Can you believe this ad dates from 1996? It seems like yesterday. And so it goes with the summer — it’s almost gone!
Our auditions are on Tuesday, September 3 (contact David if you have someone to recommend for an audition). Our first rehearsal is Monday, September 9 at TMH. And with it we will kick off our 32nd season. And it promises to be an amazing season!
32nd Season
This year, we will be able to promote the band as an award-winning ensemble! Capturing The American Prize is a huge milestone. We’ll be promoting this with special public relations announcements as soon as we’ve heard about the results of the two remaining nominations.
The entire season’s repertoire is published here. Our guests include apprentice conductors Rich Dashnaw and Nate Brewster, guest conductors Dr. Albert Nguyen (pronounced “Win”), Dr. Patricia Cornett, and Joey Bello (who performed with us previously as a euphonium soloist), and soloists Jenn Dashnaw (clarinet), Pete Friedmann — yes, as in Friedmann Fanfare (narrator), Joshua Pierce (piano), and Chris Creviston (alto sax). We’ll be featuring a student brass quintet composition by Grace Dashnaw (Ithaca College ’21) and several member soloists on our Fall Concert. And the whole season wraps up with Maslanka’s monumental Symphony No. 4 in May. “Get your tickets now!” as they say.
The concert dates for this season and next season are listed in the right sidebar of the home page. Click here to see the detailed rehearsal/performance schedule for 2019-2020.
Silent Movies with Nate’s ensemble
Another great opportunity to see WSW members in action!
The VOB Film Festival will be screening the silent film classics “The Great Train Robbery” and Buster Keaton’s “Sherlock Jr.” accompanied by live music. The ten-piece orchestra will include WSW members Deb and Rich Dashnaw, Mark Dodge, Chris Larsen and Ryan Cerullo, and will be conducted by Nate Brewster. And while the films may be old, the scores are new, composed by Craig Marks (2014) and John Muccino (2013).
There are two showings, on Friday August 30 at 7:30 pm and Sunday September 1st at 7 pm at Drew Methodist Church in Carmel, NY. You can go to www.vobfilmfestival.com for tickets, and more info on the entire festival, or just click the flyer.