The Pacific Coast Wind Ensemble has scheduled its annual seasonal celebration concert for 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 in the Yachats Commons.
Proceeds from the Yachats concert will benefit South Lincoln Resources and Yachats Food Pantry.
The program will draw heavily on favorites of a season celebrated by Christian, Jewish, Solstice and Kwanzaa traditions. There will also be opportunity for audience participation with a carol sing-along. The concert is free but a donation of $5 per person and $10 per family is suggested. Refreshments will be provided at intermission.
The ensemble this year will have three conductors who will rotate directing duties throughout the concert. Evelyn Archer is principal bassoonist and conducted the ensemble’s concert last year. Ernest Hills plays trombone and teaches at the University of California at Sacramento. Edward Restivo is the instrumental music teacher at Siuslaw High School, and plays baritone sax.
The band is composed of about 35 professional and amateur musicians from the central Oregon coast and Willamette valley, and has provided concert band entertainment for more than two decades. The band plays several concerts per year throughout the region, including a spring concert in Florence, Waldport’s Beachcomber Days, and a Labor Day performance in Yachats.
No auditions are required to join the band. Rehearsals are Monday nights throughout the year, alternately in Waldport and Florence. Most members are adults, but high school students are welcome to join. For further information, please visit our web site at https://www.pcwindensemble.org.
As part of the band’s outreach program, it provides scholarships to local music students, mainly from Newport, Waldport and Siuslaw high schools. For further information, contact band secretary Eric Bigler at ebigler@peak.org.
