Earl Riener, longtime member of the Wellington Winds, passed away in October. The Winds paid tribute to Earl at the 2009 November concerts, both in music and in sock attire (Earl’s habit of wearing non-matching coloured socks). Below is the text from a tribute article from the 2010 January/February issue of The Music Times. Beloved …
Read more “Tribute to Earl Riener, former longtime member of the Wellington Winds”
Rogers TV interviews Music Director Dan Warren on February 21, 2010 for the program Grand River Living. See the video of the interview, courtesy of Rogers Local TV (K-W)
President and bass trombonist Dave Arthur was honoured by the Ontario Chapter of the Canadian Band Association as the Canadian Musician of the Year 2009. Read the article from the 2010 January/February issue of The Music Times. Well known local musician Dave Arthur is the Canadian Band Association (ON) musician of the year for 2009. …
In May of 2009, after a year long search, Daniel Warren was appointed as music director of the Wellington Winds. We are very pleased to welcome Dan and look forward to a long and successful association. See the full-page article about Dan in the September/October Music Times.