Past Concert Programs: 2006 to 2011

2006/2007 Season

Across Canada with the Wellington Winds
Sun, Oct 22, 2006, 3pm - First United Church, Waterloo
Sun, Oct 29, 2006, 3pm - Grandview Baptist Church, Kitchener
Howard Cable - Guest Conductor
Michael Purves-Smith - Conductor
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Happy 25th Wellington Winds
Sun, Dec 3, 2006, 3pm - St. Peter's Lutheran Chruch, Cambridge
Sun, Dec 10, 2006, 3pm - First United Church, Waterloo
Conductors: Michael Purves-Smith, David Davidson, Harvey Gleiser
Laine Monkhouse - Mezzo-soprano
WW Low Brass Section
WW Saxophone Ensemble
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Great Musical Tales
Sun, Feb 25, 2007, 3pm - First United Church, Waterloo
Sun, Mar 4, 2007, 3pm - Grandview Baptist Church, Kitchener
Johan de Meij - Guest Conductor
Simon Fryer - Cello
Ted Follows - Reader
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Connections to Africa
Sun, May 6, 2007, 3pm - First United Church, Waterloo
Sun, May 13, 2007, 3pm - Grandview Baptist Church, Kitchener
Michael Purves-Smiwth - Conductor (May 6)
Martin Lacoste - Conductor (May 13)
Esther Farrell - Mezzo-Soprano
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2007/2008 Season

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Shakespeare in Music
Sun, Oct 14, 2007, 3pm - First United Church, Waterloo
Sun, Oct 21, 2007, 3pm - Grandview Baptist Church, Kitchener
Nigel Evans - Guest Conductor
Larry Moser - Clarinet
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Music composed for or inspired by the plays of Shakespeare, including Othello by Alfred Reed, Hamlet Suite by Shostakovich, music from West Side Story by Bernstein, Suite from Henry VIII by Edward German, and Suite of Miniature Dances by Lou Applebaum. The concert will also feature our principal clarinetest Larry Moser in Rondo Variations for Clarinet and Band by Guy Wolfenden.

Fairy Tales and Christmas Legends
Sun, Dec 2, 2007, 3pm - St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Cambridge
Sun, Dec 9, 2007, 3pm - First United Church, Waterloo
Michael Purves-Smith - Conductor
Ted Follows - Narrator
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A pre-Christmas program for all ages featuring music from the movies Hans Christian Andersen by Frank Loesser and Walt Disney’s Fantasia, the ballets Cinderella by Prokofiev and The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky, Ghost Train by Eric Whitacre, The Night Before Christmas arranged by Michael Purves-Smith, and a traditional Christmas Singalong.

London Town
Sun, Feb 3, 2008, 3pm - First United Church, Waterloo
Sun, Feb 10, 2008, 3pm - Grandview Baptist Church, Kitchener
Michael Purves-Smith - Conductor
Jennifer Enns Modolo - Mezzo-soprano
Virginia Scarfino - Bassoon
Joe Schwartz - Bassoon
Corey Rempel - Tuba
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Come with us to London Town and enjoy music from The Beggar’s Opera, including Kurt Weill’s Suite and Songs arranged by Michael Purves-Smith and performed by our soloists Jennifer Enns Modolo, Virginia Scarfino and Joe Schwartz. The program will also feature WW tubist Corey Rempel in Joseph Horowitz’ Concerto for Tuba and Band, Adam Gorb’s Awayday, Buxton Orr’s John Gay Suite, Eric Coates’ Knightsbridge March, and two of Edward Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance Marches.

Soft Vocalise and Mystic Spaces
Sun, Apr 20, 2008, 3pm - First United Church, Waterloo
Sun, Apr 27, 2008, 3pm - Grandview Baptist Church, Kitchener
Michael Purves-Smith - Conductor
Women of the Grand Philharmonic Choir
Danielle Beck - Alto Saxophone
Marius Bahnean - Guest Conductor
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Our season finale will lift you with the ethereal beauty of some of the great music featuring women’s chorus including Debussy’s Trois Nocturnes, Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise, Michael Purves-Smith’s Cat and the Moon, several movements from Holst’s The Planets, and the Canadian premiere performance of a movement from Johan de Meij’s Symphony of the Earth. Also featured will be WW principal saxophonist, Danielle Beck in Frank Bencriscutto’s Serenade for Alto Saxophone and Band.

