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.
In May 2009, long-time Winds director Michael Purves-Smith retired from both his role as director and as a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Music Department. A full page collection of tributes appeared in the 2009 July/August edition of The Music Times. Although the Wellington Winds had its beginnings in Guelph in 1981, the organization soon …
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Harvey Gleiser, a member of the WW since its creation in 1981 until 2005 and one of Canada’s finest euphonium players, passed away in January. Below is a musical tribute that was given at the funeral service by Dave Arthur. Harvey Gleiser The photo in the Record yesterday showed Harvey holding his euphonium. That euphonium …
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