2015-16 Season Brochure - Wellington Wind Symphony

wellington wind
symphony
wellington wind
symphony
Formed in 1981 and based in the Waterloo Region, the Wellington
Wind Symphony (formerly Wellington Winds) is a concert band of Central
Ontario’s finest musicians.
Daniel Warren – Music Director*
Michael Purves-Smith – Conductor Laureate
This is the Wellington Wind Symphony 35th season of outstanding,
entertaining concerts that present varied programs of the best of familiar
music and also new music that has appeal to a wide audience. The Winds
concerts are known for their informal approach and enjoyable commentary.
The Wellington Wind Symphony has released a number of CDs and a DVD
about the Wellington Wind Symphony featuring great music and interviews.
They have also created a YouTube Channel, presenting the finest works for
concert bands, many of them by Canadian composers.
www.youtube.com/wellingtonwindsymphony
“I look forward to and
very much
Daniel Warren’s stories
and explanations about the
music played at concerts.“
In addition to their annual series, they have performed with the Grand
Philhar­monic 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.
enjoy
music director
Daniel Warren is entering his seventh 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
Daniel Warren
has done so across Canada with many orchestras
Music Director
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.
guest artists
Flute
Len Bradfield*
Colleen Miltenburg
Greg Stroh*
Piccolo
Greg Stroh
Oboe
Michael Purves-Smith*
Linneah Tovstiga
Bassoon
Ginny Scarfino*
Joe Schwarz
Eb Clarinet
Becky Maresciuc
Clarinet
Nancy Anderson*
Cathy Baer
Anita Brooks Kirkland*
Martin Dowding
Keith Hagerman
Becky Maresciuc
Larry Moser
Allison Nelson (Librarian)
Shannon Purves-Smith
Ben Bolt-Martin
Cello
“The church is
terrific. The
audience can hear and see
everything. It’s a great thrill. I
gladly drive from Burlington.”
Age of Majority
Singers
Saxophone
Carolyn Baer
Danielle Beck*
Joshua Crouch*
Ginger Pullen*
Trumpet
Gerry Achtymichuk
Greg Davis
Eric Dettweiler
Mike Hagedorn
Richard Wootton
French Horn
Barb Brandon
Patrick Godfrey
Evelyn Somer
Tony Snyder
Trombone
Carolyn Culp
Susan Follows (Bass)
Susan Lee
Euphonium
John Monkhouse
Tuba
Allan Lee
Bass Clarinet
Lucie Gentils-Grandin
Double Bass
Art Lang
Contrabass Clarinet
Ken Fudurich
Percussion
Chelan Fuller
Danny Wright
Piano
Maria Kousnetsova
*Board of Directors
Heidi Wall
Piano
wellington winds cds & dvd
An Artist’s Neighbourhood
Wellington 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.
sponsorship & support
The Wellington Wind Symphony thanks the following:
Kitchener and Waterloo
Community Foundation
Ontario Trillium Foundation
City of Kitchener
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ellington
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Woolwich Community Fund
City of Waterloo
Region of Waterloo
Arts Fund
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wellington wind
symphony
Season
2015/2016
MUSIC DIRECTOR –
DANIEL WARREN
Sunday, February 7, 2016, 3:00 p.m.
Knox Presbyterian Church, Waterloo
Sunday, November 1, 2015, 3:00 p.m.
Grandview Baptist Church, Kitchener
Sunday, February 21, 2016, 3:00 p.m.
Grandview Baptist Church, Kitchener
on the road again
Music that remembers including Brahms’ Variations on a
Theme by Haydn, Ewazen’s A Hymn for the Lost and the
Living, Woolfenden’s Gallimaufry based on Shakespeare’s
King Henry IV, and Alford’s march The Thin Red Line. Cellist
Ben Bolt-Martin performs Morawetz’s In Memoriam for
Martin Luther King Jr.
Spring 2016 – Date TBA
at the KWCMS Music Room
Featuring small ensembles of the WWS
performance locations
yuletide
Sunday, April 24, 2016, 3:00 p.m.
Knox Presbyterian Church, Waterloo
Age of Majority Singers
Nancy Kidd – Conductor
Daniel Warren – Conductor
Please note: One performance only at 8:00 p.m.
Heidi Wall – Piano
Daniel Warren – Conductor
Our season finale features music of pomp and parody
including Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain, Bach’s
Toccata and Fugue, Dello Joio’s Satiric Dances, and music
from The Simpsons and The Incredibles. Pianist Heidi Wall
joins the Winds to perform Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.
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Grandview Baptist Church, 250 Old Chicopee Dr.
Telephone _______________________________________________
Old Chicopee
Email ___________________________________________________
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baptist
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n Check if you wish email concert reminders.
For your convenience tickets are honoured at all locations.
Please send me the following series tickets:
River Rd.
______ adult series at $60 each
$ __________
Waterloo
______ senior (60+) series at $45 each $ __________
Knox Presbyterian Church, 50 Erb Street West
Please send me the following Flex-Packs, redeemable at any of our concerts:
______ set(s) adult Flex-Packs at $70 for 4 tickets
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Music of the season including Silvestri/Bocelli’s God Bless
Us, Everyone, Casting Crowns’ I heard the Bells, and many
seasonal favourites for choir and band.
cartoons & fantasies
Address _________________________________________________
Postal Code ______________________________________________
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Sunday, April 17, 2016, 3:00 p.m.
Grandview Baptist Church, Kitchener
Name ___________________________________________________
Kitchener
Ottawa
Sunday, December 13, 2015, 8 p.m.
Knox Presbyterian Church, Waterloo
2015-2016 order form
Ticket information 519-886-1673
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Travels with the Winds. Grainger’s Lincolnshire Posy, Reed’s
El Camino Real, and Samuel’s Hazo Ride. Our own Keith
Hagerman will perform Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer and
Slide by Slide will perform Koetsier’s Concerto for Four
Trombones and Wind Orchestra.
Ben Bolt-Martin – Cello
Daniel Warren – Conductor
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Slide by Slide – Trombone Quartet
Keith Hagerman – Baritone
Daniel Warren – Conductor
remembering
ellington
WSymphony
wws chamber
music evening
Dupont
Sunday, October 18, 2015, 3:00 p.m.
Knox Presbyterian Church, Waterloo
Albert
All series concerts at 3:00 p.m.
(except December 13, 2015)
For 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.
information
519-669-1327 www.wellingtonwindsymphony.ca
$ __________
______ set(s) senior Flex-Packs at $55 for 4 tickets $ __________
Please send me the following single tickets:
adult $20
senior (60+) $15
students are admitted free to Wellington Wind Symphony concerts.
adult(s) for concert
1______ 2______ 3______ 4______ $_______
senior(s) for concert 1______ 2______ 3______ 4______ $_______
Ticket 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.
I would like to make a tax deductible donation
as a Friend of the Wellington Wind Symphony
Registered Charity #891628661 RR0001
I enclose a cheque for the total amount of
payable to Wellington Wind Symphony
$ ______________
$ ______________
Mail to: W
ellington Wind Symphony
31 Arthur St. N., Elmira, ON N3B 1Z6
You may also donate online at www.canadahelps.org.
Series subscriptions and tickets also available at the door.
Information: 519-669-1327 www.wellingtonwindsymphony.ca