Nature's Soul is an exploration of primal sounds through both electronic and acoustic music featuring selections for wind quintet.
Some of the highlights of the performance include:
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to experience the power of the music that connects us to the natural world. Please join us!
"There is something very challenging, yet deeply grounding, about exploring the sounds of nature through wind instruments. We test the limits of our instruments and our musical selves in an effort to come close to the beauty of nature in this program. We are honored to join fellow local artists in the Offbeat series."
-Mika Allison Valenzuela - Adelante Winds Oboist
Adelante Winds, a “dynamic” multicultural chamber ensemble based in Central Texas focuses on educating and exposing audiences to a diverse range of composers and styles. After attending the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival in 2012, founding members Sabrina Stovall and Ruth Aguirre were inspired to challenge their perspective on chamber music for wind players.
Adelante, which means forward, is the ensemble’s mantra in exploring new sounds and imaginative ideas for the woodwind quintet. The ensemble aspires to challenge itself and its audience to approach music in innovative ways.
An expanded and exciting repertoire has allowed the quintet numerous performance opportunities throughout Texas including colleges and universities such as San Antonio College, Northwest Vista College, Texas State University, and Texas A&M University – Kingsville. Their recitals often include compelling collaborations with groups such as the Olmos Basin Brass Quintet and Grammy Award-winning percussionist Nina Rodriguez. The Texas Music Educators Association selected the group to present a showcase of diverse, new music at its annual conferences in 2015 and 2017. San Antonio’s The Heart of Texas Concert Band invited Adelante Winds to perform Jeff Scott’s Baile Si Quiere! in 2017.
Adelante Winds enjoys working with living composers and expanding the wind quintet repertoire. Attending the Imani Winds Chamber Festival and the Fresh, Inc. Music Festival has afforded them this opportunity. In 2016, Adelante Winds premiered Marnen E. Laibow-Koser’s Fantasy-Ricercar. During the summer of 2018, the ensemble had the privilege of premiering Emily Joy Sullivan’s Spirit Moves and Bronwen McVeigh’s Spring Songs.
Pre-Performance Talk in the Miller Conference Room
Performance in the Draylen Mason Music Studio (doors at 6:30 PM)
New Music Mixer in the Coltman Shay Reception Lobby
