WindSync Wind Quartet to play Feb. 18 Neskowin Chamber Music concert

The versatile and vibrant talents of the musicians of WindSync Wind Quartet will be featured on Sunday, Feb. 18 when Neskowin Chamber Music presents its fourth concert of the season, starting at 3 p.m. at the Chapel at Camp Wi-Ne-Ma, 5195 Winema Road, approximately five miles south of Pacific City. 

WindSync launched an international touring career after winning the 2012 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition and the 2016 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.

Together, they “play many idioms authoritatively, elegantly, with adroit technique, and with great fun” (All About the Arts).

The ensemble has appeared on legendary stages including Ravinia, the Met Museum, Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, the Library of Congress, and Carnegie Hall. In demand for their ability to embed in communities, WindSync has served in residencies with the Grand Teton Music Festival, Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, and the Lied Center. Winner of the 2022 Fischoff Ann Divine Educator Award, the ensemble regularly coaches at training programs nationwide, collaborates with youth orchestras, and performs for thousands of young people each year. The group also produces events year-round in their artistic home base of Houston, Texas.

WindSync’s recent projects include “Song Book, Vol. 3,” a work for multi percussion and wind quintet by Ivan Trevino, which they toured together in a program inspired by songwriters and poets, and “Apollo” by Marc Mellits, written as part of a moon landing 50th anniversary celebration presented in partnership with the Lunar and Planetary Institute. In 2015, the quintet was invited by the Library of Congress to perform the world premiere of Paul Lansky’s “The Long and the Short of it,” commissioned by the Carolyn Royall Just Fund and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Other premieres include “The Cosmos,” a concerto for wind quintet and orchestra by Pulitzer finalist Michael Gilbertson, and works by Akshaya Avril Tucker, Erberk Eryilmaz, Mason Bynes, and Nathalie Joachim.

Tickets are available at the door - $30 for adults and $10 for youth. For more information about the 2023-24 Neskowin Chamber Music season, visit neskowinchambermusic.com/.