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WINONA LAKE – The Grace Wind Ensemble will perform its fall concert, “Celebration of the New World,” on Friday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Warsaw Community High School Performing Arts Center, 1 Tiger Lane, Warsaw.
The concert is free and open to the public. Doors open at 7 p.m., according to a news release from Grace College.
“The concert will open with ‘Let Freedom Ring,’ a piece that opens with energetic fanfare before easing back into a beautiful flute solo of 'My Country Tis of Thee’ played by Rhonda Hochstedler,” said Eric Criss, the ensemble’s director. “I am also excited to conduct ‘New World Symphony.’ This very well-known piece is a classic masterwork that Mark Hindlsey has skillfully scored for wind bands.”
The Grace College Wind Ensemble repertoire will also include the classic crowd favorite, "When the Saints Go Marching In."
“Amazing Grace,” arranged by Scott Watson, “Bonds of Unity” by Karl King and James Swearingen and “Song for Lyndsay” by Andrew Boysen are also in the concert’s lineup.
The band, which rehearses weekly on the Grace College campus, is a collection of Grace students and Warsaw/Winona Lake community members.
The Grace Wind Ensemble Fall Concert is a part of the Grace College & The Village at Winona Festival of Music. The next Wind Ensemble concert will take place on March 21 at the PAC. To learn more, visit www.grace.edu/musicfestival/.
