Composer

STAGGERWING celebrates the historic flight of Louise Thaden and Blanche Noyes as they compete in – and win – the 1936 Bendix Trophy Air Race – the first year female piloting teams are allowed to compete. Their plane: a Beechcraft Staggerwing Model C-17.

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Staggerwing

McPherson Opera House

UC Berkeley Wind Ensemble I

University of California, Berkeley

Holst’s Second Suite is among the most beloved of the classic wind band repertory and if it weren’t for the folk tunes they were based on, they may as well be music for a British royal. Other material presented on this program creates distinct moods, from the hustle and bustle of Lisa DeSpain’s Bicycle Shop to the calm playfulness of Samuel Coleridge Taylor’s Children’s Intermezzo.

UC Davis Concert Band and the Roseville Community Band

Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

Adapted from Hans Christian Anderson’s The Nightingale, this world premiere opera, co-commissioned and co-produced by Arts Brookfield, tells the story of a collector looking to gather up the world’s most beautiful objects. Prepare for a modern-day fairy tail mounted across three of Brookfield Properties’ public spaces throughout New York City.

Protected: Song of the Nightingale

Brookfield Place

Brooklyn Commons

Manhattan West

Composer

Lisa DeSpain

Events

Past events

May 29, 2025

Staggerwing · McPherson Opera House

Mar 15, 2025

UC Berkeley Wind Ensemble I · UC Berkeley Department of Music

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