s theme Of War and Might. It covers the whole gamut of human emotion: from pride, admiration, celebration, to fear and sorrow. Perhaps music, more than other media, best conveys the essence of these emotions. Our concert features just such music: Gustav Holst’s Mars from The Planets, selections from Edward Gregson’s The Sword and the Crown, Guy Woolfenden’s Gallimaufry, Yasuhide Ito’s…
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Sweet Modern Melodies
Music Director Candidate – Andrew Chung Mezzo-soprano – Jennifer Enns Modolo Focusing on music written originally for band, we offer a program by contemporary and established North American composers. Andrew Boysen, Jr. and Julie Giroux are both in the modern camp. Their compositions (Boysen’s Song for Lyndsay, and Giroux’s One Life Beautiful) are lyrical, and express deep emotion. Also on this concert is Vincent Persichetti’s well-loved Symphony No. 6, for Band, Op. 69 (1956). Persichetti, who was active during the…
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