It’s an honor to be invited to be the Conductor and Artistic Director of the Seattle Wind Symphony. For years I have thought about the possibility of conducting a professional level adult Wind Ensemble at an extremely high performance level.  
 
Seattle Wind Symphony programs will include many of the outstanding traditional twentieth century wind band compositions of artistic merit, balanced with contemporary wind band literature and appropriate transcriptions. Each program will feature a soloist and include lighter works for contrast and variety.

I’m considering some of the following literature for the premier season with the Seattle Wind Symphony:
        Lincolnshire Posy – Percy Grainger
        Redline Tango – John Mackey
        Festive Overture –Dmitri Shostakovich
        Symphony For Band–Paul Hindemith
        Music For Prague– Karl Husa
        La forza del destino–Giuseppe Verdi
        First Suite in E--‐Flat for Military Band –Gustav Holst
        Overture to Candide –Leonard Bernstein
        Black Dog (Clarinet Concerto) –Scott McAlister
        March, Op.69 –Serge Prokofiev
        Fantasia in G –JS Bach
        Invincible Eagle –JP Sousa
        Music of Living Contemporary Composers:
        David Maslanka, John Mackey, Chen Yi, Frank Ticheli, Steven Bryant, Donald Grantham, Carter Pann

Larry Gookin
Artistic Director/Conductor
Seattle Wind Symphony