BKWS 2024 - 2025 Season

MMC Winter Concert

Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024 @ 3pm
Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band, Kings County Concert Band, and Brooklyn Wind Symphony

Location: 850 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

MMC Modern Wind Symphony

Saturday, Mar. 22, 2025 @ 3pm
Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band, Kings County Concert Band, and Brooklyn Wind Symphony

Location: 850 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

MMC Spring Concert

Saturday, May 17, 2025 @ 3pm
Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band, Kings County Concert Band, and Brooklyn Wind Symphony

Location: 850 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)


BKWS 2023 - 2024 Season

MMC Winter Concert

Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023 @ 3pm
Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band and Kings County Concert Band

Location: 850 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

MMC Modern Wind Symphony

Saturday, Mar. 2, 2024 @ 3pm
Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band and Kings County Concert Band

Location: 850 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

MMC Spring Concert

Saturday, May 18, 2024 @ 3pm
Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band and Kings County Concert Band

Location: 850 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)


BKWS 2022 - 2023 Season

MMC Winter Concert

Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 @ 6pm
Joint concert with Brooklyn Wind Symphony and Bushwick Big Band

Location: 850 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

  • 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

Carnegie Hall Performance

Friday, June 9, 2023 @ 7pm
Joint concert with the Atlanta Youth Symphony and Riverwatch Middle School Symphonic Band

Location: Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium

  • To be confirmed

Midwest Clinic

Monday, December 19, 2022
The Brooklyn Wind Symphony is thrilled to be invited to perform at the 76th Annual Midwest Clinic in Chicago, IL.

Additional information can be found here.

  • 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

Columbia University 2023 Festival of Winds

Sunday, April 2, 2023 @ 12:30pm Time
Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band

Location: Roone Arledge Auditorium at Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University (W. 115th St @ Broadway).

  • Amen

    Carlos Simon

    Mariachitlan

    Juan Pablo Contrearas

    Tarot

    Linday Bronnenkant


BKWS 2021-22 Season

MMC Winter Concert

Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021 @ 6pm
Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band and Kings County Concert Band
Location: 850 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Roma
Valerie Coleman

Suite Française
Darius Milhaud

Shenandoah
Omar Thomas

Danzon no. 2
Arturo Marquez
trans. Oliver Nickel

Modern Wind Symphony

Saturday, March 26, 2022 @ 6pm
Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band and Kings County Concert Band
Location: 850 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Shimmering Sunshine
Kevin Day
Guest Conducted by Kevin Day

Waves Toward the Pebbled Shore
Pete Meechan

Concerto for Wind Ensemble
Kevin Day
NYC Regional Premiere Performance

MMC Spring Concert

Saturday, May 21, 2022 @ 6pm
Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band and Kings County Concert Band
Location: 850 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Festive Overture
Dmitri Shostakovich
Trans. by Donald Hunsberger

Poheme
Aleksandr Petrov

Gloriosa
Yasuhide Ito

Of Our New Day Begun
Omar Thomas


BKWS 2020-21 Season

In late 2020, the members of MMC came together to play Stillwater by Kelijah Dunton in this virtual band performance.

Kelijah is a graduate of the Grand Street Campus High School, the home of MMC, and he is a friend and member of MMC. Kelijah wrote Stillwater when he witnessed the natural wonder of a partially frozen pond in Minnesota, where he was awarded as a leading composer of color.

During May of 2021, MMC restarted after a 14 month pandemic pause. We came together to make music in three small ensembles, a Jazz Band, a Woodwind Ensemble and a Brass Choir.

Each ensemble met 4 times and prepared a 15 minute digital concert to celebrate a return to in person music making. Given reopening challenges, our organization grew in its artistry, resilience and teamwork.


BKWS 2019-20 Season

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MMC Winter Concert

Saturday, Dec. 14th @ 3pm
Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band and Kings County Concert Band
Location: 850 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

The Fairest of the Fair
John Philip Sousa

Stillwater
Kelijah Dunton
** World Premiere **

Emblems
Aaron Copland

Transcending
Christopher Marshall

October, Op. 131
Dmitri Shostakovich
trans. Preston Mitchell

Spring 2020 Virtual Ensemble

When our physical rehearsals came to an abrupt halt during the COVID-19 pandemic, the members of the Metropolitan Music Community created a virtual band to perform Michael Markowski’s “Brooklyn Air” under the direction of Jeff W. Ball. In this time of extreme unrest and uncertainty, we wanted to share something positive with our friends and supporters while we continue our work of building an inclusive musical community for all.


