Looking Back
2025-05-16 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | St. Pauls United Church of Christ, 2335 N. Orchard St., Chicago, IL, 60614, United States
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You are cordially invited to hear Windy City Winds, “Chicago’s Community Band”, in a free concert on Friday evening May 16th at 7:30 pm in the sanctuary at St. Pauls United Church of Christ, 2335 N. Orchard St. in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
The concert will also be live-streamed at spucc.org/streaming.
Admission is free, but street parking is always a challenge in Lincoln Park, and the church is making major renovations which limit street parking. We recommend parking at Lincoln Commons Garage, 2316 N. Lincoln Ave., operated by SP Parking. You can reserve a spot there using SpotHero. It’s a very short walk from there to the church – just walk across Lincoln Ave. and through the Lincoln Commons, past Philz Coffee and around the corner and the children’s playlot, then cross Orchard St. to enter the church sanctuary. Enjoy the concert!
Dr. Kimberly Fleming, Assistant Director of Bands at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will be the guest conductor.
The concert will feature a new work composed by Ronald Hill, “The Man in the Arena” with soloist William Powers, leading bass-baritone of the Metropolitan Opera of New York.
The concert program theme will be “Looking Back: Favorite Music from our first 3 seasons”, featuring music by Joseph Wilcox Jenkins (“American Overture for Band”), Eric Whitacre (“October”), Leonard Bernstein (“Overture to Candide”), Robert Sheldon (“The Red Covered Bridge”), Howard Hanson (“Choral and Alleluia”), John Phillip Sousa (“Black Horse Troop”).
Windy City Winds is a 60-piece symphonic band celebrating its 10th season, conducted by its founders Mark Mosley and Sarah Good Mosley.
Admission is free and the concert will be Livestreamed. Come and hear “Chicago’s Community Band!”
Dr. Kimberly Fleming, Assistant Director of Bands at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will be the guest conductor.
The concert will feature a new work composed by Ronald Hill, “The Man in the Arena” with soloist William Powers, leading bass-baritone of the Metropolitan Opera of New York.
The concert program theme will be “Looking Back: Favorite Music from our first 3 seasons”, featuring music by Joseph Wilcox Jenkins (“American Overture for Band”), Eric Whitacre (“October”), Leonard Bernstein (“Overture to Candide”), Robert Sheldon (“The Red Covered Bridge”), Howard Hanson (“Choral and Alleluia”), John Phillip Sousa (“Black Horse Troop”).
Windy City Winds is a 60-piece symphonic band celebrating its 10th season, conducted by its founders Mark Mosley and Sarah Good Mosley.

10th Anniversary Concert
2025-11-15 19:30 - 21:00
Windy City Winds, “Chicago’s Community Band”, will present their 10th Anniversary Concert in the gymnasium at St. Pauls UCC on Saturday evening November 15th at 7:30 pm. The concert will be LiveStreamed at www.spucc.org/streaming.
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St. Pauls members Mark and Sarah Mosley will conduct an exciting program of music by Beethoven, John Philip Sousa, British composer Haydn Wood, and American composers Alfred Reed and Fisher Tull.
To help celebrate this milestone, 20 former WCW members will join the band in the second half of the concert.
Admission is free! Looking ahead, please save Friday evening March 13 and Friday evening May 15 for WCW concerts later this season.

The Red, White and Blue
2026-03-13 19:30 - 21:00
March Concert – Friday 3/13/2026, 7:30 pm St. Pauls United Church of Christ

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This concert will also feature our annual Audience Raffle for fabulous prizes!

In 2026, Windy City Winds celebrates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 — the birth of our nation. We celebrate the principles of our founding fathers, the leadership of our greatest citizens, and the rich cultural diversity of America and our city. Throughout our history, the American flag has served as “the emblem of the land we love”, and it continues to be an “emblem of unity.” Our March 13 concert “The Red, White and Blue”, features music inspired by the American flag, including our national march The Stars and Stripes Forever. Our program will include:

The Stars and Stripes Fanfare, by Chicago area composer James Stephenson
Redwood, by composer Ryan George (inspired by the tranquility of California’s sequoia trees)
Blue Shades, by Frank Ticheli (incorporating blues and jazz motifs)
Flag of Stars, by Gordon Jacob (captivates with its robust and patriotic melodies)
One movement from Symphony #2 by Charles Ives (America’s first great composer — this music quotes “America the Beautiful” and “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean”)
