MetWinds Free Outdoor Summer Concerts

MetWinds Presents Three Free Outdoor Concerts at Hastings Park in Lexington, Massachusetts

The MetWinds will perform three free outdoor concerts this summer on Thursday nights in July at Hastings Park, located at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Worthen Road in Lexington, Massachusetts. These concerts will run, weather permitting, from 7:30 to 8:30 pm on July 11th, July 18th, and July 25th. Performances will be conducted by MetWinds Music Director Richard Wyman as well as newly-appointed MetWinds Assistant Conductor Mark Olson. Programs will feature music including light classics, marches, selections from Broadway shows, and movie themes. 

Concert #1: “Sousa Spectacular”

July 11, 2024 at 7:30pm

Program includes: National Anthem (Key/Smith), Festive Overture (Shostakovich/Hunsberger), Hail to the Spirit of Liberty (Sousa), Flower Song from “Carmen” (Bizet/Harding) featuring trombone soloist Matt Dawson, “At the Movies” Suite (Sousa), The Stars and Stripes Forever (Sousa), Ride of the Valkyries (Wagner/Laurendeau)

Concert #2: “Water Music”

July 18, 2024 at 7:30pm

Program includes: National Anthem (Key/Smith), American Riversongs (LaPlante), Sea Songs (Vaughan-Williams), Water Music Suite (Handel/Kay), The Stars and Stripes Forever (Sousa), The Seal Lullaby (Whitacre), Titanic (Horner/Custer), Across the Danube (Sousa), Down by the Riverside (African American Spiritual/Wyman), Hands Across the Sea (Sousa)

Concert #3: “Showtime!”

July 25, 2024 at 7:30pm

Program includes: National Anthem (Key/Smith), Marriage of Figaro Overture (Mozart/Slocum), Catch Me If You Can (Williams/Bocook), El Capitan (Sousa), Selections from “The Pirates of Penzance” (Sullivan/Sousa), The Stars and Stripes Forever (Sousa), Handel in the Strand (Grainger/Goldman), Selections from “Wicked” (Schwartz/Bocook), Gershwin by George! (Gershwin/Brubaker)

Each concert is free of charge and open to the public. The grounds at Hastings Park will open each evening for picnic at 6:00pm. Guests should bring their own food, lawn chairs, blankets, and so on. There is plenty of free parking and the concert location is handicapped-accessible. In the event of inclement weather, concert cancellations will be posted on our website and a message will be left on our concert line.

Visit the MetWinds web page at http://www.metwinds.org or call the MetWinds Concert Line at (978) 419-1697 for more information. Email mws@mws-boston.org with any questions.

Founded by Jerry Gardner in 1971, the Metropolitan Wind Symphony, a concert band, is currently celebrating its 53rd anniversary. The MetWinds comprises over 70 talented woodwind, brass, and percussion instrumentalists who audition for membership and seating. It makes a significant contribution to the cultural life of the Greater Boston community by providing its audiences with high quality concerts and its members with opportunities for musical growth.

This and other concerts by the MetWinds are funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.