Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble Spring Concert

The Perfect Outing for Mother’s Day!

This spring the Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble, conducted by Jerry Shedd, honors Mother’s Day with a family celebration of its own, featuring four generations of Middlebury’s own Friml Family. 

You may know Elinor and Bill Friml, but do you know their family’s musical legacy? This Midd Winds concert features a suite from Bill’s grandfather Rudolf Friml’s operetta The Firefly. Bill’s father William Friml wrote a never-performed song called “Will They Ever Name a Sandwich After Me”, which will be premiered by Bill’s daughter, internationally-known comedienne Tina Friml, via video.

The program also includes the world premiere of a new work by Middlebury area composer Margie Bekoff, a suite from Sergei Prokofiev’s score for the film Lieutenant Kijé, and rousing works written for the big screen by John Williams and Klaus Badelt.

The Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble is comprised of more than 40 amateur musicians from our local community, including students from Middlebury College. We invite you to celebrate local music in your community, and honor your mother by joining us for this concert.