CENTRAL VIRGINIA WIND SYMPHONY
Upcoming Performances
The Annual Holiday Spectacular
December 2022 - postponed due to COVID-19
We hope to return in the fall of 2023 and wish everyone a happy and safe holiday season!
About the Wind Symphony
The Central Virginia Wind Symphony made its debut in the fall of 2005, led by Music Director Mike Goldberg and Operations Manager Don Talley. The ensemble is comprised of the most talented high school musicians in the Central Virginia. Mike recruits the membership and puts together the programs, while Don arranges the performance locations and makes sure the necessary equipment will be there.
The Wind Symphony is represented by over 25 area schools and members come from the cities of Richmond and Colonial Heights, Henrico, Chesterfield and Hanover Counties.
WIND SYMPHONY STAFF
Mike Goldberg, Music Director and Conductor
Don Talley, Operations Manager
Christopher Fens (Manchester HS), Rehearsal Host & Equipment Robert Gillette (Colonial Forge HS), Music
Jimmy Pennington (Deep Run HS), Rehearsal Host
Our Mission
The Central Virginia Wind Symphony strives to spotlight the best young musicians in the region. We will give the people of Central Virginia opportunities to see and hear these gifted students in live performances.
Prior to each concert season, band directors in high schools from the region are asked to submit recommendations for Wind Symphony membership. While musical excellence is an important criteria for nomination, we also look for students with a strong sense of responsibility and outstanding work ethic. The result is a roster of approximately seventy to eighty young people from all across the area, working together to entertain and impress local audiences.
The goals of the Central Virginia Wind Symphony are simple:
* To help foster positive working relationships between students of varied geographic and cultural backgrounds
* To assist in building a degree of professionalism and responsibility in the student members
* To strengthen local awareness of the potential and abilities our regional music education departments have created
* To instill in the students the pride of accomplishment in hard work well done, remembering Voltaire's words: "Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need"
Musicians Roster - 2019
Woodwinds
FLUTE/PICCOLO
Erin Clark Goochland
Mckenna Connelly Colonial Forge
Kirsten Economou Atlee
Breanna Goode Goochland
Brittany Martinez-Castro LC Bird
Annabelle Short Colonial Forge
Savannah Stone Midlothian
Emily Toler Douglas Freeman
OBOE
Tyler Gruca Atlee
Caroline Pearson Colonial Forge
Abby Silvis Glen Allen
CLARINET
Rose Bustamante Manchester
Madelyn Fens Manchester
Minsol Kim Deep Run
Abby Kupstas Douglas Freeman
Angel Lewis Manchester
Shuermain Lewis Colonial Forge
James Livesay Colonial Forge
Madeline Little Colonial Heights
Nicole Simpson Colonial Forge
Phoebe Somohano Colonial Forge
Emily Terlizzi Colonial Forge
Will Wenger Atlee
Ashley Whitehouse Atlee
Edward Zhang Mills Godwin
BASS CLARINET
Delaney Baratka Atlee
Micah Bruce Thomas Dale
Christian Norrell Clover Hill
Andrew Russell Douglas Freeman
CONTRABASS CLARINET
Savannah Moody Thomas Dale
BASSOON
Kara Fens Manchester
Trey Solomon Steward
Spencer Werneth Glen Allen
ALTO SAXOPHONE
Neil Baptiste LC Bird
Christopher Guzman-Monroy Thomas Dale
Lauryn Jones Manchester
Olivia Mack Powhatan
Gage McDonnell Goochland
Tyrique Payne Colonial Heights
Rithwik Raman JR Tucker
TENOR SAXOPHONE
Grace Braughton Manchester
Joshua Pointer Matoaca
DeShawn Threatts Glen Allen
BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Alyssa Patterson LC Bird
Brass & Percussion
FRENCH HORN
Jacob Bass Monacan
Alex Hardie Colonial Forge
William Keene Thomas Dale
Maggie Kirk Cosby
Collin Lesko Atlee
Patrick Wood Colonial Forge
TRUMPET
Kristen Adams Matoaca
Mason Davis LC Bird
Philip Dickey Colonial Heights
Andrew Eastep Collegiate
Leah Homan Atlee
Chris Lubinski Colonial Forge
Felipe Martinez Monacan
Adelaide Meade Powhatan
Izzy Panek Cosby
TROMBONE
Nicholas Dancey Thomas Dale
Caleb Hepburn Thomas Dale
Nathan Jones Colonial Forge
Karen-Elaine Kay Clover Hill
Jaedyn Lee Monacan
PJ Morrissey Monacan
Noah Renfroe Homeschool
John Wade Lee-Davis
EUPHONIUM
Aiden Bohannon Colonial Forge
Colin Godwin Douglas Freeman
John Jackson Colonial Heights
Sam Krieg Mills Godwin
Benjamin Kuhn Cosby
TUBA
Jalen Baine Cosby
Victoria Galdamez Midlothian
Allyson Gimore Colonial Heights
Zikeria Gray Thomas Dale
Rosie Morris Homeschool
Humberto Negrini Thomas Dale
PERCUSSION
Alysia Alexander Lee-Davis
Soleil Garnett Monacan
Harrison Gelber Steward
Alyssa Hancock Manchester
Sam McCrowell Clover Hill
Brianna Velasco Lee-Davis