Festival Wind Orchestra
2004-2005 Profile

The Festival Wind Orchestra was founded in November 1996. The orchestra rehearses weekly and performs, with special emphasis on the education of its musicians and audiences. Last season, Christopher Bagan, winner of the FWO’s Piano Competition, performed Grieg’s Concerto in A Minor. Past repertoire included An American Elegy, Pilatus: Mountain of Dragons, several Gershwin and Broadway favourites, Rossini’s La Gazza Ladra and more. Standard band repertoire as well as classical and contemporary selections of varying difficulty have been chosen to challenge and inspire this year. Several community-service concerts and three public performances are planned: “Holiday Magic” (November 16 at Yorkwoods Library Theatre), “Springtime Serenade” (May 10 at Fairview Library Theatre) and “Summer Pops” (June 21 at Yorkwoods). Tickets for each concert: $15 for adults, $10 for students. A 3-concert subscription is $40 for adults, $25 for students. Musical Director, Gennady Gefter, is an accomplished flutist and conductor whose talent has created a high-calibre community orchestra. New members – especially lower brass, saxophone, oboe and percussion players – are welcome to join. For more information, please visit our website.