United Winds
We are "United Winds"
We are an amateur woodwind and brass ensemble, consisting of students and some older non-professional musicians. Our group is made up of 25 musicians aged between 12 and 60. Our conductor Barbara Schmitto worked as a horn teacher at our music school in Soltau, Germany. Our ensemble dveloped from her longtime work with her students. Exchanges with music groups in/from other countries have always played an important role in Barbara's work. Our ensemble has had the opportunity to visit various parts of the world and we value these cultural und musical contacts highly.
Our instrumentation for the upcoming tour is:
4 flutes, 4 clarinets, 4 saxophones, 4 horns
4 trumpets, 2 trombones, 1 tube
drums
We aim to play the following repertoire:
- African Symphony
- The Barber of Seville (Overture)
- The Best Of Bond (Medley)
- Blue Lake Forever
- Cruisin' California (Surprise, Surprise!)
- Coming To America
- The Conquest Of Paradise
- The Essential Joseph (Medley)
- From Canterbury Lane
- Jupiter Hymn
- Mamma Mia – It’s ABBA! (Medley)
- Music (Was My First Love)
- Pata Pata
- Puttin‘ On The Ritz
- Oregon
- Sabre Dance
- Singin‘ In The Rain
- Take That Look Of Your Face
- Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
- Wilhelm Tell (Overture)
We plan to visit California for one week during the coming summer.
We will arrive on July 12th about 7 pm at Los Angeles int'l Airport
and depart again on July 19th about 1 pm from Los Angeles int'l Airport.
We hope to be able to visit three different cities in California. Provided that we can stay for 2 or 3 days in each city, roughly speaking the periods would be:
- July 12th to July 14th/15th
- July 14th/15th to July 16th/17th
- July 16th/17th to July 19th
If you are interested in an exchange visit and need further details we would love to hear from you.
Bodo Dieckvoss
"Tour Managing Guy"
United Winds
Jobelmannstr. 1
D 21680 Stade
e-mail: united_winds@mail.com
phone: +49 4141 545845 (best available between 1 pm and 3 pm)