Performances

AUTUMN WINDS

Saturday, October 24, 2009, 3:00 PM
Calvary Lutheran Church, 7520 Golden Valley Rd, Golden Valley, MN 55427
MSW opens its 32nd season with a spirited concert that features the premiere of Carl Schroeder’s Remembrance and oboist Kristin Cooper on the Autumn Soliloquy by Barnes.  Works from Ticheli, Ganne, Mahr and Hesketh join the Finale to the New World Symphony by Dvorak to fill out the challenging program.

AUTUMN WINDS REVISITED

Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 7:30 PM
Minneapolis South High School, 3131 19th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407
MSW pairs with the Minneapolis South HS Wind Ensemble (Scott Carter, conductor) in a reprisal of selected repertoire presented just a few days earlier in Golden Valley.  Each group will perform separately and will join forces to close the performance.

HOT BAND ON A COLD WINTER DAY

Saturday, December 12, 2009, 3:00 pm
Holiday Concert + Silent Auction (grab some last-minute Christmas gifts and support us!)
Edina High School, 6754 Valley View Rd, Edina, MN
The MSW welcomes the holiday season with a delightful program that features trumpeters David Rickheim and Michael Rickman on Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Trumpets and MSW Associate Conductor William Webb sharing Hazo’s recent Three Minnesota Portraits, commissioned by the Edina HS Concert Band.  Favorite holiday classics join another highlight - our annual silent auction, which promises to streamline your holiday shopping!

GUEST CONDUCTOR CONCERT

Sunday, February 21, 2010, 3:00 pm
Hudson High School, 1501 Vine Street , Hudson, WI 54016
An eclectic mix of wind band classics and newer works make up this concert led by guest conductor Dr. Kristin Tjornehoj, conductor of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls.

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

Sunday, May 2, 2010, 3:00 PM
St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church, 17205 County Road 6, Plymouth, MN 55447
The monumental Pictures at an Exhibition of Mussorgsky anchors the spring concert.  Also featured will be bassoonist Rebecca Westermeyer on Bourdeau’s Premier Solo and the Ballet Sacra of Holsinger.

A MUSICAL PICNIC

Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 7:00 PM
Normandale Lake Bandshell, 5901 W 84th Street, Bloomington, MN, 55438
A delicious mix of music fills our picnic basket for this season-ending concert that celebrates the coming of summer.  Percussionist Jeff Christiansen presents Green’s Xylophonia as the evening air around the bandshell fills with folk tunes, patriotic music, broadway hits, and of course, a classic march!