Colorado Wind Ensemble Symphonic Flourishes with Joseph Martin

The Colorado Wind Ensemble

The Colorado Wind Ensemble, the metro area’s urban wind symphony, opens its 33rd season featuring fabulous guest conductors with Symphonic Flourishes: A Celebratory Journey on Saturday, October 25 at 7:30pm at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S Datura St, Littleton 80120.

Guest conductor Dr. Joseph Martin leads the CWE in a program of exciting celebratory music, including the mystic sounds of La Mezquita de Córdoba by Julie Giroux;  the reverent hymn Be Thou My Vision beautifully set by David Gillingham; Flourishes and Meditations, a set of variations on a Renaissance tune ranging from “cubist kaleidoscope” to “speed demon” by Michael Gandolfi; Natalis, an eloquent testimony to the human spirit by Martin Ellerby; A Little Russian Circus replete with representations of trapeze and clowns by Anthony DiLorenzo; and Aurora Awakes by John Mackey, inspired by the goddess Aurora.