MetWinds Presents Three Free Outdoor Concerts at Hastings Park in Lexington, MA

The MetWinds will perform three free outdoor concerts this summer on Thursday nights in July, beginning on the 14th, at Hastings Park, located at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Worthen Road in Lexington, Massachusetts. These concerts will run, weather permitting, from 7:30 to 8:30 pm on July 14th, July 21st, and July 28th. Each performance will be guest conducted by talented MetWinds members including: Mark Olson, Bruce Houston, Meghan MacFadden, and Nicole Mlynczak. Each program will feature music including light classics, marches, selections from Broadway shows, and movie themes.

July 14, 2022 at 7:30pm with Mark Olson and Bruce Houston, Guest Conductors

Program includes: National Anthem (traditional), Sedona (Reinke), Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral (Wagner, trans. Cailliet), Toccata (Frescobaldi), Concord (Grundman), Stars and Stripes Forever (Sousa), Havana Nights (Standridge), The Promise of Living (Copland), Star Wars – The Marches (Williams)

July 21, 2022 at 7:30pm with Meghan MacFadden, Guest Conductor

Program includes: National Anthem (traditional), American Salute (Gould/Lang), Tinker to Evers to Chance (Bremer), Of Honor and Valor Eternal (Shabazz/Duthoit), Stars and Stripes Forever (Sousa), Duke Ellington! (arr. Custer), We Don’t Talk About Bruno (Miranda), Remember Me from Coco (Vinson), Music from The Incredibles (Giacchino/Bocook), The Melody Shop (King)

July 28, 2022 at 7:30pm with Nicole Mlynczak and Bruce Houston, Guest Conductors

Program includes: National Anthem (traditional), Amparito Roca (Texidor), Benny Goodman: King of Swing (arr. Murtha), This Cruel Moon (Mackey), Il Burlone (Giroux), Quick Silver (Owens), Eine Kleine Yiddishe Ragmusik (Gorb), Danny Boy (Hazo), Sondheim! (arr. Bulla), America the Beautiful (Ward, arr. Dragon), Stars and Stripes Forever (Sousa), Curtain Call (Wasson)

Each concert is free of charge and open to the public. The grounds at Hastings Park will open each evening for picnic at 6:00pm. Guests should bring their own food, lawn chairs, blankets, and so on. There is plenty of free parking and the concert location is handicapped-accessible. In the event of inclement weather, concert cancellations will be posted on our website and a message will be left  on our concert line.

Visit the MetWinds web page at http://www.metwinds.org or call the MetWinds Concert Line at (978) 419-1697 for more information. Email mws@mws-boston.org with any questions.

Founded by Jerry Gardner in 1971, the Metropolitan Wind Symphony, a concert band, is currently celebrating its 51st anniversary. The MetWinds comprises over 70 talented woodwind, brass, and percussion instrumentalists who audition for membership and seating. It makes a significant contribution to the cultural life of the Greater Boston community by providing its audiences with high quality concerts and its members with opportunities for musical growth.

This and other concerts by the MetWinds are funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Metropolitan Wind Symphony

62 Mossdale Road, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

web: http://www.metwinds.org