CANCELLED: Commonwealth Wind Symphony + Belmont High School Wind Ensemble
Jordan Hall
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The Commonwealth Wind Symphony was born out of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Being a music educator is isolating at the best of times, with most schools employing one or two music teachers. This feeling was exacerbated by the physical distancing we endured during the 2020 - 2021 school year. State safety guidelines for COVID-19 forced musicians ten feet apart, if performing groups were allowed to meet at all.
Feeling the need to reconnect and reenergize our love for making music (what got us into this profession in the first place!) nearly 90 music educators convened on the South Shore Conservatory campus in August of 2021 for a night of music making.
Now in its fifth year, The Commonwealth Wind Ensemble seeks to empower music educators to forge meaningful professional networks, reconnect with their instrument, view themselves as an artist, and model this for their students in performance.
Halcyon Hearts - Katahj Copley
Danzon No. 2 - Arturo Márquez,
Belmont High School Wind Ensemble
Notezart - Cindy McTee
Rhosymedre - Ralph Vaughan Williams
In dulci jubilo - Norman Dello Joio
Of Our New Day Begun - Omar Thomas
Grace Before Sleep - Susan LaBarr, arr. J. Eric Wilson
Russian Christmas Music - Alfred Reed
Commonwealth Wind Symphony