2008/2009 Season

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American Rhapsody
Sunday, October 26, 2008, 3 p.m. - Waterloo
Sunday, November 2, 2008, 3 p.m. - Kitchener
Michèle Kaye – Chanteuse
Tawnya Moore – Flute
Daniel Warren – Guest Conductor
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Music by American composers or with American connections including Adams’ Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Copland’s Quiet City, Williams’ Harry Potter Symphonic Suite, Sousa’s Semper Fidelis, Fillmore’s Lassus Trombone, Chance’s Elegy, Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, and Dvorak’s Finale from the New World Symphony. Chanteuse Michèle Kaye will sing a Cole Porter Medley and flutist Tawnya Moore will play Griffes’ Poem for Flute and Winds.

Advent and the World of Dance
Sunday, November 30, 2008, 3 p.m. - Cambridge
Sunday, December 7, 2008, 3 p.m. - Waterloo
Alfred Ho - Guest Conductor
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Our program combines music to herald the Christmas season with music from the world of dance including Bach's Wachet Auf, and arrangement of Veni Emmanuel, Holst's Christmas Morning for Brass, Marricone’s Gabriel's Oboe, a Slavonic Dance by Dvorak, Strauss' Dance of the Seven Veils, Shostakovich’s Polka from the ballet The Bolt, Byrd’s Earl of Oxford's March, Albeniz' Mallorca, Moncayo's Huapango, and several Leroy Anderson favourites.

Potpourri: 400 Years of Great French Music
Sunday, March 1, 2009, 3 p.m. - Waterloo
Sunday, March 8, 2009, 3 p.m. - Kitchener
Caroline Déry – Soprano
Michael Purves-Smith – Conductor
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Musique des compositeurs français y compris Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, Susato’s Danserye, Germaine Tailleferre’s Suite, Planquette’s Marche Sambre et Meuse, Satie’s Gymnopedie, and music from Schönberg’s Les Miserables. Our soprano soloist Caroline Déry will sing Habanera from Bizet’s Carmen, three songs by Cecile Chaminade, and a medley of Édith Piaf songs. This concert will celebrate International Women’s Day.

Players' Choice
Sunday, April 26, 2009, 3 p.m. - Waterloo
Sunday, May 3, 2009, 3 p.m. - Kitchener
Mike Bronson – Percussion
Ted Follows - Narrator
Michael Purves-Smith – Conductor
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Our season finale features some special favourites of the Wellington Winds including Strauss’ tone poem Don Juan, Grainger’s Lincolnshire Posy, and Leemans’ March of the Belgian Paratroopers. The Winds will perform Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals with the accompanying Ogden Nash poetry read by Ted Follows. Percussionist Mike Bronson will perform Jacob’s Concerto for Timpani and Winds.

Music Is For Life Conference
Sat, May 9, 2009, 7:30pm - Waterloo
The Wellington Winds performed Don Juan (Mark Hinsley transcription) as part of the conference
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2009/2010 Season

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Marvelous Miniatures for Wind Band
Sunday, November 1, 2009, 3 p.m. - Waterloo
Sunday, November 8, 2009, 3 p.m. - Kitchener
David Bourque – Conductor
Kathleen McLean - Bassoon (Nov 8)
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Great collections of short pieces for winds: American composer Vincent Persichetti’s Divertimento for Band and German composer Ernst Toch’s Spiel für Bläser. Our featured soloist is Kathleen McLean, one of the most acclaimed bassoonists in North America, in von Weber’s Hungarian Fantasy. Also music by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms and Grainger.

