Each year, MMC presents a Modern Wind Symphony concert to showcase the important new music that is constantly being added to the concert band repertoire. Join three MMC ensembles as they celebrate the variety and depth of music in the contemporary wind band canon, with pieces both familiar and new.

PROGRAM:

Melodious Thunk - David Biedenbender 

Remembrance - D.I.D. Choi

In the Shadow of Your Mountain - Natalie Moller

The View from the Mountaintop - Timothy Mahr

Fanfare Politeia - Kimberly Archer

Emory's Barcarolle - Joel Puckett

This Night - David Biedenbender

Desert Sage - Michael Markowski

Borrowed Scenery - Hanmoi Kang

Un Cafecito - Dennis Llinás

Symphony in B-flat - Paul Hindemith

WHO: Kings County Concert Band, Grand Street Community Band, Brooklyn Wind Symphony

WHEN: Saturday, March 2, 2023 @ 5pm

WHERE: Grand Street Campus Auditorium

RECEPTION: The music continues - Bushwick Big Band is performing a reception after the concert concludes at Grimm Artisanal Ales (990 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211) - all concert guests are welcome!

Join the Brooklyn Wind Symphony, Grand Street Community Band, and Kings County Concert Band as they perform the first concert of the 23-24 season! The concert will be held in our home venue, the Grand Street Campus Auditorium. Works include:

Excelsior! (2008) - William Owens

In the Bleak Midwinter (1908/1992) - Gustav Holst arr. Robert W. Smith 

Boreal Pines (2021) - Cait Nishimura

Greek Folk Song Suite (2002) - Franco Cesarini 

Fantasy on American Folk Songs - Dwayne S. Milburn

Sure on This Shining Night - Samuel Barber tr. Saucedo

Keepers of the House - Conni Ellisor
El Abanico - Alfredo Javaloyes

To You, America! - William Grant Still

San Pelayo - Victoriano Valencia

Storm Chasers: Concerto for Timpani and Wind Ensemble - Catherine Likhuta

Mont Fuji - Toshio Mashima

Manabu Inoue - Guest Conductor

Please also join us for a performance by the Bushwick Big Band and celebration directly after the concert. 

Grimm Artisanal Ales

990 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211

The Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony and Riverwatch Symphonic Band join forces with the Brooklyn Wind Symphony for a performance that showcases works by classical greats Holst and Grainger, contemporary minds Jennifer Higdon and Kevin Puts, and young composers Minsoo Dixon and Benjamin Horne, both alumni of AYWS. Joseph Alessi, principal trombonist of the New York Philharmonic, performs, and the AYWS presents the world premiere of Grimm Tales by award-winning composer Bruce Broughton.

Joint concert featuring Brooklyn Wind Symphony and Grand Street Community Band. BKWS will perform at 12:30pm and GCSB will perform at 1:30pm

Location: Roone Arledge Auditorium at Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University (W. 116th St @ Broadway).

BKWS Program

Amen
Carlos Simon

Mariachitlan
Juan Pablo Contrearas

Tarot
Linday Bronnenkant

GCSB Program

Rise
Adam Schoenberg

Mock Morris
Percy Grainger, arr. Joesph Kreines

Letters
Kelijah Dunton

Postcard form Sequoia
Nicole Piunna

Featuring Kings County Community Band. Performance begins at 8pm.

Location: Roone Arledge Auditorium at Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University

Program

Infinity
Katahj Copley

Awakenings
Kimberly Archer

To Challenge the Sky and Heavens Above
Robert W. Smith

The Brooklyn Wind Symphony is thrilled to be invited to perform at the 76th Annual Midwest Clinic in Chicago, IL. The performance will take place on Monday, December 19th (Day 1) at 11:45am in McCormick Place West, Room 375AB.

Additional information can be found here.

Not able to make it to our concert? Support us with a donation!

Performances by Brooklyn Wind Symphony and Bushwick Big Band.

Brooklyn Wind Symphony Program

Liberation
Masamicz Amano

A Mother of a Revolution!
Omar Thomas
Guest Conductor, Cynthia Johnson Turner

The Water is Wide
Kevin Krumenauer
Guest Conductor, Jasmine Britt

Full Circle
Viet Cuong

Bellbird Grove
Tania Owens

Red Sky
Anthony Barfield
Guest Artist, Burt Mason

Salt March
Aakash Mittal

Color in the Grey
Kelijah Dunton

Concerto for Wind Ensemble
Kevin Day
II. Riff
III. Vibe
V. Jam

Performances by Kings County Concert Band and Grand Street Community Band.

