West Point Band Wind Quintet
The West Point Band Wind Quintet will give a performance at the Library.
The Academy Wind Quintet presents a varied and colorful program of virtuoso chamber music for winds, featuring repertoire ranging from the late eighteenth century courts of Europe to the contemporary masters of the twenty-first century. Noting Valentine’s Day, the quintet will include several appropriate selections. This ensemble comprises players from within the West Point Concert Band and carries on the great tradition of woodwind playing that has existed at West Point since 1815. The members of the quintet are committed to bringing a wide variety of musical styles to their programs, including turn-of-the-century waltzes, popular music, and educational works like Peter and the Wolf.
The Academy Wind Quintet performs music for official military functions, social occasions, formal concerts, public service, and educational youth clinics and concerts.
Register below.
Registration guarantees a spot in the program. Registration does not guarantee a parking spot. The library encourages carpooling as much as possible.
The West Point Band Wind Quintet will give a performance at the Library.
The Academy Wind Quintet presents a varied and colorful program of virtuoso chamber music for winds, featuring repertoire ranging from the late eighteenth century courts of Europe to the contemporary masters of the twenty-first century. Noting Valentine’s Day, the quintet will include several appropriate selections.
This ensemble comprises players from within the West Point Concert Band and carries on the great tradition of woodwind playing that has existed at West Point since 1815. The members of the quintet are committed to bringing a wide variety of musical styles to their programs, including turn-of-the-century waltzes, popular music, and educational works like Peter and the Wolf.
The Academy Wind Quintet performs music for official military functions, social occasions, formal concerts, public service, and educational youth clinics and concerts.
Register below.
Registration guarantees a spot in the program. Registration does not guarantee a parking spot. The library encourages carpooling as much as possible.
A shuttle bus will be available to transport the expected sizable gathering from Pound Ridge Town Park.
A shuttle bus will be available to transport the expected sizable gathering from Pound Ridge Town Park.
About Pound Ridge Library
Opened in 1952, the Pound Ridge Library now has a collection of over 50,000 items, including books, magazines, DVDs, music CDs, and CD audiobooks. The library’s collection is broad and diverse but is particularly strong in the arts, biographies, mysteries, and cookbooks. In addition, the library offers electronic database searching and Internet access for reference and research. As the town’s cultural center, the library offers activities such as art and craft exhibits, driver safety programs, films, concerts, lectures, and book discussion programs year-round. The library sponsors various children’s activities, including winter and spring vacation programs, story hours, holiday happenings, arts and crafts workshops, musical performances, and the annual Summer Reading Program. Pound Ridge Library is a member of the Westchester Library System (WLS), a cooperative of 38 independent public libraries in Westchester County. As a patron of our library, you can access to materials from any of the member libraries through WLS’s online public access catalog. Materials ordered from other WLS libraries can be picked up at the Pound Ridge Library. Patrons may also check out books and return materials at any WLS library.