Westchester Symphonic Winds Closes 37th Season with “Celebrations”
Westchester Symphonic Winds (WSW) continues its progressive season of music for wind band with “Celebrations” on Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 8:00 pm at Tarrytown Music Hall. As the third and final concert of WSW’s 2024-2025 Tarrytown Music Hall series, Celebrations features exciting programming recognizing several musical milestones for the ensemble, including the 17th anniversary of artistic leadership by its conductor and music director, Curt Ebersole.
Joining Maestro Ebersole and WSW are guest conductor Dr. Malcolm Jones, Director of Bands/Professional Lecturer of Music at Marist University, and assistant conductor Jessica Stein-Natale, a member of WSW’s trumpet section and former apprentice conductor. In celebration of clarinetist Steve Cohen returning to the group as the featured guest soloist, the ensemble is pleased to welcome their first Invitational Clarinet Choir to the stage, joined by Cohen and thirty-seven clarinetists from WSW, West Point Band, and the New York metro area.
Noting the significance of the concert program theme, Maestro Ebersole shared, “This concert is a true celebration of a wide array of connections and milestones. We are honored to collaborate with our guest conductor, Dr. Malcolm Jones, and our guest soloist, Steve Cohen, who returns to solo with WSW for a second time. Our invitational Clarinet Choir will revel in works from the symphonic, operatic, and pop niches of our vast repertoire. And we are honored to celebrate two composers with whom WSW is fortunate to collaborate: Michael Markowski and Viet Cuong, whose new work, The Man and the Echo, will receive its world premiere at this concert. This is a not-to-be-missed event!”
Program includes:
CRESTON – Celebration Overture, Dr. Malcolm Jones, guest conductor
MARKOWSKI – All My Heart, Jessica Stein-Natale, conductor
NAVARRO – Second Concerto for Clarinet, Steve Cohen, clarinet soloist
CUONG – The Man and the Echo, world premiere
Invitational Clarinet Choir:
SHOSTAKOVICH/BRACKETT – Festive Overture
MASCAGNI/arr.BRACKETT – Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
GERMANOTTA and LAURSEN/arr.GREEN – Born This Way
