Carl Orff's 20th century masterpiece

The Greater New York Wind Symphony concert, originally scheduled for this evening at 7:30 pm, has been postponed, due to the winter storm warning in our area. The concert will be produced tomorrow, Sunday, October 30 at 3:00 pm, at the same venue, Monroe-Woodbury High School, in Central Valley, New York. Just follow your credit card to Woodbury Commons Outlets, look up, and aim your car up the hill. You will see the original high school on the left (now the middle school), and the new high school (concert site) on the right.

Hopefully, you will not be digging out on Sunday, and can make time to attend. It stands to be a fantastic program, and these players deserve the best audience possible! I hope to see you there.

Our friends and colleagues in the Greater New York Wind Symphony have the first concert of their season this coming Saturday night, at 7:30 pm in the Monroe-Woodbury High School Auditorium (up the hill from Woodbury Commons, in Central Valley, NY). Our own Steve Austin plays principal trumpet in this ensemble, and Rick Regan, who stepped in for me to rehearse the Schönberg last spring, is the Conductor/Artistic Director.

The program is unique and exciting. It features Carl Orff’s 20th century masterpiece, Carmina Burana, with a 170-member chours, plus Grainger’s Lincolnshire Posy, and more.

The GNYWS is sharing the evening with us on April 26 at the ACB convention. They are performing in the slot right before us, at 7:30 pm that evening. Rick and I are swapping guest conducting spots that evening, with Rick at the helm of our Strange Humors, and I’m taking a turn at Lincolnshire with GNYWS. We have a tremendous opportunity to create a supportive relationship with the members of this very fine ensemble. I encourage you to join me and attend this Saturday’s concert.