The Minnesota Winds Trio - Concert Artist

About the Minnesota Winds Trio: Minnesota Winds Trio is a clarinet, French horn, and bassoon trio representing Minnesota's professional concert band, Minnesota Winds. Spotlighting three wind instrument families (single reed, double reed, and brass), the trio showcases the breadth of sounds that are found in a concert band. Sharing a wide range of music and musical perspectives, the trio performs works from the Western classical music tradition alongside new music created by diverse living composers. 

Program Description: Minnesota Winds Trio’s program will introduce each of the three instruments (clarinet, horn, bassoon) and demonstrate how each instrument produces sound, describing reeds, mouthpieces, wind, vibrations, and instrument size, shape, and material. From there, they will demonstrate how the trio can use music as a means of communication: communicating emotions, telling a story, having a “musical conversation,” and for advanced audiences, demonstrating how musicians communicate with one another during performance.

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