Description

PROGRAM

Apollo                                                                                                Marc Mellits (b. 1966)
I: Theia
    II: Sea of Tranquility
    III: The Buzz
    IV: Luna Nova
    V: Debbie Waltzing on the Moon
    VI: One Small Step
    VII: Moonwalk

Suite from A Trip to the Moon                                                    Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
 Overture
   Introduction
   Les Hirondelles bleues
   Le Bonhomme de neige Les Flocons animés
   Polka
   Mazurka
   Variations
  Galop final

INTERMISSION

Souvenir de Puerto Rico                                                            Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869)

Recuerdos de Borinquen                                                           Luis Rodríguez Miranda (1875-1949)

Quintet in E-flat Major Op. 4                                                    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Allegro con brio
   Andante Menuetto più allegretto
   Finale. Presto

WindSync is five outstanding North American musicians who come together as performers, educators, and community-builders. Their concerts are intimate, joyful, and thoughtfully programmed with people and places in mind. The quintet eliminates the “fourth wall” by performing from memory, connecting quickly and memorably with audiences. 2018 finalists of the M-Prize Chamber Arts competition and recent winners of the Concert Artists Guild and Fischoff competitions, they approach their mixed repertory of wind quintets and arrangements with the highest level of artistic dedication. WindSync takes a special interest in reaching children, families, and underserved audiences. Each year the ensemble presents the Onstage Offstage Chamber Music Festival in Houston, designed to connect musicians, students, and audiences across neighborhood boundaries. Advocates of 21st century music, the members of WindSync have led master classes at New World Symphony, Texas Music Festival, and Northwestern University, among many others. The ensemble has been designated an ensemble in residence at Adelphi University through 2019 and continues to build on 6 years in residence at the Chamber Music Festival of Lexington and 2 years in residence at the Ravinia Festival.

WindSync appears by arrangement with Concert Artists Guild.