wellington wind symphony

The Wellington Wind Symphony is in its 37th season of outstanding, entertaining concerts. They offer varied programs of wonderful, familiar music as well as the best of wind repertoire that appeals to a wide audience. The Winds concerts are known for their informality and for the enjoyable commentary provided by the Music Director.

The group has released a number of CDs and a DVD about the Wellington Wind Symphony featuring great music and interviews. As well, they have created a YouTube channel presenting the finest of music for concert band, much of it written by Canadian composers.

www.youtube.com/wellingtonwindsymphony

In addition to their annual series, they have performed with the Grand Philhar monic Choir, at MusicFest Canada in Toronto, at the Guelph Spring Festival, as co-host of the Music Is For Life Symposium, in workshops for students, and for the Canadian Music Educators’ Conference.

music directorDaniel Warren is entering his ninth season as Music director of the Wellington Wind Symphony. His recent conducting duties include Resident Conductor of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and Interim Artistic Advisor and conductor for Orchestra London Canada. He is in frequent demand as a guest conductor and has done so across Canada with many orchestras including the Toronto

Symphony, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, and the Edmonton Symphony. He is very active as an arranger, a recent work being played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, England.

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Daniel Warren – Music Director* Michael Purves-Smith – Conductor Laureate

Flute Len Bradfield* Anne Monkhouse Greg Stroh* Rosanne Warren

Piccolo Greg Stroh

Oboe Michael Purves-Smith*

Bassoon Ginny Scarfino* Joe Schwarz

Eb Clarinet Stephen Fox

Clarinet Nancy Anderson* Cathy Baer Anita Brooks Kirkland* Martin Dowding Lyn Laforet Larry Moser (Concertmaster) Allison Nelson (Librarian) Shannon Purves-Smith

Bass Clarinet Lucie Gentils-Grandin

Contrabass Clarinet Ken Fudurich

Piano Ian VanderBurgh

Saxophone Sarah Coles (Alto) Ginger Pullen* (Tenor / Chair)

Trumpet Gerry Achtymichuk Greg Davis Eric Dettweiler Mike Hagedorn Richard Wootton

French Horn Barb Brandon Randi Patterson Evelyn Somer Tony Snyder

Trombone Carolyn Culp Jim Edwards Susan Follows (Bass) Susan Lee

Euphonium John Monkhouse

Tuba Allan Lee

Double Bass Art Lang

Percussion Paul Marchment Easton Page

Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation

Ontario Trillium Foundation

City of Kitchener

Woolwich Community Fund

City of Waterloo

Region of Waterloo Arts xFundIBM Canada Ltd.

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“Dan Warren is a terrific conductor. Audiences

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MUSIC DIRECTOR – DANIEL WARREN

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DONATIONSTicket sales cover less than half of our annual operating expenses. We rely on individual donors and sponsors to make up the difference. We need your support to continue to bring music to our community.

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Mail to: Wellington Wind Symphony 31 Arthur St. N., Elmira, ON N3B 1Z6

You may also donate online at www.canadahelps.org.

Sunday, October 22, 2017, 3:00 p.m. Knox Presbyterian Church, Waterloo

Sunday, October 29, 2017, 3:00 p.m. Grandview Baptist Church, Kitchener

milestonesNatasha Campbell – Soprano Daniel Warren – Conductor

Focusing on life’s significant moments: birth, education, career, love, family, travel, death and the hereafter, we offer a program of lovely and evocative music in many moods, including: Michael Tippet, Music for the Birthday of Prince Charles; Brahms, Academic Festival Overture; Holst, Hammersmith; Alfred Reed, Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair; John Adams, Short Ride on a Fast Machine; Grieg, Funeral Music; and the finale from Richard Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration. A delightful addition to this program is Canadian soprano, Natasha Campbell. Her accolades include placing second in the 23rd Annual Eckhardt-Grammatté Competition and First Place in the Guelph Spring Festival’s Edward Johnson Competition. Natasha will sing selections from Bernard Gilmore’s important and pioneering piece, Five Folk Songs for Soprano and Wind Band.

Sunday, December 10, 2017, 8:00 p.m. Knox Presbyterian Church, Waterloo

a christmas celebrationThe Grand Philharmonic Youth Choir Amanda Brunk – Director Daniel Warren – Conductor

It’s that time of year again! Join us for our ever-popular Christmas Concert. This year, our guests, The Grand Philharmonic Youth Choir, directed by Amanda Brunk, will perform various seasonal favourites alone and with the Winds. The wind symphony will perform J.S. Bach, Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor; Claude T. Smith, Symphonic Prelude on Adeste Fidelis; selections from Leopold Mozart, Sleigh Ride; Alfred Reed, Russian Christmas Music; and for a funny and surprising take on the traditions of Christmas music, David Lovrien, Minor Alterations: Christmas through the Looking Glass.

Please note: One performance only at 8:00 p.m.

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wellington wind symphony cds & dvd

An Artist’s NeighbourhoodWellington Winds Live – Audience Favourites

‘Tis the Season • Winter Wonderland DVD Appassionato – The Wellington Winds Story

For more information about these or to place an order, please visit www.wellingtonwindsymphony.ca

or phone 519-669-1327.

WATCH FOR A NEW CD IN 2018!

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All series concerts at 3:00 p.m. (except December 10, 2017 which starts at 8:00 p.m.)

ticket informationFor your convenience, tickets are honoured at all locations.Single tickets are available at the door.All students are admitted free to Wellington Wind Symphony concerts.Series subscriptions are available by mailing the attached order form.Series subscriptions and single tickets are also available online at www.wellingtonwindsymphony.ca/tickets

information519-669-1327 www.wellingtonwindsymphony.ca

Sunday, February 11, 2018, 3:00 p.m. Knox Presbyterian Church, Waterloo

Sunday, February 25, 2018, 3:00 p.m. Grandview Baptist Church, Kitchener

all that jazz!Daniel Warren – Conductor

Just the word “jazz” conjures up excitement! The Wellington Wind Symphony swings! In this delightful concert, music by Chick Corea, “Spain”; Oscar Peterson, “Place St. Henri”; and the music of Woody Herman will be featured as well. Then there is all the music inspired by jazz, including, on this program, Leonard Bernstein, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; and Darius Milhaud, The Creation of the World.

Sunday, April 29, 2018, 3:00 p.m. Knox Presbyterian Church, Waterloo

Sunday, May 6, 2018, 3:00 p.m. Grandview Baptist Church, Kitchener

from ellesmere island to cape horn

Larry Moser – Clarinet Daniel Warren – Conductor

Travel with us! Right from your seat at this concert! Music Director Daniel Warren has taken flight for our season finale, which will be a musical excursion from top to bottom of the Western Hemisphere. Renowned Wilfrid Laurier composer Glenn Buhr brings us Akasha (Sky), while composers Brian Balmages and Robert Buckley evoke the Arctic: Balmages with his Into the Arctic, and Buckley with his Land of the Midnight Sun. From further south we have Aaron Copland’s El Salon México, and from the southern continent, Johan de Meij’s knock-out arrangement of Venezuelan composer Moisés Moliero, Joropo; and Argentinian composer Albert Ginastera’s riveting Danza Final (Malambo) from Estancia. The soloist for this concert is our masterful principal clarinetist, Larry Moser, performing John Williams’s The Terminal.

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