All Worlds, All Times WindSync

• Marc Mellits (b. 1966): Apollo:
• 1Mellits: Apollo: I. Theia02:02
• 2Mellits: Apollo: II. Sea of Tranquility03:42
• 3Mellits: Apollo: III. Buzz02:29
• 4Mellits: Apollo: IV. Luna Nova02:00
• 5Mellits: Apollo: V. Debbie Waltzing on the Moon02:26
• 6Mellits: Apollo: VI. One Small Step01:43
• 7Mellits: Apollo: VII. Moonwalk01:46
• Ivan Trevino (b. 1983): Song Book, Vol. 3:
• 8Trevino: Song Book, Vol. 3: I. Byrne02:34
• 9Trevino: Song Book, Vol. 3: II. Thom03:12
• 10Trevino: Song Book, Vol. 3: III. St. Annie02:53
• 11Trevino: Song Book, Vol. 3: IV: Jónsi03:41
• Miguel del Aguila (b. 1957): Wind Quintet No. 2:
• 12Aguila: Wind Quintet No. 2: I. Back in Time05:57
• 13Aguila: Wind Quintet No. 2: II. In Heaven06:33
• 14Aguila: Wind Quintet No. 2: III. Under the Earth05:02
• 15Aguila: Wind Quintet No. 2: IV. Far Away06:33
• Total Runtime52:33

Info for All Worlds, All Times

In ALL WORLDS, ALL TIMES they play three new works – all tonal, all melodic, all eminently accessible, anchored as they are on music that is anything but “highbrow”.

Apollo by Marc Mellits was inspired by the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Its fifteen miniatures range from the meditatively tranquil to the jittery and restless. Deceivingly simple, Mellits’ composition is a tricky tour de force that calls for the members of Windsync to bring their best game to the playing of this fun but complex composition.

Ivan Trevino’s Songbook, vol. 3 is a charming homage to four alternative music icons: David Byrne, Thom Yorke, Annie Clark, and Jonsi Birgisson. Each section is written in a song-style redolent of that of the subject of each movement.

Miguel del Aguila’s Wind Quintet No. 2 is a four-part work that gives preference to the lower register instruments of the quintet in four movements: Back in Time, in Heaven, Under the Earth, and Far Away. The imaginative, genre-bending, consistently inventive music of the Uruguayan-American composer ranges from the moody to the raucous.

WindSync is one of North America’s most acclaimed wind quintets, WindSync has generated buzz in the world of chamber music with their spirited performance style and wide-ranging, responsive programming. On stage, the group puts new music in dialogue with core repertoire and arrangements of well-loved music.

WindSync

WindSync
has established itself as a vibrant chamber ensemble performing wind quintet masterworks, adapting beloved music to their instrumentation, and championing new works by today’s composers. The quintet eliminates the "fourth wall" between musicians and audience by often performing from memory, creating an intimate connection. This personal performance style, combined with the ensemble’s three-pronged mission of artistry, education, and community-building, lends WindSync its reputation as ”a group of virtuosos who are also wonderful people, too" (Alison Young, Classical MPR).​

WindSync launched an international touring career after winning the 2012 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition and the 2016 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. In 2018, they were medalists at the M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition. WindSync has appeared in recital at the Met Museum, Ravinia, Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. In 2015, the quintet was invited by the Library of Congress to perform the world premiere of Paul Lansky’s “The Long and the Short of it,” commissioned by the Carolyn Royall Just Fund and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Other premieres include “The Cosmos,” a concerto for wind quintet and orchestra by Pulitzer finalist Michael Gilbertson, and works by Ivan Trevino, John Steinmetz, Marc Mellits, Erberk Eryilmaz, and Akshaya Avril Tucker. Forthcoming commissions include new works for wind quintet by Mason Bynes, Viet Cuong, and Nathalie Joachim.

WindSync’s thematic programming responds to the people and places where they work. In Houston, they curate a 4-concert season and present the Onstage Offstage Chamber Music Festival each April, spotlighting everyday public spaces as gathering places for culture. In Louisiana’s Opelousas cultural district, WindSync was a pilot ensemble of Sound Places, a year-long project exploring the possibilities of creative placemaking through music led by Chamber Music America with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. The ensemble's educational work includes tour stops at public schools and ongoing collaborations with the Sistema Ravinia and Houston Youth Symphony Coda social music programs. WindSync has been featured in educational concerts presented by the Seattle Symphony, the Hobby Center, and Orli Shaham's "Baby Got Bach,” and the ensemble’s concerts for young people reach over 5,000 students per year.

The members of WindSync have led master classes at New World Symphony, Eastman School of Music, Florida State University, and Northwestern University, among others. The quintet has also served as ensemble-in-residence for Adelphi University, the Chamber Music Festival of Lexington (KY), the National Museum of Wildlife Art, and the Grand Teton Music Festival.

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