Continuing the tradition of featuring guest artists, WSW welcomes soloists  JoAnn Lamolino, trumpet, and Matt Bilyk, trombone, performing Fandango, by Joseph Turrin. Guest conductor David Blumental, artistic director of the Grand Street Community Band in Brooklyn, joins the group to conduct Stillwater by Kelijah Dunton. For the first time since the onset of the pandemic, the apprentice conducting program returns with Jessica Stein-Natale conducting Pacifica, by Randall D. Standridge.

Celebrating its 35th anniversary, WSW highlights another milestone with its programming for the concert: the 50th anniversary of the publication of Sketches on a Tudor Psalm, by Fisher Tull. Other compositions featured on the program include works by Kevin Day, Jack Stamp, and Kelijah Dunton.

Curt Ebersole, conductor/music director, said, “This concert’s finale is particularly impactful. Omar Thomas used Lift Every Voice and Sing as the basis for Of Our New Day Begun, and it truly strikes at the very soul of our nation’s current struggle with equality.” 

Program includes:
NAVARRO - Downey Overture
DAY - A Song for Tomorrow
TULL - Sketches on a Tudor Psalm
TURRIN - Fandango
STAMP - Panhandle Prelude
STANDRIDGE - Pacifica
DUNTON - Stillwater
THOMAS - Of Our New Day Begun

As the season continues, gifts in recognition of the ensemble’s 35th Anniversary can be made by visiting their campaign online at https://donorbox.org/wsw-35th-anniversary-fund.