Is the wind band – with its varied assortment of reeds (so much richer than the reeds of the symphony orchestra), its complete saxophone family that is found nowhere else ... its army of brass – not the equal of any medium ever conceived? As a vehicle of deeply emotional expression it seems to me unrivalled.
- Percy Grainger
Season Opener:
On This Occasion, We Rise!
a concert for the Presidential election of 2024
Kimberly Archer – Fanfare Politea
Percy Aldridge Grainger – Marching Song of Democracy
3 PM Sunday October 27, 2024
300 Hammond Pond Parkway Auditorium
Chestnut Hill MA 02467
Program notes will be added soon!
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Newton Cultural Council for our program of June 4, 2023.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Newton Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
CRWE
Boston’s Premier Community Wind Ensemble
The Charles River Wind Ensemble (CRWE) is the premiere community wind ensemble of the Greater Boston metropolitan area dedicated to the performance of classical and contemporary repertoire originally conceived for winds and percussion. Our members are chosen through selective audition and represent a wide-variety of professions, backgrounds and ages.