Lexington, MA -- The MetWinds will continue their 52nd season with their in-person Spring Band Concert on Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 3:00 PM, at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum, 33 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA. The concert will be conducted by MetWinds Music Director Richard E. Wyman. Wyman will also present a free pre-concert lecture at 2:30 PM inside the concert hall.
Please join us for this concert celebrating music of, and musicians of, the future!
The concert opens with a short Internet ... view more »
Lexington, MA — The MetWinds will continue their 52nd season with their in-person Spring Band Concert on Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 3:00 PM, at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum, 33 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA. The concert will be conducted by MetWinds Music Director Richard E. Wyman. Wyman will also present a free pre-concert lecture at 2:30 PM inside the concert hall.
Please join us for this concert celebrating music of, and musicians of, the future!
The concert opens with a short Internet Symphony by Chinese-American composer Tan Dun, who won Emmy and Grammy Awards for his score to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. American composer (and DJ) Mason Bates, also a Grammy winner, is famous for his music that intersects concert music with technology, and is represented here by music from his symphony Alternate Energy, featuring sampled sounds from the Fermilab particle accelerator turned into groovy beats! If technology is the future, so too is the importance of humanity and youth, represented by Percy Grainger’s Children’s March and Australian composer Jodi Blackshaw’s tour-de-force entitled Twist, inspired by the shape, spirit, and history of Australia’s magnanimous waterway, the Murray River.
Local middle school musicians join the MetWinds for performances of John Philip Sousa’s comical El Capitan as well as Alegre, music by Cuban-born American composer Tania Leon who was recently awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music, and Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime achievement! For the grand finale, area high school students join the fun to perform a staple of the band literature, English Folk Song Suite by major British musical ambassador Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Richard E. Wyman is the new MetWinds Music Director. He is the former Assistant Director of the United States Coast Guard Band, where he served as conductor, Education Director, and producer. He is currently the Executive Director of the Community Music School in Centerbrook, CT and Choir Director at Noank (CT) Baptist Church.
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.
MetWinds continues to keep the health and safety of guests and musicians as its first priority and will implement protocols to ensure that its concerts are safe and enjoyable. MetWinds will follow CDC and Massachusetts guidelines, and will post Covid-19 related updates to the MetWinds web page.
Founded by Jerry Gardner in 1971, the Metropolitan Wind Symphony, a concert band, is currently celebrating its 52nd 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.
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