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Founded in 1998 by Louis Sinoff, the Charles River Wind Ensemble (CRWE) is a music group with the mission of promoting the performance, appreciation, and composition of classical and contemporary wind ensemble music. The CRWE achieves this goal through its annual series of free concerts in Newton. These performances promote appreciation and educate the community through brief concert talks and program notes about the composers and pieces being performed. By frequently performing new pieces by contemporary composers, the ensemble also supports the continued growth of the modern wind ensemble repertoire.
The members of the CRWE are a diverse group of talented musicians from the greater Boston Metropolitan area. Most members performed in college ensembles and many have music degrees. The CRWE provides its members with the opportunity to play quality music in a rigorous, challenging, semi-professional music environment. All of the members are volunteers who take time out of their busy lives to rehearse Tuesday nights at Watertown High School.
Dedicated to bringing music to the community, Charles River Wind Ensemble concerts are free, open to the public and performed at the handicapped-accessible First Baptist Church of Newton in Newton Centre. The CRWE is a 501(c)(3) organization and gratefully welcomes your tax-deductible donations.
10th Anniversary Commission
To commemorate its 10th anniversary, the Charles River Wind Ensemble commissioned a new work by composer George Lam. This new work was premiered at the Charles River Wind Ensemble's Spring Concert in June 2009.
George Lam holds a Master of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins University, and a Bachelor of Music degree from Boston University. He was a Schumann Fellow at the 2006 Aspen Music Festival and School’s composition master class, as well as an Angus Allnatt Foundation Fellow at the 2004 Dartington International Summer School. Other recent fellowships and residencies include American Opera Projects’ Composers & The Voice workshop series, the Virginia Arts Festival John Duffy Composers Institute, and the 2007-2008 Volti Choral Arts Laboratory commissioning and residency program.
George has studied with composers Anthony Kelley, Scott Lindroth, Stephen Jaffe, Christopher Theofanidis, Nicholas Maw, Charles Fussell and Martin Amlin. In addition, George has also worked with composers John Duffy, Marc-Andre Dalbavie, Sydney Hodkinson, Miguel Mera, Peter Wiegold and Martin Butler. He has been arranging and composing for wind ensembles, marching bands, pep bands, and drum corps since 1998.
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