KC Wind Symphony Concert Features Music for Organ and Winds

The Kansas City Wind Symphony continues their 20^th Anniversary Season with a concert entitled “The Majesty of the Organ” on November 12, 2017, at 7:00 PM at Village Presbyterian Church, 6641 Mission Road in Prairie Village, Kansas. The free concert features Dr. Elisa Bickers, associate director of music and principal organist at Village Church, performing selections for organ and wind ensemble.

Dr. Phil Posey, recently retired conductor of the ensemble, returns to conduct along with Dr. Langston Hemenway, the ensemble’s new principal conductor. Music on the program includes William Walton’s “Crown Imperial,” Weinberger’s “Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper” and “Pebble Beach Sojourn” by American composer Ron Nelson for organ and expanded brass and percussion ensemble. The featured work on the program is Camille Saint-Saens monumental “Organ Symphony No.3 in C Minor, Opus 78,” transcribed for wind orchestra by Mark H. Hindsley.

Complete information regarding the KC Wind Symphony’s 20th season is available on their website: www.kcwindsymphony.org. The Kansas City Wind Symphony is sponsored by the Music Ministry of Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village, Kansas.

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For more information contact Dr. Phil Posey, Conductor Emeritus, at 816-781-1132 or 816-605-2810