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The History of the Kansas City Wind Symphony:
The KCWS was founded in November of 1998 as a volunteer ensemble of professional and accomplished amateur musicians selected by competitive audition. Musicians come from throughout the Kansas City region to perform in the organization dedicated to the study and performance of classic band works and transcriptions of orchestral masterworks in a concert setting.
The KCWS' first season featured performances of a wide repertoire that included Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite, Beethoven Egmont Overture, Wood Mannin Veen, Sousa The Stars and Stripes Forever, Copland Fanfare for the Common Man and Variation on a Shaker Hymn from "Appalachian Spring"; Dvorak Finale from "Symphony from the New World" and Kalninikov Finale from "Symphony No. 1". The season concluded with a gala concert by the KCWS and The Heartland Men's Chorus that featured Randall Thompson's Testament of Freedom.
Later seasons have been every bit a match for the musicality of the first season, adding Shostakovich Festive Overture; Verdi, La Forza Del Destino; Nelhybel Trittico; and Liszt's Les Preludes, Borodin Polevetsian Dances, Brahms Academic Festival Overture, and Saint-Saen Organ Symphony to the group's repertoire. At the end of the 2000/2001 season, the KCWS, under the direction of Associate Music Director Pam Smith-Kelly recorded "ClaudeT. Smith: A Daughter's Tribute", a collection of the works of her father.
Since its 2001/2002 season, Dr. Phillip C. Posey has served as the principal conductor for the KCWS, expanding its repertiore considerable.
SIGNIFICANT REPERTOIRE – KANSAS CITY WIND SYMPHONY
1999-2007
| Adams, John | Short Ride in a Fast Machine |
| Arnold, Malcolm | Four Scottish Dances |
| Bach, J.S./Hindsley | Toccata and Fugue in D Minor |
| Barber, Samuel | Commando March |
| Barnes, James | Fantasy Variations |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | Egmont Overture |
| Bennett, Robert Russell | Suite of Old American Dances |
| Bernstein, Leonard | Candide Suite |
| Bernstein, Leonard/ Polster | Four Dances from "West Side Story" |
| Borodin, Alexander | Polovetsian Dances |
| Brahms, Johannes | Academic Festival Overture |
| Cese, D. Delle | l'Inglesina (Little English Girl, March) |
| Chance, John Barnes | Incantation and Dance |
| Variations on a Korean Folk Song | |
| Clark, Reba | Hymn of Saint James |
| Copland, Aaron | Rodeo - Four Dance Episodes |
| Quiet City | |
| Curnow, James | Rejouissance |
| Dello Joio, Norman | Scenes from the Louvre |
| Doss, Thomas | Aurora |
| Dvorak, Antonin | Finale - New World Symphony |
| Serenade in D Minor | |
| Dzubay, David | Myaku (Pulse) 1999 |
| Elgar, Edward/Reed | Nimrod from "Enigma Variations" |
| End, Jack | Blues for a Killed Kat |
| Ewald, Victor | Symphony for Brass, Op.5 |
| Ewazen, Eric | Celtic Hymns and Dances |
| Fote, Richard | Niagara Overture |
| Frescobaldi, Girolamo | Toccata |
| Gershwin, George/Grofe | Rhapsody in Blue |
| Giannini, Vittorio | Symphony No. 3 |
| Gillingham, David | And Can It Be? |
| Giovannini,Ceasar | Overture in Bb |
| Glinka, Michael | Russland and Ludmilla Overture |
| Gould, Morton | Symphony IV - "West Point" |
| American Salute | |
| Graham, Peter | Harrison's Dream (KC Premier) |
| Grainger, Percy | Handel in the Strand |
| Irish Tune from County Derry | |
| Molly on the Shore | |
| Shepherd's Hey | |
| Lincolnshire Posy | |
| Gregson, Edward | Festivo |
| Grob, Adam | Away Day (KC Premier) |
| Hanson, Howard | Chorale and Alleluia |
| Hindemith, Paul | Symphony in B-Flat |
| March -Symphonic Metamorphosis | |
| Holsinger, David | American Faces |
| The Death Tree (KC Premier) | |
| Holst, Gustav | First Suite in Eb for Miliraty Band |
| Second Suite in F for Military Band | |
| Jupiter from "The Planets" | |
| Hovhaness, Alan | Symphony No. 4 |
| Ives, Charles | Country Band March |
| Variations on "America" | |
| Jacob, Gordon | William Bryd Suite |
| Joubert, John | Torches |
| Kalinnikov, Vasily | Finale - Symphony No. 1 |
| Liszt, Franz | Les Preludes |
| Mailman, Martin | Liturgical Suite |
| Makris, Andreas/Bader | Aegean festival Overture |
| McBeth, W. Francis | Chant and Jubilo |
| Meij de, Johan | Symphony No. 1 |
| Mendelssohn, Felix | Overture for Band |
| Mersey, Robert | A Jazz Suite |
| Milhaud, Darius | Suite Francaise |
| Mozart, W.A. | Serenade in Bb |
| Mussorgsky, M | Pictures at an Exhibition |
| Orff, Carl | Carmina Burana |
| Reed, Alfred | Russian Christmas Music |
| Armenian Dances Parts I and II | |
| Reed, Owen | La Fiesta Mexicana |
| Riegger, Wallingford | Dance Rhythms |
| Saint-Saens, Camille | Finale - Organ Symphony No. 3 |
| Schuman, William | A New England Triptych |
| Shostakovich, Dimitri | Festive Overture |
| Sibelius, Jean | Finlandia |
| Smith, Claude T. | CD - "A Daughter's Tribute" |
| Strauss, Johann/Caillet | Overture to "Die Fledermaus" |
| Strauss, Richard | Serenade in E-Flat for 13 Winds |
| Fanfare from "Also Spake Zarathrustra" | |
| Stravinsky, Igor | Symphonies of Wiind Instruments |
| Concerto for Piano and Wind Orchestra | |
| Sullivan, Arthur | Pineapple Poll - Suite from the Ballet |
| Tchaikovsky, Peter Illyich | Overture 1812 |
| Capriccio Italian | |
| Thompson, Randall | The Testament of Freedom |
| Ticheli, Frank | Amazing Grace |
| Shenandoah | |
| Turin, Joaquin/Reed | La Procession du Rocio |
| Verdi, Guiseppe | Manzini Requiem Excerpts |
| Overture - The Force of Destiny | |
| Wagner, Richard | Introduction to Act III - Lohengrin |
| Elsa's Procession - Lohengrin | |
| Walton, William | Crown Imperial March |
| Weil, Kurt | Little Three-penny Music |
| Williams, Vaughn | English Folk Song Suite |
| Wood, Haydn | Mannin Veen |
Our Sponsors
The Kansas City Wind Symphony is funded by corporate and individual donors and the Village Presbyterian Church. Individuals, corporations and funding sources are invited to contribute to The Kansas City Wind Symphony Community Arts Enrichment Fund managed by the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation by using the following links: