Why West Winds?

During the formation of the band, it was then the first and only community band located on the western side of Singapore. That is how the band got its name, West Winds.

Who is West Winds?

West Winds was formed with the support of the People’s Association & the Bukit Batok Community Club in 1993 for amateur musicians, who would like to continue pursuing their interest in band music after graduating from their educational institutions. Its members come from all walks of life and they include full-time national servicemen, young executives, engineers, managers as well as students. They come from all over Singapore, some as far as Hougang, Tampines and Pasir Ris. Members’ age ranges from about 16 - 31, all bonded together by the common love for music. Currently, the Band has a strength of about 60 members.

The Band practices on every Saturday evening and will increase practice on Sunday afternoon whenever there is any major project coming. Members often have to make sacrifices on weekends for practices.

It is one of West Winds’ objective to promote culture awareness by bringing wind music to wherever the Band performs. Over the years, it has become a place where music lovers gather and many good acquaintances were made.

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West Winds In Concert 2007

Programme

Les Alizes – Kumiko Tanaka

Suite of English Folk-Dances – Ernest Tomlinson
i. Jenny Pluck Pears
ii. Ten Pound Lass
iii. Dicks’s Maggot
iv. Nonesuch
v. Hunt the Squirrel
vi. Woodicock

Danse Bacchanale from ‘Samson et Dalila’ – Camille Saint-Saens arranged by Leigh D. Steiger

Machu Picchu – City in the Sky – The Mystery of the Hidden Sun Temple – Satoshi Yagisawa

- Interval -

Symphony #3 ‘Slavyanskaya’’ – 1st Movement: Allegro – Boris Kozhevnikov edited by John R. Bourgeois

Their Blossoms Down – Samuel R. Hazo

Highlights from ‘Spirited Away’ – Joe Hisashi arranged by Yukio Endo

Cavetowns ‘Cappadocia’ – Strangely Shaped Rocks Where Elves Dwell – Satoshi Yagisawa

West Winds in WASBE 2005 Conference

http://www.wasbe.org/conferences/2005/12photos/index.html

West Winds in Concert 2004

FINLANDIA
Jean Sibelius ops. 26, arr. Hensley

SUITE OF OLD AMERICAN DANCES
Richard R. Bennett

PRINCESS MONONOKE
Jo Hisaishi arr. Takashi Hoshide

INDIANA JONES
John Williams arr. H.V.D. Heide

72nd CELEBRATION
Prateep S. BA

LAO DUANG DAUN
arr. Prateep S. BA

ENTRY MARCH OF THE BOYARS
Johan Halvorsen arr. F. Fennell

PRAISE JERUSALEM!
Alfred Reed

 

West Winds in Concert ‘95

76 Trombones
Meredith Willson, arr. Naohiro Iwai

First Suite in E Flat
Gustav Host

ABBA Gold
ABBA, Arr. Ron Sebregts

Oregon, Fantasy for Band
Jacob de Haan

American Graphity
Arr. Naohiro Iwai

Un Poco Cinco
John Fluck

We’re all alone
Bozz Scaggs

A Discovery Fantasy
Jan De Haan

Sinfonia Marziale
Elliot A. Del Borgo