The Encore Wind Ensemble is a collection of some of the Twin Cities’ top instrumentalists dedicated to the performance of traditional and contemporary masterworks for band. The Encore Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Jerry Luckhardt, will perform a concert at Messiah on Sunday, May 8 at 3 pm. The program includes works by John Philip Sousa, Percy Grainger, and Omar Thomas. The concert also features the winner of the Charles B. Olson Composition Contest, Silence Befalls the Lonely Embers by Charles D. Norris, and the symphonic tone poem, “El Arca De Noe” The Noah’s Ark by Oscar Navarro. We hope you can join us for this free concert! For more information on this ensemble, visit encorewinds.com.