The Gustavus Wind Orchestra and Conductor Douglas Nimmo
The Gustavus and Adolphus Wind Orchestras will present a special, Spring Winds, concert on Friday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Christ Chapel on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus. In addition to its tradition of including a number of smaller wind ensembles in the program, the wind orchestras will welcome three guest artists from the 2011 Tubonium Conference on campus March 18-19. These guest artists include Marc Dickman, euphonium, James Gourlay, tuba and Barbara Young, piano. Friday’s performance is free and open to the public.
This spring concert, Spring Winds, includes a wide variety of music composed or arranged for wind ensembles from 4 – 65 members. The performance includes both the Gustavus Wind Orchestra and the Vasa Wind Orchestra, under the direction of Douglas Nimmo, along with the Gustavus Saxophone Quartet, the Kalmar Quintet, the Christ Chapel Brass, the Gustavus Tuba Euphonium Ensemble and the Sinfonia Winds.
Friday’s concert will be presented in Christ Chapel. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.