Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut
The Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut is a 50-piece concert band in partnership with the Music Department of Naugatuck Valley Community College. Its membership includes amateur and professional musicians in addition to college music majors under the leadership of Dr. Richard Gard, associate professor of music. The band plays a varied repertoire of symphonic wind classics, orchestral transcriptions, jazz, big band, show tunes, holiday pieces, and march music. They were featured at the Second John Philip Sousa Festival of Bands and perform at all NVCC Commencement ceremonies.
For the 09-10 season the band will offer a concert to benefit Waterbury Schools Reading Readiness program, with music chosen to appeal to children: Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky, Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev, Disney at the Movies, The Syncopated Clock and Seigh Ride by Anderson, and many more.
The group performs approximately 4-5 times per year and follows the college calendar. Rehearsals are Tuesday evenings, 7:15-9:30 pm, at the Mattatuck Unitarian Universalist Church in Woodbury or on the Mainstage at Naugatuck Valley Community College. The band has a few openings and invites anyone interested to inquire. Please direct questions to Pat Reinhardt, President WEWC, at (203) 426-6148 or email to: preinhardtece@sbcglobal.net
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