Wind Ensemble

@ Event Details Download Program Parking The importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. Join Our Email List Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live Instagram Facebook X YouTube Jonathan Caldwell, conductor Ryan Reynolds, bassoon Program JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 transcribed by Donald Hunsberger IGOR STRAVINSKY Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 version) EDWIN FRANKO GOLDMAN The Chimes of Liberty (1922) LUKE ELLARD The Seer (2017) OMAR THOMAS Come Sunday (2018) About the Program About the Soloist Ryan Reynolds Dr. Ryan Reynolds is Assistant Professor of Bassoon and bassoonist of the award-winning Akropolis Reed Quintet. An award-winning chamber musician, Dr. Reynolds has won prizes at six national chamber music competitions, including the Gold Medal at the 2014 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. He tours internationally as a member of Akropolis and has released five studio albums with the ensemble. The latest of these albums, Hymns for Private Use, was released in October 2022 on Bright Shiny Things, and debuted at #8 on the Billboard Traditional Classical Chart. In 2018, his collaboration with legendary clarinetist David Shifrin on the studio recording of a new chamber music version of Carl Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto was released on Delos Records and nominated for an International Classical Music Award. Dr. Reynolds has performed with orchestras throughout the United States including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, and Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra, among many others. An educator, Reynolds has served on the summer faculties of the Renova Music Festival and the Akropolis Chamber Music Institute. He has given masterclasses and lectures in Germany, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, and…