2026-2027 Concert Season
We're already busy at work planning another great set of concerts for next season. Please add the following dates to your calendars. More details will be posted here as they come available.
- Fall Concert — November 1, 2026 Cary Arts Center
- The Snowman — December 13, 2026 — Cary Arts Center
- Spring Concert — April 25, 2027 — Location TBD
- An American Celebration — TBD
North Carolina Youth Wind Ensemble
As part of our commitment to life-long music education, the Triangle Wind Ensemble is thrilled to announce that we're helping to revive the North Carolina Youth Wind Ensemble during the 2026-27 school year!
We're still working out the final details, but we can tell you now that we're starting with two bands, one for high school and one for middle school. The high school group will be led by Evan Feldman and Todd Dixon. Dr. Feldman is the Director of Wind Studies at UNC Chapel Hill (and TWE's conductor!) Todd Dixon has been a music educator for over 20 years and was Director of Bands at Wylie High School in Wylie, TX. The Middle School band will be led by Renée Todd, who is an award winning music educator who built an awesome band program at Ligon Middle School before retiring in 2025.
Video auditions will be due in mid-November.
Tentative Schedule
Concert 1
If you're interested in receiving more details once they're finalized, please fill out this form and we'll be in touch once that information is available.
We're still working out the final details, but we can tell you now that we're starting with two bands, one for high school and one for middle school. The high school group will be led by Evan Feldman and Todd Dixon. Dr. Feldman is the Director of Wind Studies at UNC Chapel Hill (and TWE's conductor!) Todd Dixon has been a music educator for over 20 years and was Director of Bands at Wylie High School in Wylie, TX. The Middle School band will be led by Renée Todd, who is an award winning music educator who built an awesome band program at Ligon Middle School before retiring in 2025.
Video auditions will be due in mid-November.
Tentative Schedule
Concert 1
- Sunday, February 7, 2027 | 2-5pm — Rehearsal
- Friday, February 12, 2027 | 6-9pm — Rehearsal
- Saturday, February 13, 2027 | 9am-4pm — Sectionals, Lunch, and Rehearsal
- Sunday, February 14, 2027 | 1-4pm — Rehearsal | 4pm — Concert
- Sunday, April 18, 2027 | 2-5pm — Rehearsal
- Friday, April 23, 2027 | 6-9pm — Rehearsal
- Saturday, April 24, 2027 | 9am-4pm — Sectionals, Lunch, and Rehearsal
- Sunday, April 25, 2027 | 1-4pm — Rehearsal | 4pm — Concert
If you're interested in receiving more details once they're finalized, please fill out this form and we'll be in touch once that information is available.
2026-27 Season Sponsorships
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TWE is grateful for every sponsor who enables us to create outstanding musical experiences in the Triangle.
Please consider signing up now to be a Season Sponsor for our 2026-27 season. Without our Season Sponsors, we simply couldn't do what we do. Season Sponsors receive numerous perks, including complementary tickets to concerts, and our true appreciation! Business Sponsorship options are available as well, allowing for businesses to place ads in our concert program. |
TWE Animation Projects
©2020 Marc Russo
While many groups commission compositions for milestone anniversaries, TWE decided to take a different approach for our 20th and 25th Seasons. We instead chose to give ourselves, and the wind band community as a whole, the present of an original Fantasia-like animation specifically created to accompany an already existing piece of wind band music. For our 20th Anniversary, we chose John Mackey's beautiful composition Sheltering Sky as the musical selection. We premiered this animation at our concert on April 13, 2019 and received a wonderful reception from our audience.
The reception was so good, in fact, that we decided to commission a prequel to the project for our 25th anniversary. For this animation, we chose Shadows Unleashed by Brian Balmages. That animation premiered on April 26, 2026 at the Cary Arts Center.
We hope that this gift will help engage audiences across the globe, because the animation is now available for use by concert bands and wind ensembles worldwide, who may obtain a license to screen the animation during their own performance of Sheltering Sky or Shadows Unleashed.
Visit our Animation Projects page for more information.
The reception was so good, in fact, that we decided to commission a prequel to the project for our 25th anniversary. For this animation, we chose Shadows Unleashed by Brian Balmages. That animation premiered on April 26, 2026 at the Cary Arts Center.
We hope that this gift will help engage audiences across the globe, because the animation is now available for use by concert bands and wind ensembles worldwide, who may obtain a license to screen the animation during their own performance of Sheltering Sky or Shadows Unleashed.
Visit our Animation Projects page for more information.
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In Memoriam: TWE Founder Dan Squillace
While many people played a part in getting TWE to our first downbeat 25+ years ago, the driving force leading those efforts was provided by Dan Squillace, who we are sorry to learn has recently passed on. Dan's work founding TWE all those years ago is greatly appreciated by our current musicians, and we look forward to continuing to build and grow our organization on the solid foundation that he laid. Thank you, Dan!
We invite you to take a listen to a little history of TWE, as presented by Dan at one of our concerts back in 1999.
We invite you to take a listen to a little history of TWE, as presented by Dan at one of our concerts back in 1999.
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