BKWS 2018-19 Season

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MMC Winter Concert

Saturday, Dec. 15th @ 3pm
Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band and Kings County Concert Band
Location: 850 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Revelry
William Pitts

Downey Overture
Oscar Navarro

Brooklyn Air
Michael Markowski

Through the Looking Glass
Jess Turner

March from “Symphonic Metamorphosis”
Paul Hindemith
trans. Keith Wilson

Dragon Rhyme
II. Energetically
Chen Yi

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MMC Modern Wind Symphony Concert

Saturday, Mar. 23rd @ 3pm
Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band
Location: 850 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Symphony No. 10
”The River of Time”
David Maslanka and
Matthew Maslanka

Re(new)al
Viet Cuong
feat. Sandbox Percussion

MMC Spring Concert

Saturday, May 18th @ 3pm
Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band and Kings County Concert Band
Location: 850 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Fanfare Ritmico
Jennifer Higdon

Samay Raga
Aakash Mittal

The Firebird Suite
Igor Stravinsky
trans. Tom Knox

Special Events

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NYSSMA Conference Performance

Thursday, Nov. 29th @ 8:15pm
Location: Rochester Riverside Convention Center, Rochester, NY

PROGRAM

Revelry
William Pitts

Downey Overture
Oscar Navarro

Brooklyn Air
Michael Markowski

Through the Looking Glass
Jess Turner

March from “Symphonic Metamorphosis”
Paul Hindemith
trans. Keith Wilson

Dragon Rhyme
II. Energetically
Chen Yi

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Joint Concert with the Univ. of the Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Tuesday, Mar. 12th @ 7pm
Location: 850 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Symphony No. 10
”The River of Time”
David Maslanka and
Matthew Maslanka

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Manhattan Concert Productions presents The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

Tuesday, June 4 @ 7:30pm
Location: Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall

PROGRAM

Fanfare Ritmico
Jennifer Higdon

Brooklyn Air
Michael Markowski

Samay Raga
Aakash Mittal


BKWS 2017-18 Season

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Americana

Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017 @ 3pm

Join concert with Kings County Concert Band

PROGRAM

Asimov’s Aviary
Joel Puckett    

Overture to Candide  
Leonard Bernstein
arr. Clare Grundman

City Trees
Michael Markowski       

Five Cabaret Songs
William Bolcom
arr. Ian Frenkel 

Solitary Dancer
Warren Benson

George Washington Bridge  
William Schuman

Commando March  
Samuel Barber

 

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Warhorses

Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017 @ 7pm

Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band

PROGRAM

Slava!
Leonard Bernstein
arr. Clare Grudman

Figures Sonores
Henk Badings

First Suite in Eb
Gustav Holst
ed. Fennell

Elegy for a Young American
Ronald Lo Presti

Symphony no. 3
Vittorio Gianinn

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Modern Wind Symphony

Sunday, March 11, 2018 @ 3pm

Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band

PROGRAM

Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble
David Maslanka

Symphony No. 4
David Maslanka

MMC 10th Anniversary Concert

Sunday, June 3, 2018 @ 3pm

Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band and Kings County Concert Band

PROGRAM

Moth
Viet Cuong

Children's March
Percy Grainger

Symphony in Bb, Movement #1
Paul Hindemith

Symphony no. 1 "The Lord of the Rings," Movement #4: Journey in the Dark
Johan de Meij
guest conductor Johan de Meij

Give Us This Day, Movement #2
David Maslanka

 


BKWS 2016-17 Season

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Things that Go Bump in the Night, Part 2

Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016 @ 3pm

Joint concert with Kings County Concert Band

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Pandemonium
Roger Cichy    

Sensemaya
Silvestre Revueltas  
Arr. Frank Bencriscutto

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
J.S. Bach
Arr. M. Hindsley         

From a Dark Millennium
Ian Schwantner              

Tam O'Shanter
Malcolm Arnold
Arr. John Paynter

BKWS Presents "The British Invasion"

Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016 @ 7pm

Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

The Year of the Dragon
Philip Sparke

Symphony no. 1 “Korn Symphony”
Pete Meechan

English Dances, Set 1
Malcolm Arnold

Jupiter from “The Planets”
Gustav Holst

Modern Wind Symphony

Sunday, March 19, 2017 @ 3pm

Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Cathedrals
Kathryn Salfelder 

