Hear the UC Berkeley Wind Ensembles perform on Sunday, April 28th

On Sunday, April 28 at 3:00 PM, the UC Berkeley Wind Ensemble will perform in Hertz Hall. After playing with the group in the fall and hearing their spring performances, I can personally attest that these are not concerts you’ll want to miss. For Berkeley students, tickets are only $5.

Wind Ensemble I will perform Lichtweg/Lightway by Jennifer Jolley, as well as a Picture Studies, a ten movement composition by Adam Schoenberg and transcribed by Don Patterson, which is based on four paintings, three photographs, and one sculpture at the Nelson-Atkins Museum. Wind Ensemble II will be performing French Impressions by Guy Woolfenden, Twist by Jodie Blackshaw, and Sol y Sombra by George Gates.

The wind ensembles’ conductor, Matthew Sadowski, will be wrapping up his first year at Cal this spring. He described the year as “absolutely thrilling.” Sadowski applauds the ensemble members for finding time for their passions, despite such rigorous schedules. As for the best seat in the house to listen to the show, he says, “Anywhere, really… Hertz Hall is an acoustic treasure and there is no bad seat. Personally, and for visual reasons only, I like to sit dead center about half-to-2/3s of the way back.”

After you hear the groups perform on Sunday, be sure to hear another program from Wind Ensemble I on Wednesday, May 1st at 12:15 PM in Hertz — for free.

For more ticket information check here.

Article by Josh Hauser