Metropolitan Winds

What do accomplished wind, brass and percussion musicians do after high school or college when they want to continue playing ensemble music at a high level? Providing an answer to this conundrum is the story of the Metropolitan Winds. The Metropolitan Winds was founded in 1993 by volunteer musicians with interests in performing classical transcriptions, contemporary wind band literature, traditional military band selections, and pops music. Over the years, the group has developed a special reputation for vivid performances of film score wind transcriptions from Hollywood greats such as John Williams and Bruce Broughton. For many years the great arranger/composer Randol A. Bass was the music director providing the group original compositions and arrangements. In 2017, Metropolitan Winds was fortunate to retain Mr. Gregory Hustis as music director to continue the work of Mr. Bass. Mr.