Author: Brian

The Central Iowa Wind Ensemble concludes their season with the popular Children’s Concert Series. Conduct the band, sing along or march with us! This concert is full of music for children of all ages including the “young at heart”. We will recognize this year’s winner of the Aimee Krug Memorial Student Solo Competition, Elizabeth Hertzberg, as she performs her flute solo with the ensemble. CIWE members Ryan Rowley and Joseph Thering will direct the group for singalongs to The Greatest Showman and Mary Poppins. The trumpet section will take us on an adventure with Bugler’s Holiday. We will honor local heroes in our community with a fitting march conducted by Des Moines Fire Chief, John TeKippe. You will also have a chance after the concert to see a fire truck up close and talk with our fire heroes. This courageous concert will surely inspire young music lovers and older ones alike!

Be sure to show up early at 2:15 pm to enjoy a Q&A session with our interim conductor, Mark Doerffel.

This family friendly event will be held in the historic and beautiful Scottish Rite Consistory Auditorium (519 Park Avenue, Downtown Des Moines). We hope to see you there!

The ensemble continues its cultural diversity series with a tribute to women’s history month. This concert will feature music written by female composers including three written by native Iowans as well as pieces inspired by events in women’s history.

Special Guests:
Jillian Whitaker – graduate of Urbandale HS and UNI, returns to Des Moines to speak with a number of metro school bands about her current career in Los Angeles as a film composer. She will also be on hand for the pre-concert lecture to give further history about her piece, Coming Home.

Linda Robbins Coleman – Des Moines local, former resident composer for Drake University Theatre, and internationally performed composer of symphonic and chamber music will be premiering the wind band version of her piece, Nolens Volens. She will also be available before the concert for our Q&A session.

CIWE Member Spotlights:
Cristina Deeds (French horn) – performing a movement from a Mozart horn concerto.

Rachel Sullivan (percussion) – guest conducting

Rose Kundel (flute) – guest conducting

Pre-Concert Talk
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to direct the ensemble or write music? Perhaps how to shatter the glass ceiling in the music world? Be sure to show up early at 2:15 pm to enjoy a Q&A session with our interim conductor, Mark Doerffel, and special guests featured in this concert.

This family friendly event will be held in the historic and beautiful Scottish Rite Consistory Auditorium (519 Park Avenue, Des Moines). We hope to see you there!

The Central Iowa Wind Ensemble performs as a special guest of Central College’s very own Symphonic Wind Ensemble in their newly remodeled Douwstra Auditorium.  We hope you will join us in Pella, Iowa!

The Central Iowa Wind Ensemble opens its 16th season featuring an array of classic wind band literature from our friends “across the pond.” We’ll travel back in time to the court of King Henry VII, roam the countryside to discover folk tunes and enjoy music written for Queen and Country.

Be sure to show up early to enjoy a Q&A session with our conductor, Dr. Mitchell Lutch. This family friendly event will be held in the historic and beautiful Scottish Rite Consistory Auditorium (519 Park Avenue, Des Moines). We hope to see you there!

The Central Iowa Wind Ensemble brings you its season finale concert with a tribute to American composers and a centennial celebration of one of the best of them, Leonard Bernstein.  We also welcome this year’s winner of the Aimee Krug Memorial Student Solo Competition, Maya Miller, senior flutist from Roosevelt High School, to perform her solo with the ensemble.

This family friendly event will be held in the historic and beautiful Scottish Rite Consistory Auditorium (519 Park Street, Des Moines). We hope to see you there!

In anticipation of Hollywood’s 90th annual red carpet event later the same day, the Central Iowa Wind Ensemble brings you a concert of “Award Winning Movies”.  You’ll hear popular themes from past winning or nominated movies.  Joining us for this concert are two amazing guest vocalists: Taylor Anne Weaver and Fred Gazzo.

This family friendly event will be held in the historic and beautiful Scottish Rite Consistory Auditorium (519 Park Street, Des Moines). We hope to see you there!

The Central Iowa Wind Ensemble opens it’s 15th season with our popular children’s concert format. For this performance, we are proud to bring you all things Disney. From A to Z: Aladdin to Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, we will have a medley of tunes for all generations.  We will be joined by a couple special princesses from Little Princess Parties to MC the concert and sing “Let It Go”. In the spirit of Halloween, we also welcome you to come in costume if you like: as a princess, pirate, or anything else.

This family friendly event will be held in the historic and beautiful Scottish Rite Consistory Auditorium (519 Park Street, Des Moines). We hope to see you there!