The Wellington Wind Symphony is VERY excited to welcome our Composer-in-Residence for the season, Viet Cuong. Viet is an incredible young voice in the wind band world, and has written many wonderful pieces for the repertoire. We will be featuring three works by Viet in our programme, and he will be with us for a Q&A discussion before the concert, moderated by our Artistic Director Dr. Cynthia Johnston Turner. Described as “alluring” and “stirring” by The New York Times, the music of Vietnamese-American composer Viet Cuong has been performed on six continents by musicians and ensembles such as the New York Philharmonic, Eighth Blackbird, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Sō Percussion, Alarm Will Sound, Atlanta Symphony, Sandbox Percussion, Albany Symphony, PRISM Quartet, and Dallas Winds, among many others. Cuong’s music has been featured in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center, and his works for wind ensemble have amassed several hundreds of performances worldwide. We could go on, but come see for yourselves why we are so excited about meeting him and performing his works! 📆 November 28th ⏰ 7:30 pm 📍 Knox Presbyterian Church (50 Erb St, W, Waterloo) 🎟 Tickets available at: https://wellingtonwindsymphony.ca/evergreen/

Dancer In The Dark, by Björk, arr. Henry Dorn From the Wellington Wind Symphony performance on Friday, May 16th 2025 Under the direction of Artistic Director and Conductor, Cynthia Johnston Turner. This incredible arrangement of 'Dancer in the Dark' features the WWS brass players. See the full performance on our YouTube Channel!

Our next mystery guest will be Anya Alexeyev! Anya will be our guest soloist to perform the world premiere of Michael Barry’s “Paganini Fantasy for Piano and Winds!” Born in Moscow into a family of concert pianists, award-winning Alexeyev has studied and performed extensively in many countries across Europe as well as in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Malaysia and South Africa. Anya’s solo repertoire is extensive and varied and she has been a participant in many chamber music festivals and professional recordings throughout Europe and North America. She is an absolutely fabulous pianist and we are so thrilled to have her take the stage with us for this premiere! Mark your calendars and take advantage of this incredible opportunity to hear Anya perform in person! 📆 November 28th ⏰ 7:30 pm 📍 Knox Presbyterian Church (50 Erb St, W, Waterloo) 🎟 Tickets available at: https://wellingtonwindsymphony.ca/evergreen/

One of our featured “mystery” guests at our Evergreen concert will be the award-winning composer Michael Barry! Barry has built a career as a composer working on music for games, films, T.V., and the concert hall. He has many accomplishments that are notable, only one of which being a close working relationship with legendary composer Alan Menken. Learn more about Michael by reading his biography here: https://michaelbarrycomposer.com/biography/ Join us on Nov. 28th as we perform the WORLD PREMIERE of Michael Barry’s "Paganini Fantasy for Piano and Winds," featuring ANOTHER one of our mystery guests, so stay tuned… 📆 November 28th ⏰ 7:30 pm 📍 Knox Presbyterian Church (50 Erb St, W, Waterloo) 🎟 Tickets available at: https://wellingtonwindsymphony.ca/evergreen/

Get your tickets now for 'Evergreen' with the Wellington Wind Symphony, featuring our 'mystery' special guests! 📆 November 28th ⏰ 7:30 pm 📍 Knox Presbyterian Church (50 Erb St, W, Waterloo) 🎟 Tickets available at: https://wellingtonwindsymphony.ca/evergreen/

This snow has us thankful for the beauty of nature and our four seasons, which will be explored through music at our upcoming concert! Get your tickets now for 'Evergreen' with the Wellington Wind Symphony, featuring special guests composers Viet Cuong, Michael Barry and pianist Anya Alexeyev! 📆 November 28th ⏰ 7:30 pm 📍 Knox Presbyterian Church (50 Erb St, W, Waterloo) 🎟 Tickets available at: https://wellingtonwindsymphony.ca/evergreen/