Announcing Music in a Lifetime!

The Wellington Winds is very pleased to announce the release of its new web-based learning resource, Music in a Lifetime: www.musicinalifetime.ca Music in a Lifetime is dedicated to the role that being involved in music can play in a fulfilled and rewarding life. The website helps young musicians explore community music-making at its finest, through …

Prokofiev’s Cinderella, arranged by Dave Arthur

Guest post by Ginger Pullen Sergei Prokofiev’s  Scenes from the Ballet Cinderella, arranged by David Arthur,
 will be featured on the Wellington Winds’ upcoming concert Concerto for Wind Ensemble  on April 19 and April 26. The Wellington Winds is very excited about performing this piece.   It is one of the world’s most beloved ballets, and …

Concerto for Wind Ensemble

The Wellington Winds is busy preparing for our last pair of concerts for the season, on April 19 in Kitchener and April 26 in Waterloo. The theme of this grand finale to our season is Concerto for Wind Ensemble. The theme may seem a bit cryptic – after all, a concerto is generally understood to …

Music from Other Worlds this February

As the winter weather seems to intensify in February, the Wellington Winds is pleased to offer you an escape  with our program, Music from Other Worlds. Outer space is the theme with music from ET,  Battlestar Galactica, and 2001: A Space Odyssey, When You Wish Upon a Star, Debussy’s Clair de Lune, Turrin’s High Flight, …