Westchester Symphonic Winds (WSW) marks a milestone event for their 2023-2024 season as they join the West Point Band for a collaborative concert featuring both groups performing individually and in a combined ensemble. To better serve communities on both sides of the Hudson River, the groups are performing the program twice during the month of March. The West Point Band hosts the first performance on March 9 at 2 pm at Eisenhower Hall Theatre at West Point. Westchester Symphonic Winds hosts the second performance on March 16 at 2 pm at White Plains High School.
With past WSW performances showcasing individual members of the West Point Band as soloists, the collaborative concerts this March are a greatly anticipated first for WSW. Curt Ebersole, WSW’s Music Director and Conductor, shared, “This unique opportunity, to play alongside the esteemed and historied West Point Band on the stage at Eisenhower Hall Theatre, is truly a treasure for our members. We’re looking forward to sharing this special musical celebration!”
The concert program includes works spanning three centuries by nine American composers and one Australian composer, Percy Grainger, who resided in White Plains for forty years and gained American citizenship as a bandsman in the United States Army. As part of the West Point Band’s 2024 Winter Concert Series the collaborative concerts are free and open to all. Tickets are not required.
Established in 1817, the West Point Band is the United States Army’s oldest band and the oldest continuously-operating unit at West Point. Its lineage can be traced to the field musicians assigned by George Washington in 1778 at the establishment of West Point as a permanent military post.
Now in its 36th season, WSW is an adult community-based wind and percussion ensemble of 60 musicians from Westchester County and the tri-state metropolitan area. The ensemble is in residence at Tarrytown Music Hall in Tarrytown, New York and marks its tenth annual Independence Day performance at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah, New York this July.
For additional information on the collaborative concerts and a full schedule of the West Point Band’s 2024 Winter Concert series, visit https://westpointband.com/winterconcertseries.html . To learn more about WSW and view the 2023-2024 season brochure, visit www.westchestersymphonicwinds.org.
