Imani Winds and Boston Brass

For over a quarter century Imani Winds and Boston Brass, two powerhouse ensembles and champions of new music, have been leaders in the world of wind chamber music. For the 24-25 season, they will join forces once again to create a "super band" collaboration featuring the music of the iconic, multi-Grammy winning musician and composer Arturo Sandoval.    

  

Celebrating over two decades of music making, the twice-Grammy-nominated Imani Winds has led both a revolution and evolution of the wind quintet through their dynamic playing, adventurous programming, imaginative collaborations, and outreach endeavors that have inspired audiences of all ages and backgrounds. The ensemble’s playlist embraces traditional chamber music repertoire, and as a 21st century group, Imani Winds is devoutly committed to expanding the wind quintet repertoire by commissioning music from new voices that reflect historical events and the times in which we currently live. 

  

Since 1986 Boston Brass has set out to establish a one-of-a-kind musical experience, featuring colorful classical arrangements, burning jazz standards, and the best of original brass repertoire. Boston Brass treats audiences to a unique brand of musical entertainment that bridges the ocean of classical formality to delight regular concertgoers and newcomers alike with great music and boisterous fun. The quintet has played to audiences in all 50 US states, and over 30 countries. Though the band regularly concertizes as a quintet, Boston Brass also performs with orchestras, concert and marching bands, organists, and jazz bands and regularly collaborates with composers to create new works for the brass canon. 

     

PROGRAM 

Boston Brass
Dmitri Shostakovich: Galop (arr. J.D. Shaw)
J. S. Bach: Wachet Auf (arr. Jose Sibaja)

Imani Winds
Paquito D'Rivera: selections from Aires Tropicales 

Imani Winds & Boston Brass
Leonard Bernstein: "Maria" from West Side Story (arr. Domingo Pagliuca)
Astor Piazzolla: Maria de Buenos Aires (arr. Domingo Pagliuca
Paul Hindemith: March from Symphonic Metamorphosis (arr. William Russell)

20-minute intermission

Boston Brass
Billy May: "Flight of the Green Hornet" (arr. Chris Castellano)
Benny Golson: "I Remember Clifford" (arr. Jeff Connor)

Imani Winds
Lalo Schifrin: "La Nouvelle Orleans"
Stevie Wonder: "Overjoyed" (arr. Mark Dover)

Imani Winds & Boston Brass
Arturo Sandoval: Metales y Maderas* 
Ernesto Lecuona: "Malagueña" (arr. Chris Castellanos)

* Metales y Maderas by Arturo Sandoval is commissioned by The College of Music and Opening Nights at Florida State University, 2025, and with special thanks to Robert and Sheila Challey for their support of the work.