
Laughter!
Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Meany Hall
University of Washington Campus
Seattle, WA
Join Seattle Wind Symphony for the opening concert of our 2023-2024 season!
The program will include works for wind band inspired by humor.
Tickets will be available soon. Sign up for our email list or follow us on Facebook and Instagram for updates.
Auditions
We are currently seeking sub players for all sections. Substitute players are an important part of the SWS community and many sub players are given the opportunity to join as regular members when openings occurred.
On this day, July 7th
Born:
- Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American composer, in 1911.
- Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, Italian composer, in 1778.
- Cor de Groot, Dutch composer, in 1914.
- Friedhelm Dohl, German composer, in 1936.
- Stanisław Wisłocki, Polish composer, in 1921.
Died:
- Giovanni Bottesini, Italian composer, in 1889.
- Agenor de Miranda Araújo Neto, Brazilian composer, in 1990. He was better know as Cazuza.
- Nicola De Giosa, Italian composer, in 1885.
Mozart wrote several concertos for his friend Joseph Leutgeb. These concertos were for the natural horn, the predecessor to the modern French horn.


