WindSync

WindSync Members

Garrett Hudson, flute
Noah Kay, oboe
Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinet
Kara LaMoure, bassoon
Anni Hochhalter, horn

Photo credit: Philip Greenberg

Program

Taxonomies

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707): Passacaglia in D Minor, BuxWV 161 (arr. LaMoure)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Serenade in C minor, K. 388 (arr. Rechtman)
Väsen: Botanist Suite (arr. LaMoure)
Viet Cuong (1990-): Flora (2023)

About

Versatile and vibrant, the musicians of WindSync "play many idioms authoritatively, elegantly, with adroit technique, and with great fun" (All About the Arts), showing off the uniquely wide-ranging sonorities of the wind quintet. The group's charismatic and personal performance style, combined with a three-pronged mission of artistry, education, and community-building, lends WindSync its reputation as "a group of virtuosos who are also wonderful people, too" (Alison Young, Classical MPR).

WindSync launched an international touring career after winning the 2012 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition and the 2016 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. WindSync has appeared in concert at Ravinia, the Met Museum, Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, the Library of Congress, and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Building a new repertoire, WindSync's recent premieres include works by Marc Mellits, Ivan Trevino, Mason Bynes, Nathalie Joachim, and Pulitzer finalist Michael Gilbertson.