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NWWS Fall Concert (Oct 12) – “Potpourri of Masterpieces”

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We’ll be starting off our 2024-2025 season “Musical Mastery” with a program of musical delights including a saxophone feature.

  • Snapshots (IV. To Pull Out All the Stops) by Franklin D. Hansen was originally written for sax quartet.
  • Percy Grainger’s Hill-Song No. 2 will transport you to wind-swept Scottish moors with wild patches of heath and peat bogs.
  • Frank Ticheli’s Over the Moon takes you on a musical journey over the moon and back to Earth again.
  • Five To Go by Jack Bullock is reminiscent of the big band era of American music.
  • Barnum & Bailey’s Favorite written by Karl King, often considered the grand-daddy of circus marches, celebrates “The Greatest Show on Earth”.
  • Polka and Fugue (from the opera “Schwanda, the Bagpiper”) by Jaromir Weinberger is based off of a Czech folk tale wherein a master bagpiper melts the ice queen’s heart with his playing.
  • Irish Tune from County Derry is one of Percy Grainger’s most popular and most recognizable pieces.
  • Shepherd’s Hey also by Percy Grainger is a brisk and technically demanding dance.
  • Richard Rodger’s Sound of Music will include a number of tunes where you know the melodies (and possibly the words).

The show starts at 7 p.m. on October 12, 2024, at Corbet Theatre in Centralia. $12 general admission. Students free with paying adult.

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Fall Concert: “Hollywood”

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The Northwest Wind Symphony opens its 25th season this fall on Saturday, October 24th, at 7 p.m. in Corbet Theatre on the Centralia College campus.

To begin our Silver Anniversary Season, we’re taking you to Hollywood. From the Walt Disney studio that garnered more Oscars than any other (a total of thirty-three) to the music of John Williams, we’ll walk down memory lane. Included are works of lesser known and perhaps surprising musical luminaries such as Aaron Copland, Randy Newman, Michael Giachino, and even John Phillip Sousa (yes, he did in fact write music for the movies!).

Enjoy classic movie medleys, including music from Mary Poppins, and “Days of Wine and Roses.” Fast-forward to modern spy movie music from the Leonardo DiCaprio/Tom Hanks movie, “Catch Me If You Can,” featuring Nicklas Waroff, alto saxophonist. Experience lesser-known music of famous composers Copland and Sousa. We’ll bring the evening to a close with music from Pixar hits “The Incredibles” and “A Bug’s Life,” and of course, such a concert would not be complete without the venerable “Star Wars” theme music.

Tickets are available at the door or from Book ‘n’ Brush in Chehalis. General admission tickets are $12. Children and students are admitted free with paying adult.