Atlantic Wind Symphony 100th Anniversary 2023

FREE CONCERT Celebrating 100 Years of Music at Patchogue Theatre

FREE CONCERT celebrating 100 years of music from different time periods of the Patchogue Theater from vaudeville days to today.

The Atlantic Wind Symphony celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Patchogue Theatre, with the greatest hits of 1923, music from the long tradition of cinema, vaudeville, silent movies, musical theater, community singalongs and more that have reverberated in this beautiful hall for a century. Highlights will include:

Dmitri Kabalevsky's Colas Breugnon Overture

John Philip Sousa's 1922 "At the Movies" Suite

Highlights from Vincent Youmans' No No, Nanette

Edwin Franko Goldman's On the Mall (or Cheerio)

Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies

Martin Ellerby's Silent Movie Suite

George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess

Formed in 1968, the Atlantic Wind Symphony is the oldest fully professional concert band on Long Island. The Atlantic Wind Symphony prides itself on using only Long Island musicians. We receive funding from the New York State Council on the Arts and the Suffolk County Office of Cultural Development.

The Atlantic Wind Symphony have performed throughout Long Island, New York City and Westchester County for summer programs at parks as well numerous private country clubs. Our parks performances have included Morgan Park and Eisenhower Park in Nassau County and as far east as Westhampton and Quogue in Suffolk County.

The organization made it’s premiere Carnegie Hall performance on March 22, 1998.

The purpose of the organization is to develop a love and appreciation for the concert band as a musical performing medium and to provide concerts, on a not-for-profit basis for the people of Long Island in addition to the members’ pursuit of artistic excellence.