North Star
Anthony Barfield
Joe Alessi, Principal Trombone - NY Philharmonic
Chris Coletti, Principal Trumpet - Canadian Brass

Concerto for Wind Ensemble
Steven Bryant

No Strings Attached

Saturday, June 10, 2017 @ 3pm

Joint concert with the New York City "All City" Concert Band

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

A la Machaut
Andrew Boss

Variations on "America"
Charles Ives
Arr. Schuman, trans. Rhodes

The Pines of the Appian Way
Ottorino Respighi
Trans. Leidzen
Guest Conductor, Dr. Serena Weren

Suite of the "Mass"
Leonard Bernstein
Arr. Sweeney

Symphony no. 5 Mvt 4
Dimitri Shostakovich
Trans. Righter


BKWS 2015-16 Season

Painting by Alan Perkins

All Markowski Concert

Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015 @ 3pm

Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

joyRIDE
Embers
Famishius Fantasticus
City Trees
As Midnight on a Moonless Night
Monk by the Sea
Unfamiliar Territory
Saturn Returns

Michael Markowski, composer

Illustration by Kristin Sedivec

Winter Concert

Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 @ 7pm

Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Folk Dances
Shostakovich / Reynolds

March from “Symphonic Metamorphosis”
Hindemith

Symphonic Dance no. 3 “Fiesta” 
Williams

A Moorside Suite
Holst

Russian Christmas Music
Reed

Painting by Jill Austen

Modern Wind Symphony Concert

Sunday, Mar. 20, 2016 @ 3pm

Joint concert with Grand Street Community Band

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Silver Lining the Sky
Wada

Niagara Falls
Daugherty

Tetelestai
Boss 

Illustration by Michael Cuadrado

June Concert

Saturday, June 11, 2016 @ 7pm

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Rocky Point Holiday
Nelson

Colonial Song
Grainger

Soulström
Blackshaw

Suite of Old American Dances
Bennett

Aurora Awakes
Mackey


Summer 2015

World Association for Symphonic Bands & Ensembles
Monday, July 13, 2015 @ 8P 

PROGRAM

joyRIDE by Michael Markowski, Gone by Scott McAllister, Clarinet Concerto by David Maslanka and featuring soloist Jeffrey Hodes, Flourishes and Meditations on a Renaissance Theme by Michael Gandolfi ** Intermission ** Concerto for Flute and Wind Orchestra by Mike Mower and featuring soloist Samantha K. Enriquez, La Fiesta Mexicana by H. Owen Reed & Moth by Viet Cuong

 

BKWS 2014-15 Season

Our Favorite Things

Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014 @ 6pm

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Caccia and Chorale
Clifton Williams

Four Scottish Dances
Malcolm Arnold
Arr. John P. Paynter

The Frozen Cathedral
John Mackey

Sound and Smoke
Viet Cuong

Trade Winds

Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014 @ 1:30pm

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

With Eltham High School Symphonic Winds (Victoria, Australia)

PROGRAM

Eltham High School Symphonic Winds

Symphonic Movement
Vaclav Nelhybel

Black Moondani
Taran Carter (commission for USA Tour)

Black Dog
Scott McAllister

The Engulfed Cathedral
Claude Debussy
Trans. Patterson

The Gum-Suckers March
Percy Grainger

A Movement for Rosa
Mark Camphouse

As Midnight on A Moonless Night
Michael Markowski

Brooklyn Wind Symphony

Festive Overture
Shostakovich

Flute Concerto
Mower

Music for Prague 1968
Husa

Modern Wind Symphony

Saturday, Mar. 21, 2015 @ 6pm

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Fragile Oasis
Meechan

Gone
Scott McAllister

A Child’s Garden of Dreams
Maslanka

Postcards

Saturday, June 13, 2015 @ 2pm

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

joyRIDE
Michael Markowski

Gone
Scott McAllister 

Clarinet Concerto
David Maslanka
Jeffrey Hodes, clarinet         

Flourishes and Meditations on
a Renaissance Theme

Michael Gandolfi   

Intermission 

Concerto for Flute and Wind Orchestra
Mike Mower
Samantha K. Enriquez, flute

La Fiesta Mexicana
H. Owen Reed       

Moth
Viet Cuong


Summer 2014

Make Music New York in Bryant Park
Saturday, June 21, 2014 @ 3P & 4:30pm

PROGRAM

Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale

Brooklyn Wind Symphony and Grand Street Community Band, along with hundreds more, got the chance to perform in the heart of midtown Manhattan this summer. They performed Hector Berlioz's Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale - declared as “one of the great ceremonial pieces of all time” by critic Virgil Thomson. Read about the performance in The New York Times.

