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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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Would you like to be a part of BAY Winds?

Audition Information

Rehearsal Schedule

BAY Winds Schedule

Auditions – TBD



Rehearsals – TBD



Performances – TBD


Summer breeze participation Fee

$50.00
Pay with PayPal or a debit/credit card

Entry fee for participation in the 2022 Summer Breeze ensemble. 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.

BAY Winds Annual Fee

$200.00
Pay with PayPal or a debit/credit card

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 John Carmichael, Samuel Hazo, Quincy Hilliard, Tiffany Hitz, Michael Miller, Eric Morales, Michael Sweeney, Lauren Gates, and Les Hicken.


Past Repertoire


2012

Havendance – David Holsinger 

Olympiada – Samuel John Hazo 

I’m Seventeen Come Sunday – Percy Grainger 

Kaddish – W. Francis McBeth

          Katie Norton, Conductor

Wild Nights – Frank Ticheli

Athletic Festival March – Sergei Prokofiev


2013

Esprit de Corps – Robert Jager

2nd Suite in F – Gustav Holst

            Bruce Herrmann, Conductor

Candide Suite – Leonard Bernstein

Dresden Symphony – Daniel Buckvich

Blessed Are They – Johann Brahms/arr. Barbara Buehlman

The Gallant 7th – John Phillip Sousa

            Jason Bombaugh, Conductor

American Salute – Morton Gould


2014

Gavorkna Fanfare – Jack Stamp

Children’s March – Percy Grainger

Hymn to a Blue Hour – John Mackey

            Bryan Braue, Conductor

Mambo Furioso – Cecil Karrick

America the Beautiful – Carmen Dragon

            Trevor Butts, Conductor

El Camino Real – Alfred Reed


2015

The Fire of Eternal Glory – Dmitri Shostakovich 

Dance of the Jesters – Peter Tchaikovsky

From Gold – Samuel John Hazo

            Samuel Hazo and Bryan Braue, Conductors

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

            Michael Sweeney and Bryan Braue, Conductors

Immovable Do – Percy Grainger

            John Carmichael, Conductor

Sacred Harp – Jay Bocook

Good Night, Dear Heart – Dan Forrest

            Tiffany Hitz, Conductor

Funiculi-Funicula Rhapsody – Yo Goto


2017

American Overture for Band – Joseph Willcox Jenkins

Gumsuckers March – Percy Grainger

Expedition for Band – Michael Miller

            Michael Miller, Conductor

Dakota Fanfare – Eric Morales

            Eric Morales, Conductor

Contre Qui Rose – Morten Lauridsen

Riposo Dear Friend – Alberto Jose Gonzalez (In honor of Dylan Jerrels)

            Nick Gonzalez, Conductor

Cowboys – John Williams

Wedding Dance – Jaques Press


2018

Smetana Fanfare – Karel Husa 

Steampunk Suite – Erika Kirsten Svanoe 

*Ghost Dance – Quincy C. Hilliard

            Bryan Brand and Quincy Hilliard, Conductors

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

            Bryan Braue, Conductor

Watchman, Tell Us of the Night – Mark Camphouse

Southern Harmony – Donald Grantham 

The Irish Washerwoman – Leroy Anderson


2020 – Cancelled due to Covid

NY Fanfare – Jeff Traster

Good Night, Dear Heart – Dan Forest

             Lauren Gates, Conductor

Slava! – Leonard Bernstein

             Lauren Gates, Conductor Culloden – Mvt III – Julie Giroux

Exuberant Flight – Josh Nichols

Shenandoah – Omar Thomas

Jug Blues and Fat Pickin – Don Freund


2021

Esprit de Corps- Robert Jager

             Mike Lebrias, Conductor

Into the Blue – Joshua Hobbs

             Josh Hobbs, Conductor

Peace Dancer – Jodi Blackshaw

For the Fallen – Onsby Rose

Woodwinds - Nimbus 2000 – John Williams

             Kristy Dell, Conductor

Brass/Perc - Boom! – Giovanni Santos

             Luis Alvarez, Conductor


2022

Entry March of the Boyars – Johan Halvorsen

Havana – Kevin Day

Children’s March – Percy Grainger

              Les Hicken, Conductor

I Know Moonrise – Jess Turner

              Les Hicken, Conductor

Suite from Hymn of the Highlands – Philip Spark

The Ringmaster’s March – John Mackey 

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