August has finally arrived, and in 18 days, so will our Delightful Little Chamber Concert at Crescent Fort Rouge United Church! Have YOU paid your $10 admission yet? tickets.wvgo.ca

DLC Concert Sound Byte: Brass Gamer Trio (BG3) - Part 3

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A big thank you to everyone who came out to @bonusstagevan.bsky.social Beeps n' Bops Concert last night! The Sidequest Quintet had a delightful time on stage! Also, congratulations to our Executive/Creative Director Dann Bjornson for winning the Name That Tune trivia contest! 😃

A new snippet from our "Heroes" concert is descending towards your YouTube page... Closer... and Closer... It's Justin Roy's Wind Orchestra medley of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask! Be sure to give it a listen!

Majora's Mask - arr. Justin Roy - Wind Orchestra

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BG3 Plays BG3! Enjoy this snippet of the Brass Gamer Trio playing horn player Chelsea Howgate's arrangement of tunes from Baldur's Gate 3, originally composed by @borislavslavov.bsky.social! Visit tickets.wvgo.ca to pay your admission fee for our DLC Concert on August 21st!

DLC Concert Sound Byte: Brass Gamer Trio (Part 2)

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Under one week until the Sidequest Quintet @bonusstagevan.bsky.social's Beeps n' Bops Concert! Get tickets here while you can! www.eventbrite.ca/e/beeps-n-bo...

Another Sound Byte to promote our Delightful Little Chamber Concert is here! A tour of Kanto arranged by Mr. Matty Guidry! You can listen to this, and the many other wonderful chamber groups on August 21st at 6 PM! You can skip the line at the door by paying your $10 admission at tickets.wvgo.ca!

Delightful Little Chamber (DLC) Concert Sound Byte: Brass Gamer Trio (BG3)

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Tomorrow at 1 PM on CKUW 95.9 FM, Sidequest Quintet flute player James Paluk and clarinet player Amanda Forest will be on the radio for an interview ahead of the Beeps n' Bops Concert! Be sure to tune in live, or listen to the archive later on their website!

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Our first snippet from our "Heroes" concert this past May is Kazuhiro Morita's wind band arrangement of "Proof of a Hero" from Monster Hunter! Take a listen! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8my...

Proof of a Hero (Monster Hunter) - arr. Kazuhiro Morita - Wind Orchestra

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Our first act of Beeps 'N Bops is a woodwind ensemble from the @wvgo.bsky.social - The Sidequest Quintent! Taking melodies from your favourite games and giving them that classical love! Prepare to be charmed and delighted. Tickets here! www.eventbrite.ca/e/beeps-n-bo...

We've another sneak peek of one of the ensembles playing at our Delightful Little Chamber Concert (DLC) Concert this August! This one features a look at one of our longest running chamber groups, the Sidequest Quintet! To skip the line at the door, visit tickets.wvgo.ca to pay your admission!

Delightful Little Chamber (DLC) Concert - Sound Byte: Sidequest Quintet

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To get you all amped for our DLC Concert on August 21st at 6 PM, we'll be dropping the occassional "Sound Byte" of some of the groups you'll see at the concert in rehearsal! First of is "The Winds of Tevyat"! A Genshin Impact themed Wind Quintet + Percussion!

Delightful Little Chamber (DLC) Concert - Sound Byte: The Winds of Tevyat!

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The Winnipeg Video Game Orchestra is excited to announce our showcase of smaller ensembles called the Delightful Little Chamber Concert (or, DLC Concert for short)! Join us on August 21st at 6 PM! tickets.wvgo.ca

SEEEE-GAAAAAAAAAA! If our first ever concert is titled GENESIS, then you'd better believe we'd include music featured from the games of the blue blur himself!

Sonic 1 and 2 - arr. Thomas Groenweghe - Wind Orchestra

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Check out fellow band member Ben Kidd this Thursday April 16th at 7:30 PM at the West End Cultural Centre performing with the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra! WJO has very kindly offered a 10% off deal to all WVGO fans with coupon code VGO10 at checkout! Go to app.arts-people.com/index.php?ti... for tickets

Here's the poster for our upcoming guest performance with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles! We hope to see you there!

Happy Mar10 Day! Today we're thrilled to share Gusty Garden Galaxy, our collaboration with 8-Bit & The Single Players arranged by 8-Bit Music Theory - Ben Kidd, and our own Meg Specht! This was such a fun tune to play and we were honoured to share the stage with such amazing musicians!

Gusty Garden Galaxy Feat. 8-Bit & The Single Players - Arr. Ben Kidd and Meg Specht

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It's the announcement you've been waiting for! We're very excited to share this year's concert dates with you all, so mark your calendars!

Are you an arranger, composer, or orchestrator? We are looking to commission a series of new arrangements to perform at future concerts! We are looking for arrangers of all levels of experience, whether you're a hobbyist or a published composer, please visit wvgo.ca/newmusic for more information!

We had a great weekend of playing through some of the new repertoire for our upcoming concert season! Are you signed up for the email list? Make sure you sign up on our website - wvgo.ca - because they will be the first to get news about our upcoming concert season!

A new video clip from our GENESIS concert is here! Enjoy this wonderful medley showcasing Kirby's favourite frenemies King Dedede and Meta Knight! We have plans in the works for some exciting new concerts for the 2026 year, so please follow this page to be up to date!

King Dedede & Meta Knight - arr. Megumi Ohara - Wind Orchestra

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The next snippet from our GENESIS concert last month is this wonderful Halo medley originally arranged for @orchestrejeuxvideo.bsky.social by Laura Intravia! Click below to listen!

Halo - arr. Laura Intravia - Wind Orchestra

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Another tune from our GENESIS concert is up for everyone to hear and it's another fan favourite, Hikari from Kingdom Hearts!

Hikari from Kingdom Hearts - arr. Joseph Perkins - Wind Orchestra

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Our first snippet of the show is up on Youtube! Coincidentally, it just so happens 27 years ago today, Ocarina of Time first released in Japan! Click the link to video and consider subscribing to our Youtube channel so you can be notified when more videos from the concert are uploaded!

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - arr. Jocelyn Leblanc - Wind Orchestra

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And the second half was awesome too. Definitely a fan and will be looking out for further concerts from them!

Out for a concert this evening

What happens when you have band geeks who are also video game geeks? You get a jazz band that performs video games songs and they were pretty amazing. I wonder if 8-Bit and the Single Players are on here. I know @wvgo.bsky.social are. That first half was fun and once this hall is packed.

What a WONDERFUL turnout at our GENESIS concert! To keep your ear to the ground for when our next concert is going to be, visit wvgo.ca to join our mailing list so you can make plans to save the date! What was YOUR favorite moment from the concert last night? Tell us in your replies!

In case you missed the Sidequest Quintet's feature this morning on CTV Your Morning Winnipeg, you can now watch it on Youtube! We hope this will help you dance your way to our GENESIS Concert at Jubilee Place on November 14th! Visit wvgo.ca/tickets to purchase now and skip the line at the door!

Winnipeg orchestra playing music of video games

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Tomorrow morning, November 5th at approximately 8:45 am, the Sidequest Quintet is going to be featured on @ctvnewswinnipeg.bsky.social playing clarinetist Amanda Forest's arrangement of BG3's Bard Dance and talking about our upcoming GENESIS concert! Be sure to pick up that remote and tune in!

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