 

BKWS 2013-14 Season

Winter Concert

Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013 @ 1:30pm

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Markowski
Remember the Molecules

Bilik
Block M

Maslanka
Requiem

Bach (trans. Daehn)
Contrapunctus V

Ewazen
Triple Concerto **Exclusive Preview**
Featuring the Brooklyn Wind Symphony trombone section: Bob Bennet, Alicia Aubin & Dan Dicker

Cuong
Moth
**Exclusive Preview**

 

Midwest Clinic

Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013 @ 8:30am

Location: Ballroom W375AB McCormick Place West in Chicaco, IL

PROGRAM

Markowski
Remember the Molecules

Bilik
Block M

De Meij
UFO
Johan de Meij, guest conductor
Jason Ham (Euphonium), guest soloist

Maslanka
Requiem

Jennings
Prehistoric Suite
Dr. Elizabeth Peterson, guest conductor

Bach (trans. Daehn)
Contrapunctus V
Brian Worsdale, guest conductor

Ewazen
Triple Concerto
**World Premiere**
The trombone section of the Buffalo Philharmonic, guest soloists

Cuong
Moth
**World Premiere**

www.midwestclinic.org

Modern Wind Symphony

Saturday, Mar. 22, 2014 @ 1:30pm

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Paul Hindemith
Symphony in Bb

David R. Gillingham
Vintage
Featuring soloist Sgt. Joseph M. Bello from The United States Air Force Band, euphonium

Yasuhide Ito
Gloriosa

A Night at the Movies

Saturday, June 14, 2014 @ 7pm

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Markowski
Famishius Fantasticus

Williams (trans. Hunsberger)
Star Wars Trilogy

Bernstein (trans. Lavendar)
Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story"

Whitacre
Gawd$illa Eats Las Vegas

 


Summer 2013

Saturday, July 13, 2013 @ 2pm
Location: Concert Grove (Oriental Pavilion) at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY


Special Event

Colombia Festival of Winds - Saturday, Mar. 3, 2013 @ 4:50pm
Location: Columbia University, New York, NY

PROGRAM

Maslanka Symphony No. 4

www.columbiafestivalofwinds.org/

 


BKWS 2012-13 Season

Fall Concert
Our Favorite Things: Fifth Anniversary Concert

Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 @ 2pm

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Creston
Celebration Overture

Marquez (Nickel)
Danzon no. 2

Whitacre
October

Grainger
Lincolnshire Posy

Fillmore
Rolling Thunder

Winter Concert:
Something Old, Something New,
Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012 @ 2pm

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Fucik
Florentiner March

Mackey
Hymn to a Blue Hour

Maslanka
Give Us This Day

Green
Symphony for Band

Modern Wind Symphony

Saturday, Mar. 16, 2013 @ 2P

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Elixir
Michael Markowski

Meechan
Requiem Paraphrases Featuring Jodie Wilkerson (Euphonium)

Maslanka
Symphony No. 4

Design of a Decade: Works of the Last Ten Years

Saturday, June 15, 2013 @ 1:30pm

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Wilson
Awakening

Gandolfi
Flourishes and Meditations on a Renaissance Theme

Pann
Hold this Boy and Listen

Ticheli
Angels in the Architecture

Maslanka
Requiem **Commissioned World Premiere**


Summer 2012

Summer Starz, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 @ 6:30pm
Location: East River Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - N 8th St @ Kent Ave

Prospect Park Concert, Saturday, July 14, 2012 @ 2pm
Location: Concert Grove (Oriental Pavilion) at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY


BKWS 2011-12 Season

October Concert

Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011 @ 2pm

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Xerxes
Mackey

Gandolfi
Vientos y Tangos

 Benson
The Leaves are Falling 

H. Owen Reed
La Fiesta Mexicana

Fucik
Entry of the Gladiators 

 

December Concert
An All American Winter

Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011 @ 2pm

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Bernstein/Grundman
Overture to Candide

Gould
Santa fe Saga 

Maslanka
Unending Stream of Life

Bilik
Block M

 

