October 23-26, 2024

Edina High School | Edina, Minnesota

Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, events and the Festival Concert are open to the public.

October 23 | 7:30 pm

You are invited to watch Mr. Day conduct a Minnesota Symphonic Winds rehearsal at Edina High School.

October 24 | 7:40 pm

You are invited to watch Mr. Day conduct rehearsals with Grand Symphonic Winds (7:40-8:25 pm) and Encore Wind Ensemble (8:30-9:15 pm) at Edina High School

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. These events are not open to the public.

October 26

Community Band Festival Concert with artist-in-residence Kevin Day

Edina High School Auditorium

This is a pay-as-you-wish concert. Donations are welcome.

  • 12:30 pm Casual meet and greet with the bands, Mr. Day, and the audience
  • 1:00-2:30 pm Composer Talk: An extended, open dialogue about creating music with Kevin Day
  • 3:00 pm Encore Wind Ensemble performance
  • 3:40 pm Grand Symphonic Winds performance
  • 4:20 pm Minnesota Symphonic Winds performance
  • 5:00 pm Reception for all in Auditorium Commons

Minnesota Symphonic Winds is excited to announce “Let’s Band Together”: The Great Minnesota Community Band Festival. We are bringing together three of the Twin Cities’ finest adult community bands to celebrate and share the unique power of adult music-making in community wind ensembles as well as support historically underrepresented composers.

Acclaimed composer, conductor, pianist, and Pulitzer Prize nominee Kevin Day will be the artist-in-residence for the four-day festival that will include rehearsals with festival participants as well as rehearsals, clinics, and discussions at seven Twin Cities area high schools.

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

The festival will culminate with performances by each of the participating bands – Encore Wind Ensemble, Grand Symphonic Winds, and Minnesota Symphonic Winds – and the premiere of a Kevin Day composition commissioned by 38 organizations from across the country and internationally. Mr. Day is one of the most important new voices creating music today, and he has created an engaging, spirited work, Capricho, 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

Minnesota Symphonic Winds is excited to announce “Let’s Band Together”: The Great Minnesota Community Band Festival. We are bringing together three of the Twin Cities’ finest adult community bands to celebrate and share the unique power of adult music-making in community wind ensembles as well as support historically underrepresented composers.

Acclaimed composer, conductor, pianist, and Pulitzer Prize nominee Kevin Day will be the artist-in-residence for the four-day festival that will include rehearsals with festival participants as well as rehearsals, clinics, and discussions at seven Twin Cities area high schools.

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

The festival will culminate with performances by each of the participating bands – Encore Wind Ensemble, Grand Symphonic Winds, and Minnesota Symphonic Winds – and the premiere of a Kevin Day composition commissioned by 38 organizations from across the country and internationally. Mr. Day is one of the most important new voices creating music today, and he has created an engaging, spirited work, Capricho, that he will conduct in its premiere performance. 

Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, events and the Festival Concert are open to the public.

October 23 | 7:30 pm

You are invited to watch Mr. Day conduct a Minnesota Symphonic Winds rehearsal at Edina High School

October 24 | 7:40 pm

You are invited to watch Mr. Day conduct rehearsals with Grand Symphonic Winds (7:40-8:25 pm) and Encore Wind Ensemble (8:30-9:15 pm) at Edina High School

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. These events are not open to the public.

October 26

Community Band Festival Concert with artist-in-residence Kevin Day

Edina High School Auditorium

This is a pay-as-you-wish concert. Donations are welcome.

  • 12:30 pm Casual meet and greet with the bands, Mr. Day, and the audience
  • 1:00-2:30 pm Composer Talk: An extended, open dialogue about creating music with Kevin Day
  • 3:00 pm Encore Wind Ensemble performance
  • 3:40 pm Grand Symphonic Winds performance
  • 4:20 pm Minnesota Symphonic Winds performance
  • 5:00 pm Reception for all 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

Minnesota Symphonic Winds is excited to announce “Let’s Band Together”: The Great Minnesota Community Band Festival. We are bringing together three of the Twin Cities’ finest adult community bands to celebrate and share the unique power of adult music-making in community wind ensembles as well as support historically underrepresented composers.

Acclaimed composer, conductor, pianist, and Pulitzer Prize nominee Kevin Day will be the artist-in-residence for the four-day festival that will include rehearsals with festival participants as well as rehearsals, clinics, and discussions at seven Twin Cities area high schools.

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

The festival will culminate with performances by each of the participating bands – Encore Wind Ensemble, Grand Symphonic Winds, and Minnesota Symphonic Winds – and the premiere of a Kevin Day composition commissioned by 38 organizations from across the country and internationally. Mr. Day is one of the most important new voices creating music today, and he has created an engaging, spirited work, Capricho, that he will conduct in its premiere performance. 

Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, events and the Festival Concert are open to the public.

October 23 | 7:30 pm

You are invited to watch Mr. Day conduct a Minnesota Symphonic Winds rehearsal at Edina High School

October 24 | 7:40 pm

You are invited to watch Mr. Day conduct rehearsals with Grand Symphonic Winds (7:40-8:25 pm) and Encore Wind Ensemble (8:30-9:15 pm) at Edina High School

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. These events are not open to the public.

October 26

Community Band Festival Concert with artist-in-residence Kevin Day

Edina High School Auditorium

This is a pay-as-you-wish concert. Donations are welcome.

  • 12:30 pm Casual meet and greet with the bands, Mr. Day, and the audience
  • 1:00-2:30 pm Composer Talk: An extended, open dialogue about creating music with Kevin Day
  • 3:00 pm Encore Wind Ensemble performance
  • 3:40 pm Grand Symphonic Winds performance
  • 4:20 pm Minnesota Symphonic Winds performance
  • 5:00 pm Reception for all 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