A Joyous Christmas Music Evening
Sunday, December 13, 2009, 7:30pm - Waterloo
Daniel Warren - Conductor
Bluevale Collegiate Chamber Choir
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The Wellington Winds and the Bluevale Collegiate Chamber Choir join in presenting a concert of seasonal favourites and other holiday selections, both classical and contemporary. Included are Alfred Reed's Russian Christmas Music and Sleigh Rides by Leroy Anderson and Frederick Delius.

The Glory of Song
Sunday, February 21, 2010, 3 p.m. - Waterloo
Sunday, March 7, 2010, 3 p.m. - Kitchener
Daniel Warren - Conductor
Sandra Tucker - Soprano
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A programme of music inspired and derived from song including Brahms’ Academic Festival Overture, Wagner's Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin, Strauss' Overture to Die Fledermaus, Fucik's Florentiner March, Alfred Reed's setting of Black is the colour of my true love’s hair, and John Barnes Chance's Variations on a Korean Folk Song. Soprano Sandra Tucker is our featured soloist in Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs. This concert will help raise funds for the Eating Disorders Awareness Coalition.

The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire
Sunday, May 2, 2010, 3 p.m. - Waterloo
Sunday, May 9, 2010, 3 p.m. - Kitchener
Daniel Warren - Conductor
Michael Purves-Smith - Oboe
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Our season finale presents music by composers from Great Britain and the colonies. From Britain, Vaughn-William's Toccata Marziale, Malcolm Arnold's Tam O'Shanter, and Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1. From Australia, Grainger's Colonial Song and Londonderry Air. From Canada, Howard Cable's Snake Fence Country, Morley Calvert's Romantic Variations, Jack Sirulnikoff's Nova Scotia Fantasy, and the Halton Regimental March "The Campbells Are Comin". Also featured is the Cimarosa/Benjamin Concerto for Oboe with our own conductor laureate Michael Purves- Smith.

Music Is For Life Conference
Sat, May 8, 2010, 7:30pm - Waterloo
The Wellington Winds performed the following as part of the conference:
Florentiner March 2'30"
Shepherd's Hey 2'37"
Romantic Variations 7'
Tam O' Shanter 8'
Oboe Concerto, I & IV 5'

2010/2011 Season

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currently in progress

The Wellington Winds Features!
Sunday, October 24, 2010, 3 p.m. - Waterloo
Sunday, October 31, 2010, 3 p.m. - Kitchener
Daniel Warren - Conductor
Mike Hagedorn - Trumpet
Becky Maresciuc - Clarinet
The Wellington Winds Saxophone Quartet
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Our 30th season opening concerts feature our own Mike Hagedorn in Goedicke’s Concert Etude for Trumpet, Becky Maresciuc in the Rondo from the First Concerto for Clarinet by von Weber, and our saxophone section in Bencriscutto’s Concerto Grosso for Sax Quartet and Band. The program also features Strauss’ Radetsky March, Bach’s Toccata and Fugue, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherezade.

Freedom
Sunday, December 5, 2010, 7:30 p.m. - Waterloo
Richard Quesnel - Narrator
Daniel Warren - Conductor
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We present music inspired by and dedicated to the pursuit of freedom. Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, Alfred Reed’s Armenian Dances, Stravinsky’s Suite from the Firebird, Peterson’s Hymn to Freedom, Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration, and Sousa’s march The Liberty Bell.

The Warmth of the Sun
Sunday, February 13, 2011, 3 p.m. - Kitchener
Sunday, February 27, 2011, 3 p.m. - Waterloo
Daniel Warren - Conductor and Trumpet Soloist
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Let the Winds give you a break from winter with Copland’s Appalachian Spring, Respighi’s Pines of Rome, H. Owen Reed’s La Fiesta Mexicana, and Karl King’s Circus Days March. Our music director Dan Warren will perform John Cowell’s Blood of the Brave Bull.

Eyes and Ears
Sunday, April 17, 2011, 3 p.m. - Waterloo
Daniel Warren - Conductor
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Our season finale presents a collection of favourite music for concert band including Holst’s First Suite for Military Band in Eb, André Jutras’ Three Folk Miniatures, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Piston’s Tunbridge Fair, and several movements from Holst’s The Planets.