Now in its fourth decade, the University of Manitoba Wind Ensemble continues to program and perform first-class repertoire, including works by Benson, Grainger, Hindemith, Holst, Husa, and Schwantner. The Chamber Winds (an offshoot of the wind ensemble) offers students an opportunity to perform works written for smaller forces, including antiphonal brass music by Gabrieli, serenades by Mozart and Dvorak, and theatre music by Kurt Weill. The ensemble has also been active in commissioning and performing new music for winds, including pieces by Canadian composers Bruce Carlson, Allan Gilliland and Michael Matthews.
| Instructed by: | Dr. Fraser Linklater |
| Who is eligible? | The Wind Ensemble is, primarily, wind, brass and percussion majors at the Faculty of Music. However, ANY university age musician is eligible to play with the Ensemble and we regularly have 2 or 3 non-music students playing in the group. |
| Days and times: | Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 1:15 to 3:30 pm Fall and Winter terms |
The Wind Ensemble has performed throughout Manitoba and Western Canada, has been an invited guest ensemble at the Cantando International Music Festival in Edmonton, as well as having performed several times at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s New Music Festival. The Ensemble has released three CDs of Canadian Wind Band Music, North Winds I, II, & III, with a fourth in progress.
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Symphonies of Wind Instruments by Stravinsky; December 4, 2011 .
Gran Partita, Menuet #2 by Mozart; December 4, 2011 .
Mountains Rising Nowhere by Joseph Schwantner; November 25, 2011.
Carmina Burana - Orff. Recorded live on October 30, 2011 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Conducted by Dr. Fraser Linklater
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North Winds Recording Project
The North Winds project provides recordings of repertoire by Canadian composers and arrangers as a reference for teachers and a model for students.
Planned Concerts for 2012-2013:
- Friday October 19, 2012
- Friday November 30, 2012
- Friday February 8, 2013
- Friday March 22, 2013
Schedule subject to change.
Planned repertoire highlights for 2012-2013 include:
- The Planets (Gustav Holst)
- First Suite in E-flat (Gustav Holst)
- Music for Prague 1968 (Karel Husa)
- Concertango (Luis Alarcón Serrano)
- Samurai (Nigel Clarke)
- Symphonie Fantastique – Movements IV & V (Hector Berlioz)
- Suite Dreams (Steven Bryant)
Dr. Fraser Linklater, Conductor
Chamber Winds
The Chamber Winds is an offshoot of the wind ensemble, and offers students an opportunity to perform works written for smaller forces, including antiphonal brass music by Gabrielli, serenades by Mozart and Dvorak, and theatre music by Kurt Weill.
Chamber Winds performances for 2012-2013:
Pieces of Ten
Sunday, September 30, 2012
• Antonin Dvorak — Czech Suite (1874)
• Franz Schubert / Reynolds — Little Symphony for Winds (1826)
• Richard Strauss — Suite in Bb, Op. 4 (1884)
Students from the U of M Faculty of Music plus members of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Piano & Winds
Sunday, March 3, 2013
• Igor Stravinsky — Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments (1924) (Edmund Dawe, piano)
• George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue (1924) (Judy Kehler-Siebert, piano)
Students from the U of M Faculty of Music plus members of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
65 Dafoe Road
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada
Phone: 204-474-9310 Fax: 204-474-7546
music@umanitoba.ca
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