Summer Wind Ensemble

Held July 17-July 21, 2023 
6 p.m.-9 p.m.
Seton Hill Performing Arts Center
Concert July 21 at 8 p.m.

Adam Gillespie, Director
Lisa Thackrah, Woodwind Coach

Our Summer Wind Ensemble has been reimagined into a weeklong intensive focusing on three cornerstones works of the wind ensemble repertoire! Led by WYSO Philharmonic conductor, Adam Gillespie, participants (high school and advanced middle school) will take part in full ensemble rehearsal, as well as personalized, sectional instruction led by Mr. Gillespie and area professional and private instructor, Lisa Thackrah.
Participants will focus on improving technical proficiency, musicality, and ensemble cohesion and will showcase their skills in a final concert on July 21, 2023 – 8:00 p.m. at Seton Hill University’s Performing Arts Center.

 

 

 

 

 

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