About Bay Area Youth Winds
BAY Winds is designed to supplement the fine instruction students receive from their high school music programs and private music instructors by providing them with musical experiences performing outstanding repertoire with their peers from all over the greater Tampa Bay area.
Students are required to be involved in their school's band program or to provide a note from their school's program explaining why their participation is not possible. Home schooled and privately schooled students are allowed to participate as well. Our policy is that students' school music events take priority over BAY Winds rehearsals.
BAY Winds is intended as a supplemental ensemble rather than a replacement for participating in high school band programs. Once students have been accepted into an ensemble, we will check with directors to make sure that students in our band are in good standing at their home schools. We do recognize that situations exist in which, despite all efforts, scheduling issues prevent students from playing in their home band. In those situations students will be permitted to participate with BAY Winds as long as they provide a note from their band director stating that every reasonable effort had been made to address the scheduling issues.
Eligibility
- Students must be in grades 9-12
- All students must audition in person or submit a video to Dr. McCutchen as indicated on the audition page
- Students must be in good standing with their high school band programs
- Home-schooled students are eligible to audition
- Students are expected to make every effort to attend all rehearsals and performances. School obligations (i.e. MPA performances, Spring Trips, etc.) are excused absences
Fees
An annual fee of $200.00 will be assessed at the first rehearsal for participation in BAY Winds. This fee includes all instruction, materials, and costs related to concert venues, equipment, and operational expenses. Note: This does not cover the cost of parking.
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BAY Winds Annual Fee
Upon acceptance into the ensemble, there is a $200.00 annual fee. Cash, check, money order, and credit card are all accepted. We can work with you if you need to be put on a payment plan.
History
BAY Winds was established in 2012 to provide an opportunity for the best high school wind and percussion students to discover and perform collegiate-level repertoire. The band has been fortunate to work with guest conductors Bryan Braue, John Carmichael, Samuel Hazo, Quincy Hilliard, Tiffany Hitz, Michael Miller, Eric Morales, and Michael Sweeney.
Past Repertoire
2012
Havendance – David Holsinger
Olympiada – Samuel John Hazo
I’m Seventeen Come Sunday – Percy Grainger
Kaddish – W. Francis McBeth
Wild Nights – Frank Ticheli
Athletic Festival March – Sergei Prokofiev
2013
Esprit de Corps – Robert Jager
2nd Suite in F – Gustav Holst
Candide Suite – Leonard Bernstein
Dresden Symphony – Daniel Buckvich
Blessed Are They – Johann Brahms/arr. Barbara Buehlman
The Gallant 7th – John Phillip Sousa
American Salute – Morton Gould
2014
Gavorkna Fanfare – Jack Stamp
Children’s March – Percy Grainger
Hymn to a Blue Hour – John Mackey
Mambo Furioso – Cecil Karrick
America the Beautiful – Carmen Dragon
El Camino Real – Alfred Reed
2015
The Fire of Eternal Glory – Dmitri Shostakovich
Dance of the Jesters – Peter Tchaikovsky
From Gold – Samuel John Hazo
Riften Wed – Julie Giroux
Handel in the Strand – Percy Grainger
Armenian Dances – Alfred Reed
Midway March – John Williams
2016
Overture to Candide – Leonard Bernstein
Mambo – Leonard Bernstein
Immovable Do – Percy Grainger
Sacred Harp – Jay Bocook
Good Night, Dear Heart – Dan Forrest
Funiculi-Funicula Rhapsody – Yo Goto
2017
American Overture for Band – Joseph Willcox Jenkins
Gumsuckers March – Percy Grainger
Expedition for Band – Michael Miller
Dakota Fanfare – Eric Morales
Contre Qui Rose – Morten Lauridsen
Riposo Dear Friend – Alberto Jose Gonzalez (In honor of Dylan Jerrels)
Cowboys – John Williams
Wedding Dance – Jaques Press
2018
Smetana Fanfare – Karel Husa
Steampunk Suite – Erika Kirsten Svanoe
Ghost Dance – Quincy C. Hilliard
Irish Tune – Percy Grainger/arr. Kreines
Strange Humors – John Mackey (Joe Tremper, soloist)
Blue Shades – Frank Ticheli
2019
Fanfare for an Angel – James Stephenson
Spoon River – Percy Grainger
Heroes Lost and Fallen – David Gillingham
Watchman, Tell Us of the Night – Mark Camphouse
Southern Harmony – Donald Grantham
The Irish Washerwoman – Leroy Anderson