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TRYON—The Tryon Concert Association will present the wind quintet WindSync on Thursday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the Tryon Fine Arts Center.

WindSync performed for Tryon audiences in 2018 and returns for TCA’s final concert of the 2024-2025 season. WindSync’s five artists are known as “virtuosos who are also wonderful people” (Classical MPR). Their playing is lively and engaging, and they are particularly known for creating close connections with audiences. The musicians perform from memory, without music, eliminating the traditional barrier between performer and audience.

The ensemble’s mission is threefold: artistry, education, and community-building. The members have served in residencies with the Grand Teton Music Festival, Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, Emerald City Music, and the Lied Center for the Arts. The group won the 2022 Fischoff National Chamber Association’s Ann Divine Educator Award and coaches at training programs nationwide.

WindSync was formed in 2012 and quickly gained recognition. Winner of the 2012 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, the 2016 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and the 2018 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition, the ensemble has appeared on stages across the United States. Recent seasons include performances at the Met Museum, Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.

The ensemble is composed of bassoonist, educator, and arranger Kara LaMoure, who has performed with notable orchestras and at events around the world. Anni Hochhalter, horn, has toured widely and is principal horn of the McCall Music Festival in Idaho. Flutist Garrett Hudson has held positions in the National Academy Orchestra of Canada and l’Orchestre de la Francophonie in Montreal. Noah Kay, oboist, has toured in Europe and the United States with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and performed at numerous music festivals. Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinetist, reconstructed a forgotten 125-year-old work by Charles Martin Loeffler and performed Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in its original form.

The program for this performance reflects WindSync’s breadth of repertoire. Passacaglia in D-minor, BuxWV 161, by Dieterich Buxtehude begins the evening, followed by Mozart’s Serenade in C-minor, K. 388. After the intermission, the music becomes contemporary. Concertgoers will hear “Botanist Suite” by various composers and arranged by Kara LaMoure.  The concluding work is Viet Cuong’s “Flora.”

The Foundation for St. Luke’s Hospital is generously sponsoring a pre-concert reception commencing at 6:30 p.m.

For information about this and other Tryon Concert Association events, visit tryonconcerts.org or call (888) 501-0297.

 

 Submitted by Anne De Sutter