{"id":76774,"date":"2018-02-10T19:57:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T02:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/windsync-keeps-audiences-entranced-and-entertained\/"},"modified":"2018-02-11T02:57:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T02:57:57","slug":"windsync-keeps-audiences-entranced-and-entertained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/windsync-keeps-audiences-entranced-and-entertained\/","title":{"rendered":"Windsync keeps audiences entranced and entertained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><!-- gallery:52a13118-55f4-4fc3-b050-e60e6d38c7c2 --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-block-embed-youtube naviga-video-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IumQMzKzIYA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The woodwind quintet WindSync, a young ensemble that mixes familiar classical music and lighter tunes with a captivating stage presence, performed on Friday, Feb. 9, at the Montezuma-Cortez High School auditorium.<\/p>\n<p>WindSync broadens appeal of the woodwind quintet to reach a wide audience. The quintet is composed of players on the flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and French horn.<\/p>\n<p>Their mixture of \u201cclassic\u201d wind instrumentals and twists kept the audience entertained and even laughing.<\/p>\n<p>The stage presence of the quintet led to those laughs, teaching techniques along the way through their performance.<\/p>\n<p>The group was truly \u201csynced\u201d at their performance on Friday night, pulling in the audience with doleful tones, then kicking the music up with percussion techniques.<\/p>\n<p>WindSync is internationally recognized for dramatic and engaging interpretations of classical music. A winner of the 2012 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, the ensemble focuses on building a connection with audiences through adventurous programming and charismatic stage presence. The five virtuoso players perform from memory and specialize in creative concerts that inspire and entertain audiences of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>The concert was sponsored by the SouthWest Colorado Concert Association.<\/p>\n<p>WindSync\u2019s performance was the opening act of the second part of the concert season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ensemble played mix of classical, lighter tunes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21,13,28,559],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-76774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cortez","tag-frontpage-lead","tag-headlines","tag-music"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76774"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=76774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}