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O Music 9:140:00/9:14
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Kalla 8:430:00/8:43
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Love's Red Rose 5:270:00/5:27
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Loch Na Beiste 9:090:00/9:09
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0:00/4:29
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0:00/6:04
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0:00/3:41
Who are we?
Conductor
Raymond Baril
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR
Raymond Baril is Associate Professor of Music and Chair of the Department of Music at MacEwan University. He is in his 24th season as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Edmonton Winds. He was the Director of the MacEwan University Jazz Ensemble for 37 seasons. For six seasons he served as the musical director of the River City Big Band. Raymond remains a much sought after national clinician and adjudicator as well as a featured guest speaker at music education conferences across the country.
Raymond continues to work as one of Edmonton’s busiest saxophonists and is in demand as a woodwind specialist for pit orchestras in local and touring productions. He was a regular member of the Tommy Banks Big Band for 25 years and has appeared with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra on numerous occasions as an orchestra member and soloist, and as a guest conductor.
Raymond holds a graduate degree in conducting from Northwestern University, undergraduate degrees in both performance and education from the University of Alberta. In 2018 Raymond was inducted in the Edmonton’s Cultural Hall of Fame. In 2016 he was recognized with a Distinguished Teaching Award from MacEwan University. In the past, he has been the recipient of many awards for his contribution to music and music education from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Alberta Band Association, Edmonton Public Schools District Service Award and from Alberta Learning.
Rachael Erdmann
President
Rachael Erdmann is a horn player and second-generation musician with the Edmonton Winds and is the current president of the society’s board of directors. She has been a member of the band for 6 years in her current tenure, although has been a member intermittently since 2008. She is active in the community music scene in Edmonton and a supporter of all types of performing arts in the city. As the music community recovers from the continuing effects of COVID-19, Rachael’s goal is to revitalize the band and demonstrate that community music holds an important place in our lives.
Outside of the band, Rachael is a Policy Advisor for the Government of Alberta in Alberta Health. She holds a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Alberta and a Master of Science degree from the University of Manitoba. Rachael also volunteers as a community member with the MacEwan University Research Ethics Board. As a public health professional, Rachael is passionate about evidence-based medicine, health system improvement and health technology assessment.
Regular Musicians
FLUTE
*Crystal Krips
Tim Onciul
Kendra Litwin
Jayne Montgomery-Barnes (on leave)
Jessica Raham (on leave)
OBOE
Sherri Roy
Marla McCready
BASSOON
Jackie Power
Susanne Hayman
CLARINET
*Darren Sahl
David Hayman
Shelley Benson
Nancy Breakey
Morgan Richardson
Tammy Kam
Dayna Lueck
Joe Semple
Janice Robinson (on leave)
ALTO SAXOPHONE
*Dominique Shulhan
Lindsey Kemp
TENOR SAXOPHONE
Olga Kostenko
BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Emily Schultz
TRUMPET
*Chris Hodge
John Dymianiw
Miles Thomsen
Marlouie Saique
Robin Kaluzniak
Elissa Moores
FRENCH HORN
*Gerald Onciul
Caralie Heinrichs
Carol Thurgood
Ross McLean
Rachael Erdmann
TROMBONE
*Sean Bumstead
Rob Graves
BASS TROMBONE
Michael Buckler
EUPHONIUM
Darwin Krips
Chris Diaper
TUBA
Roberta Baril
Ray Basaraba
STRING BASS
Auditioning
PERCUSSION
*Tristan Lahue
Ethan De Souza
Janna Kozuska
Jason Gillanders
Madison Wagner
* - Section Leader