UFO Concerto for Euphonium and Wind Orchestra

Longtime Winds followers will remember euphonium player extraordinaire, Harvey Gleiser, who passed away in 2010 after a lifetime of music-making. Our concerts on February 8 and February 22 include a tribute to Harvey. Harvey left a generous bequest to the Winds, and we have used some of those funds to partner in a consortium for …

Mark Dubois, Lyric Tenor

We are very pleased to welcome Mark Dubois, internationally renowned lyric tenor, as our soloist on November 23. Mr. Dubois will be performing selections by Donizetti, Lalo, Strauss, and Gilbert and Sullivan. Mark Dubois has performed with major orchestras across Canada and the United States. He has performed on opera and concert stages of Europe …

German Music for October

Our first set of concerts, themed Konzert der Deutschen Musik, are coming up! We will be performing on Sunday October 19 at Grandview Baptist Church in Kitchener, and Sunday October 26 at Knox Presbyterian Church in Waterloo. Both concerts begin at 3 p.m.. When asked about the German theme to our concert, music director Dan …

Soloist Tony Snyder on playing the Strauss Concerto

Our first set of concerts this season features our principal horn player extraordinaire Tony Snyder playing Richard Strauss’ Concerto No. 1 for French Horn. After our rehearsal yesterday, Tony reflected on playing this concerto. Here’s what he had to say. This Strauss concerto is a favourite of mine.  I played it in university and again …