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The Renaissance City Winds has been one of Pennsylvania’s leading chamber music ensembles for fifty years. Whether you’re a presenter looking for unique and engaging programming for your arts series, a music lover looking for something new and different on a CD, an educator searching for resources to enhance your music program, or a listener in southwestern Pennsylvania looking for a rewarding concert-going experience, we think you will find information of interest to you on this site. Chamber music aficionados and wind players should discover helpful repertoire and programming ideas. If you have questions or comments, we’d love to hear from you; please email or call!
NEXT CONCERT: June 12, 2026.
Pipes Reeds & Horns
The Renaissance City Winds kick off the weekend celebration of St Anthony Day in Troy Hill, in the amazing St. Anthony Chapel. This program features organist Mark Brampton Smith on the recently rebuilt pipe organ of the chapel. In honor of the America 250th, he will perform the virtuosic variations of the national anthem by American composer John Knowles Paine, and join the Winds for a Baroque concerto by Hertel and a unique wedding march by Winds bassoonist and resident composer, R. James Whipple. The program also highlights a German romantic work for wind quartet and a trio by the late Robert Washburn. This program has been very popular on tour and now returns to Pittsburgh: “Nothing short of brilliant.” [OLEAN TIMES HERALD]
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PROGRAM:
Joseph Haydn: St. Anthony Chorale
Johann Hertel: Concerto for Oboe and Trumpet
John Knowles Paine:
. . . Variations on the Star-Spangled Banner
Karl Goepfart: Quartet in d minor
Robert Washburn: Three Pieces
R. James Whipple: Wedding Music for Kensington
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7:30 pm Friday, June 12, 2026
. .. St. Anthony Chapel on Troy Hill
. . . . .1704 Harpster Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
For tickets:
donations at the door
Winds’ concerts are supported in part by grants from the Pennsylvania Council
on the Arts, the Heinz Endowments, the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council,
the Opportunity Fund, the H. O. Peet Foundations, and many generous
individual contributors.
In Memoriam:
We remember our good friend, host, and supporter John De Santis (1952-2022). Thanks to his family, we return to his home, Holmes Hall, for our annual Thanksgiving weekend performances.
Summer 2026 office hours:
Open hours June 1 through July 22, 2026:
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Last updated June 1, 2026
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