On May 21st Manhattan's finest ensemble of wind musicians, under the direction of Sarah Quiroz, returns to the stage to present a program that will transport you around the world and then some, with original wind band compositions and transcriptions from nearly every corner of the earth. So if you've never been to the Grand…
The musicians of the Manhattan Wind Ensemble enthusiastically invite you to join us for our fall concert, "Giants." Dedicated to the impressively large, fantastically oversized, needlessly huge and just generally, mammothly enormous, the concert, conducted by the gigantically talented Sarah Quiroz, will leave you with a new appreciation for all things large in the world.…
Manhattan Wind Ensemble performs at the 2016 Columbia Festival of Winds
Manhattan Wind Ensemble closes out its 2015-2016 season and presents its spring concert at the Dimenna Center for Classical Music. The repertoire centers around the theme "folk songs and dances" and features several beloved wind band classics, in addition to a world premeire composition by our very own bass trombonist, Jim Theobald. Come folk dance…
The Manhattan Wind Ensemble performs some of their members' favorites in their Fall 2016 concert. Please come enjoy a night of wind band music, handpicked by our members! RSVP on Facebook
MWE will perform at the Ninth Annual Columbia Festival of Winds. Watch this space for more info
The Manhattan Wind Ensemble presents WINDSPRINTS! Featuring: Guest Conductor Chris Dobbins Electric Guitar Marc Fernandez Come listen to a night of wind band music, featuring works by: Whitacre Saucedo Bennett Persichetti Grainger Bonney $12 in advance, $15 at the door.
Auditions for our 2017-2018 season will be held on Tuesday September 5 and Thursday September 7, 2017 at First Church of Christ, Scientist at 10 West 68th Street (at Central Park West). (Closest subways: 1 to 66 Street, B/C to 72nd Street) To audition, please prepare the excerpts for your instrument, get ready to sight…
Title and program coming soon
Our Winter Program is titled “International Relations” and will feature the following music: Cuban Overture by George Gershwin/arr. M. Rogers Colonial Song by Percy Grainger/ ed. Rogers The Sound of Music by Rodgers & Hammerstein/arr. R. R. Bennett Concreto Grosso for Woodwind Quartet and Wind Orchestra by Heitor Villa-Lobos featuring four guests, Principal Players from…