Events

The 2011/12 WINDS Concert Season

WINDS and Dixie

Saturday, November 12, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Guest: Dixie Du Jour Dixieland Band
Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts

Our 33rd season opens in November with "WINDS and Dixie." The WINDS will share the Frauenthal Theater stage with Dixie Du Jour, a traditional Dixieland band with some of the best jazz players in West Michigan: Max Colley III, trumpet; Dave Wells, trombone; Bill Hugey, piano; Steve Anzivino, drums;Jeff Beavan, bass; Mike Bennett, clarinet. The concert will include "At A Dixieland Jazz Funeral," "Satchmo! A Tribute to Louis Armstrong," and "Porgy and Bess" by the West Michigan Concert WINDS.  Dixie Du Jour will spontaneously decide on their program and announce it from the stage, then join forces with the WINDS for "Dixieland Clambake" and a "Second Line" finale!

Tickets for the WINDS and Dixie concert can be purchased at the Frauenthal Ticket Office.

A Chamber Music Christmas

Sunday, December 11, 2011, 4:00 p.m.
First Congregational Church of Muskegon

A holiday gift to you is a December concert in the beautiful First Congregational Church of Muskegon. "A Chamber Music Christmas" will be filled with musical ensembles and solo artists from the WINDS performing glorious chamber literature to inspire you for the Holidays. 

Bands on the Grand Festival

Saturday, March 3, 2012, 1:30 p.m.
Forest Hills Eastern High School Auditorium

Road trip to hear the WINDS and other community bands - admission is free
See the Bands on the Grand performance schedule

Winners & WINDS

Sunday, March 11, 2012, 4:00 p.m.
Featuring: Youth Soloist Scholarship Winners and Area High School Musicians
Reeths-Puffer Rocket Centre

Our annual "Winners & WINDS" concert in March features two high school youth scholarship recipients as soloists, along with the gift of "The Hackley March" recently rearranged for band by the WINDS which will be presented to the three guest high school bands performing with us.

Nature's Music

Sunday, May 6, 2012, 4:00 p.m.
Guest Conductor: Colonel L Bryan Shelburne, Jr., Retired, U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own"
Reeths-Puffer Rocket Centre