Grand Street Community Band Program

Halcyon Hearts: An Overture for Love
Katahj Copley

Be Thou My Vision 
Traditional Irish Tune arranged by Travis J. Cross

American Hymnsong Suite
Dwayne S. Milburn

Psalm for Band
Vincent Persichetti

Kings County Concert Band Program

Shimmering Joy
Tyler S. Grant

Excerpts for the Erl King
Franz Schubert
arr. Larry Daehn

Chasing Sunlight
Cait Nishimura

Sheltering Sky
John Mackey

The Cave You Fear
Michael Markowski

Join us for an outdoor performance! We’ll be playing concert band standards and pop hits in Forest Park, Queens!

Join MMC's ensembles including Kings County Concert Band, Grand Street Community Band, and Brooklyn Wind Symphony for the final concert of the season. This concert features grand landmark works for wind band coupled with newer works that have quickly become a cornerstone in the repertoire.

Proof of vaccine required for those 5+ .

Masks required for all attendees.

Per DOE visitor policy, all attendees will need to fill out a health attestation form on the day of the concert. Forms can be found at this link and QR codes with instructions will also be posted around the entrance to the school. When completing the form, please select East Williamsburg Scholars Academy (K477) as the school you are entering.

After the Modern Wind Symphony Concert, all audience members are invited to a reception featuring MMC's Jazz Ensemble! The reception will be located at NS Beer (8 Wilson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206). The Jazz Ensemble will begin its set at 9:30pm. Please join us!

Join MMC's ensembles including Kings County Concert Band, Grand Street Community Band, and Brooklyn Wind Symphony for a night dedicated to new works for wind band. The concert will feature Leonard Bernstein’s Suite from MASS with a special guest quintet from West Point and the New York City premiere of Kevin Day’s Concerto for Wind Ensemble. Works by Katahj Copley, Steven Bryant, Malcolm Arnold, Haley Woodrow, Anthony Barfield, and Pete Meechan will also be performed.

Proof of vaccine required for those 5+ .

Masks required for all attendees.

Per DOE visitor policy, all attendees will need to fill out a health attestation form on the day of the concert. Forms can be found at this link and QR codes with instructions will also be posted around the entrance to the school. When completing the form, please select East Williamsburg Scholars Academy (K477) as the school you are entering.

Immediately following the concert there will be a reception featuring MMC’s Jazz Ensemble. All are invited to come to NS Beer (8 Wilson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206). The Jazz Ensemble begins its set at 9:30pm.

MMC ensembles resume their regular season concerts this winter. Join us on Saturday, December 11 to celebrate the return of in-person music making to the Grand Street Campus Auditorium.

Proof of vaccine required for those 12+ .

Masks required for all attendees.

Families will be seated approx. 3 feet from each other to ensure safe distancing.

Per DOE visitor policy, all attendees will need to fill out a health attestation form on the day of the concert. Forms can be found at this link and QR codes with instructions will also be posted around the entrance to the school. When completing the form, please select East Williamsburg Scholars Academy (K477) as the school you are entering.

Performances by:

Kings County Concert Band

Grand Street Community Band

Brooklyn Wind Symphony

The Metropolitan Music Community is back with live music! We invite you to join us for this outdoor concert series.

Musicians across all MMC ensembles come together with new faces to play concert band music in a fresh outdoor setting here in Brooklyn.

Tickets are not required to attend. This event is free to the public. Donations can be made on-site or through https://mmc.band/donate

The Metropolitan Music Community is back with live music! We invite you to join us for this outdoor concert series.

Musicians across all MMC ensembles come together with new faces to play concert band music in a fresh outdoor setting here in Brooklyn.

Tickets are not required to attend. This event is free to the public. Donations can be made on-site or through https://mmc.band/donate

Program Selection:

Fanfare for Earthrealm - Salvador Alan Jacobo
Joy Revisited - Frank Ticheli
Irish Tune from County Derry - Percy Grainger
Pacem: A Hymn for Peace - Robert Spittal
A Mother of a Revolution! - Omar Thomas
First Suite in Eb (I. Chaconne) - Gustav Holst

The final concert for our 2018-2019 season brings all 3 of our ensembles together, performing music by Viet Cuong, Gustav Holst, a new 2019 composition from Aakash Mittal, and much more!