Westchester Symphonic Winds (5/10/25) Saturday 6:30pm arrival.
Presented by Westchester Symphonic Winds As the third and final concert of WSW’s 2024-2025 Tarrytown Music Hall series, "Celebrations" features exciting programming recognizing several musical milestones for the ensemble, including the 17th anniversary of artistic leadership by its conductor and music director, Curt Ebersole. Joining Maestro Ebersole and WSW are guest conductor Dr. Malcolm Jones, Director of Bands/Professional Lecturer of Music at Marist University, and assistant conductor Jessica Stein-Natale, a member of WSW’s trumpet section and former apprentice conductor. In celebration of clarinetist Steve Cohen returning to the group as the featured guest soloist, the ensemble is pleased to welcome their first Invitational Clarinet Choir to the stage, joined by Cohen and thirty-seven clarinetists from WSW, the West Point Band, and the New York metro area. The concert finale will feature composer Viet Cuong, whose new work commissioned by WSW, The Man and the Echo, will receive its world premiere. Program includes: CRESTON - Celebration Overture, Dr. Malcolm Jones, guest conductor MARKOWSKI - All My Heart, Jessica Stein-Natale, conductor NAVARRO - Second Concerto for Clarinet, Steve Cohen, clarinet soloistCUONG - The Man and the Echo, world premiere Invitational Clarinet Choir: SHOSTAKOVICH/BRACKETT - Festive Overture MASCAGNI/arr.BRACKETT - Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana GERMANOTTA and LAURSEN/arr.GREEN - Born This Way
