Metropolitan Wind Symphony

The Metropolitan Wind Symphony, Lewis J. Buckley Conductor and Music Director This concert by the Metropolitan Wind Symphony will take place on Sunday, March 3, 2013 in Lexington MA, in Carey Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, at 2:00 pm. There will be a pre-concert talk by the Music Director at 1:30. The concert will feature Vittorio Giannini's famed Symphony No. 3 for concert band, one of the great wind works of the 20th century. Additional works will include: Shocker's beautiful Green Places for solo flute; Boysen's rousing (and very Irish!) Kirkpatrick Fanfare; Ive's hilarious Country Band March; Persichetti's wind classic, Masquerade; and Frank Ticheli's energetic and exciting Vesuvius. The podcast includes brief interesting discussion of and excerpts from each piece. We hope it will encourage you to come to our concert if you live near enough!

On Sunday afternoon, Nov. 13, 2011 at 2:00, The Metropolitan Wind Symphony will give a concert in Cary Hall in Lexington MA. Listen to our podcast for a preview of the music, interesting insights into the various selections, and specific information about the conceert.

Concert Date: Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 2:00 pm (pre-concert talk at 1:30) Location: National Heritage Museum, 33 Marrett Road, Lexington MA This concert will feature a world premiere performance of Conductor Lewis J. Buckley's Capriccio, commissioned by the Metropolitan Wind Symphony to honor two previous Acting Music Directors, Robert Franzblau and James O'Dell. Their primary instruments being trumpet and tuba, Capriccio is a piece for solo trumpet and tuba with wind band; Rob will conduct, and Jim will play the tuba solo, joined by trumpet soloist Joseph Foley. For additional information (and a sneak preview of the new work), listen to our podcast!

A five minute talk show with Lewis J. Buckley, the new Music Director and conductor of the Metropolitan Wind Symphony.

The Metropolitan WInd Symphony, Lewis J. Buckley, Conductor and Music Director This is a podcast preview of our next concert, which will be on Sunday, May 5 2013 at 2:00 pm in Lexington MA, in Cary Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue. The Music Director will give a pre-concert talk at 1:30, in which the Matthew LaRocca, the composer of the piece to receive its world premiere, will join him. The concert will feature the brand new work Arctic Voices, by LaRocca; an appearance by 12-year-old trumpet wunderkind Geoffrey Gallante (performing a work written by Buckley); and works by Ticheli, Grainger, Gordon Jacob, film composer Rossano Galante, and Robert Sheldon. This podcast includes brief interesting discussion about and excerpts from the pieces on the program, all narrated by Buckley. Enjoy!