Upcoming Concerts

Around the World
Cary Arts Center
Evan Feldman, conductor
Sunday, February 16, 2020    4pm
Take a musical journey Around the World with the Triangle Wind Ensemble as we perform on the Town of Cary's Marvelous Music Family Series. This concert's itinerary features travel by land, sea, and air, with multiple layovers in locations as varied as Russia, Brazil, Persia, Japan, Argentina, and Britain.

Program to include selections from:
  • Toccata: The Little Train of the Caipira, from Bachianas Brasilerias No. 2 — Heitor Villa-Lobos
  • Across the Divide — Larry Tuttle
  • Goodnight, Moon — Eric Whitacre
  • Fantasia on British Sea Songs — Sir Henry Wood / arr. Wagner
  • I Vow to Thee My Country — Gustav Holst / arr. Knorr
  • March from The Love for Three Oranges — Sergei Prokofiev
  • Libertango — Astor Piazzolla
  • Six Persian Dances — Amir Molookpour
  • Spirited Away — Joe Hisaishi & Yumi Kimura (arr. Kazuhiro Morita)
Voices
Cary Arts Center
Evan Feldman, conductor
Saturday, April 4, 2020   7:30pm
For our Spring Concert, we add a new voice to our typical instrumentation: the human voice. Many of the compositions for this April concert will feature Melissa Martin as soprano soloist. 

Program to include selections from:
  • Aspen Jubilee — Ron Nelson
​​                          featuring Melissa Martin, soprano
  • Goodnight, Moon — Eric Whitacre
​​                          featuring Melissa Martin, soprano
  • March from The Love for Three Oranges — Sergei Prokofiev
  • All Stars are Love — Steven Bryant
​​                          featuring Melissa Martin, soprano
  • Our New Day Begun — Omar Thomas
  • Symphony No. 2: Voices — James Stephenson

Sheltering Sky Animation Project

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During our 2018-19 season, the Triangle Wind Ensemble celebrated our 20th Anniversary Season. While many groups commission compositions for such milestone anniversaries, we decided to take a different approach. 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. The piece we chose was John Mackey's beautiful composition, Sheltering Sky. We premiered this animation at our concert on April 13, 2019 and received a wonderful reception from our audience. 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.

Visit our Sheltering Sky Animation page for more information.

Hendry Urbano Tuba Fundraiser

The Triangle Wind Ensemble has organized a GoFundMe page to raise funds for Hendry Urbano, a musician and tuba player. Hendry had been Principal Tuba at the National Philharmonic of Venezuela, as well as Principal at the Symphony Orchestra of the Army of Venezuela, Professor of the specialization course at the School of Musicians of the Army, and Teacher of several brass sections of various projects of the Simón Bolívar National System.

The recent political turmoil in Venezuela forced Hendry to flee for his life, and in the process his prized tuba was confiscated. Hendry is now living with family in North Carolina's Triangle region, seeking asylum, and attempting to rebuild his life. To help him achieve this goal, TWE is hoping to raise enough money to help Hendry purchase a professional quality tuba.

Any and all donations made to this GoFundMe campaign will go directly toward the purchase of Hendry's instrument. Donations may also be made by check mae out to Triangle Wind Ensemble with a memo of "Hendry's Tuba Fund", and mailed to PO Box 701, Cary, NC 27512.

For more details contact us.

Own Your Own Sebastian!

While the lovable hero of our Sheltering Sky Animation, Sebastian, made his film debut at our April 13, 2019 concert, you have the opportunity to get your hands on him yourself! Not one to be confined within a 3D animation, this adorable little guy now also exists in our world as an eight inch plush toy which you can take into your own home in exchange for your donation of $20 or more (plus shipping and handling, if needed). All funds raised from these donations will go directly toward the funding of this ambitious animation project. To get your own Sebastian, Contact us!
The Triangle Wind Ensemble is an adult wind ensemble based in North Carolina's Triangle region. Many of the area's most talented wind and percussion players join together to practice and perform an exciting range of music for audiences in both formal and informal settings. Our repertoire includes transcriptions of classical orchestral music, original compositions for wind band, small ensemble pieces, popular medleys and arrangements, as well as holiday and patriotic music for special occasions. We present multiple concerts each season in locations across the Triangle, including Raleigh, Durham, Cary, and Chapel Hill.
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