March Concert:
The Music of John Barnes Chance

Saturday, Mar. 24, 2012 @ 2pm

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Chance
Blue Lake Overture

Chance
Introduction and Capriccio

Chance
Elegy

 

Chance
Symphony No. 2 

Chance
Incantation and Dance

 

June Concert
Brooklyn Wind Symphony’s European Vacation

Saturday, June 16, 2012 @ 2pm

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Holst
Hammersmith 

Milhaud
Suite Francaise

Delle Cese
Inglesina

Wagner/Hindsley
Prelude and Love – Death

Tchaikovsky
1812 Overture

 


Special Event

Launch of the Brooklyn Wind Symphony

Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 @ 7pm 
Location: Brooklyn Fireproof - 119 Ingraham St, Brooklyn, NY

Celebrate the start of our new season and the launch of our new name on October 14 at our first fundraising event of the 2011-2012 season at the Brooklyn Fire Proof in Williamsburg. We will have our own private room, and a night of jazz combos, classical ensembles and delicious drink specials will culminate with a dance party, complete with a DJ spinning tunes.

 

Summer 2011

Prospect Park Concert, Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1pm
Location: Concert Grove (Oriental Pavilion) at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY

Summer Starz, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 @ 7P
Location: East River Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - N 8th St @ Kent Ave
Sponsored by Town Square Inc.


Special Event

Lincoln Center Concert
DCINY Presents: Winds From The South
Saturday, Apr. 9, 2011 @ 8pm
Location: Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater, New York, NY

PROGRAM 

David Maslanka Mother Earth
Johan de Meij Symphony No. 1 The Lord of the Rings (Mvts. I, IV & V) 


BKWS 2010-11 Season

Concert Band Hero: World Tour

Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010 @ 3pm

PROGRAM

Ives
Variations on America

Makris (arr. Bader)
Aegean Festival Overture

Marquez (arr. Nickel)
Danzon No. 2

Dello Joio
Scenes from the Louvre

Chance
Variations on a Korean Folksong

 

A Russian Home for the Holidays

Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010 @ 5pm

PROGRAM

Bernstein
Slava!

Shostakovich (arr. Reynolds)
Prelude, Op. 34, No. 14 

Fucik 
Florentiner March  

Ticheli
Sanctuary

Mussorgsky (arr. Buehlman)
Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov

(Combined with GSC Students) 

 

The Modern Wind Symphony

Saturday, Mar. 19, 2011 @ 5pm

PROGRAM

Maslanka
Mother Earth

Cecile Chaminade/Wilson
Concertino 

Johan De Meij
Symphony No. 1 The Lord of the Rings 

 

A Bridge to the Past

Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 2pm

PROGRAM

Schuman
George Washington Bridge

Daugherty
Brooklyn Bridge Featuring Grover Edwards (Clarinet) 

Ron Nelson
Rocky Point Holiday 

Berlioz
Grande Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale 

 


Special Event

Colombia Festival of Winds, Sunday, Mar. 6, 2010 @ 4:35pm
Location: Columbia University, New York, NY

PROGRAM 

Lord of the Rings Symphony for Band - Johan de Meij

www.columbiafestivalofwinds.org


BKWS 2009-10 Season

Party Like it's 1909!

Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009 @ 3pm

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Vaughan Williams/Hudson
Overture to the Wasps

Grainger
Children's March

Ives
Finale from Symphony No. 2

Ives/Elkus
Old Home Days

Debussy/Tatabe
Fetes from Nocturnes

Holst
First Suite for Military Band in Eb

 

Winter Holiday Concert

Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009 @ 3pm

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Reed
El Camino Real

Smith
Three Contrasts for Solo Horn and Wind Ensemble

Gorb
Yiddish Dances

Laurudsen/Reynolds
O Magnum Mysterium

Shostakovich
Finale from Symphony No. 5

 

 

The Modern Wind Symphony

Sunday, Mar. 14, 2010 @ 3pm

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Young
Tempered Steel

Curnow
Rhapsody for Euphonium and Concert Band

Barnes
Symphony No. 3

Spring Concert 

Sunday, May 23, 2010 @ 3pm

Location: 850 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY (Grand Street High School Campus Auditorium)

PROGRAM

Bass
Casey at the Bat

Holst
Jupiter

Bernstein/Lavender
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Fillmore
Rolling Thunder