On Friday March 7th, the Wellington Wind Symphony was incredibly grateful to have Chicago-based composer James Stephenson with us for our concert. This concert, titled ‘Voices’ in honour of Jim’s Symphony No. 2: Voices which served as the evening’s final number, was a fabulous event all the way around. The ensemble membership was absolutely glowing …
Our spooky opening concert on Hallowe’en eve is going to be frighteningly fun! We encourage you to wear a costume, bring the kids, and get ready for some jump scares. With repertoire including John Mackey’s “Haunted Objects,” and the incredible musical telling of “Tam o’Shanter” we are sure you will have a fantastic evening. We …
Our exciting finale to 2023-2024! Please join the Wellington Wind symphony as we present ‘Boomba!’ to finish our season. What’s “boomba,” you ask? Is it a new dance craze? Something really, really loud? Well, you’ll have to come to the concert and find out! (Hint: it might involve one or some of us doing something …
A few weeks ago, the Wellington Wind Symphony made a brief announcement on our social media channels that our percussion equipment is being replaced! Here we would like to shed a bit more light on the situation, and provide a further update. Background information: For many years, Wellington Wind Symphony’s percussion equipment was stored in …