Tag: 4 Wing Band

If you love the old-time music of a town band, the 4 Wing Band does that sound. But the band’s upcoming Christmas concert also offers exciting arrangements of current Christmas music. The band is made up of military and civilian volunteers, and is established specifically to support official occasions at the RCAF’s 4 Wing Cold […]

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“If I don’t practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.”  – Jascha Heifetz Due to Covid-19 restrictions and precautions, the musicians of the 4 Wing Band went for about 500 days without being able to rehearse together. They’ll be the first to tell you […]

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If you’ve ever been to a band or orchestra concert, or attended a brass instrument recital, you will have seen brass players draining water out of their instruments.  The instruments are fitted with little valves at the curves in the tubing where the water collects. Players can discreetly open the valve and release the water. […]

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