October 23-26, 2024

Edina High School | Edina, Minnesota

Schedule of Events


  • October 23 | 7:30 pm
    You are invited to watch Mr. Day conduct a Minnesota Symphonic Winds rehearsal at Edina High School

  • October 24
    Mr. Day will be conducting evening rehearsals with Encore and Grand Symphonic Winds

  • October 24-25
    Mr. Day will be conducting clinics, rehearsals and discussions at the following Twin Cities High Schools: Minneapolis Southwest, St. Croix Preparatory, St. Paul Central, East Ridge, Roseville Area, Edina, and St. Anthony

  • October 26
    Community Band Festival Performance with Artist in Residence Kevin Day
    Edina High School Auditorium
    12:30pm Casual meet and greet with the bands, Mr. Day, and the audience
    1:00-2:30 Presentations by Kevin Day
    2:30 Break
    3:00 Encore Wind Ensemble
    3:40 Grand Symphonic Winds
    4:20 Minnesota Symphonic Winds 
    5:00 Reception in Auditorium Commons

The Minnesota Symphonic Winds is excited to announce “Let’s Band Together” a Community Band Festival designed to celebrate and share the unique power of adult music making in community wind ensembles as well as support historically underrepresented composers. We are bringing together committed and talented adult wind players ages 22 – 80 from across the Twin Cities to build relationships, heal divisions, and give life to a world that acknowledges the value and dignity of all through music. 

Composer Kevin Day standing in front of a wall that is variegated, aged shades of red/rust. He is wearing a blue and white plaid shirt, a black suit coat, and a blue scarf tied so that it hangs down to the right of center as you look at him. He wears glasses and is smiling as he looks directly at the camera.

Sara Bill Photography

Acclaimed composer, conductor, and pianist Kevin Day will be the Artist in Residence for a four day festival that includes rehearsals, clinics, and discussions. The festival culminates in performances from three of the Twin Cities finest adult community bands and the premiere of a Kevin Day composition commissioned by nearly 40 organizations from across the country and written for this festival. Day is one of the most important new voices creating music today, and he’s created an engaging, spirited work that he will conduct in its premiere performance. 


This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.


2024 Let’s Band Together

October 23 – 26, 2024

Edina High School | Edina, Minnesota

The Minnesota Symphonic Winds is excited to announce “Let’s Band Together” a Community Band Festival designed to celebrate and share the unique power of adult music making in community wind ensembles as well as support historically underrepresented composers. We are bringing together committed and talented adult wind players ages 22 – 80 from across the Twin Cities to build relationships, heal divisions, and give life to a world that acknowledges the value and dignity of all through music. 

Composer Kevin Day standing in front of a wall that is variegated, aged shades of red/rust. He is wearing a blue and white plaid shirt, a black suit coat, and a blue scarf tied so that it hangs down to the right of center as you look at him. He wears glasses and is smiling as he looks directly at the camera.

Sara Bill Photography

Acclaimed composer, conductor, and pianist Kevin Day will be the Artist in Residence for a four day festival that includes rehearsals, clinics, and discussions. The festival culminates in performances from three of the Twin Cities finest adult community bands and the premiere of a Kevin Day composition commissioned by nearly 40 organizations from across the country and written for this festival. Day is one of the most important new voices creating music today, and he’s created an engaging, spirited work that he will conduct in its premiere performance. 

Schedule of Events

  • October 23 | 7:30 pm
    You are invited to watch Mr. Day conduct a Minnesota Symphonic Winds rehearsal at Edina High School

  • October 24
    Mr. Day will be conducting evening rehearsals with Encore and Grand Symphonic Winds

  • October 24-25
    Mr. Day will be conducting clinics, rehearsals and discussions at the following Twin Cities High Schools: Minneapolis Southwest, St. Croix Preparatory, St. Paul Central, East Ridge, Roseville Area, Edina, and St. Anthony

  • October 26
    Community Band Festival Performance with Artist in Residence Kevin Day
    Edina High School Auditorium
    12:30pm Casual meet and greet with the bands, Mr. Day, and the audience
    1:00-2:30 Presentations by Kevin Day
    2:30 Break
    3:00 Encore Wind Ensemble
    3:40 Grand Symphonic Winds
    4:20 Minnesota Symphonic Winds 
    5:00 Reception in Auditorium Commons

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.


2024 Let’s Band Together

October 23-26, 2024

Edina High School | Edina, Minnesota

The Minnesota Symphonic Winds is excited to announce “Let’s Band Together” a Community Band Festival designed to celebrate and share the unique power of adult music making in community wind ensembles as well as support historically underrepresented composers. We are bringing together committed and talented adult wind players ages 22 – 80 from across the Twin Cities to build relationships, heal divisions, and give life to a world that acknowledges the value and dignity of all through music. 

Composer Kevin Day standing in front of a wall that is variegated, aged shades of red/rust. He is wearing a blue and white plaid shirt, a black suit coat, and a blue scarf tied so that it hangs down to the right of center as you look at him. He wears glasses and is smiling as he looks directly at the camera.

Sara Bill Photography

Acclaimed composer, conductor, and pianist Kevin Day will be the Artist in Residence for a four day festival that includes rehearsals, clinics, and discussions. The festival culminates in performances from three of the Twin Cities finest adult community bands and the premiere of a Kevin Day composition commissioned by nearly 40 organizations from across the country and written for this festival. Day is one of the most important new voices creating music today, and he’s created an engaging, spirited work that he will conduct in its premiere performance. 

Schedule of Events

  • October 23 | 7:30 pm
    You are invited to watch Mr. Day conduct a Minnesota Symphonic Winds rehearsal at Edina High School

  • October 24
    Mr. Day will be conducting evening rehearsals with Encore and Grand Symphonic Winds

  • October 24-25
    Mr. Day will be conducting clinics, rehearsals and discussions at the following Twin Cities High Schools: Minneapolis Southwest, St. Croix Preparatory, St. Paul Central, East Ridge, Roseville Area, Edina, and St. Anthony

  • October 26
    Community Band Festival Performance with Artist in Residence Kevin Day
    Edina High School Auditorium
    12:30pm Casual meet and greet with the bands, Mr. Day, and the audience
    1:00-2:30 Presentations by Kevin Day
    2:30 Break
    3:00 Encore Wind Ensemble
    3:40 Grand Symphonic Winds
    4:20 Minnesota Symphonic Winds 
    5:00 Reception in Auditorium Commons

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.


2024 Let’s Band Together