About Westwind Brass

Overview

Westwind Brass delivers virtuosic ensemble performances, interesting music, unique stories, engaging interaction with the audience, and lots of chuckles, providing two hours of delightful fun for audiences of all ages.

Our Mission

The mission of Westwind Brass is to foster an international appreciation of brass chamber music as a dynamic, exciting art form intended to enrich and enhance society.

Westwind Brass achieves its mission through the following activities:

  • Presenting concerts of the entire spectrum of brass music from classical to music of other cultures and jazz in various venues in San Diego.
  • Engaging children and adults through a variety of outreach/educational experiences such as lecture-demonstrations, workshops, master classes, and in-school concerts
  • Supporting national and international touring of the ensemble
    Regularly producing recordings featuring the ensemble’s unique repertoire.

Each year, Westwind Brass makes a commitment to perform at 30 schools in the San Diego region. We plan to provide our educational outreach programs for Title I schools throughout San Diego County.

Forming Genuine Connections Between Music and People.

Our Organization Presents concerts of the entire spectrum of brass music from classical to music of other cultures and jazz. Engages children and adults through a variety of outreach educational experiences such as lecture demonstrations, workshops, master classes, and in school concerts. Supports national and international touring of the ensemble, regularly produces recordings featuring the ensemble’s unique repertoire. Preserves the art form of classical brass instruments both in their original sound and in their evolution to modern arrangements.

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Meet Our Musicians

There is little in the musical lexicon that they cannot tackle and perform well. Their uniqueness lies in their ability to perform at a high level the entire spectrum of brass music. Each concert offers a kaleidoscopic set of styles and composers from the rich Baroque sonorities of Handel and Bach to the music of other cultures. Serious art music including the jazz of Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk are embraced.

Media Gallery

Lindsey R. Nelson

Westwind Brass is a very special group. Their playing is superb and further, their ability to communicate the joy they take in playing is remarkable

Lindsey R. Nelson
The Music Center of Los Angeles County