Second City Winds

Works by Valerie Coleman, Irving Fine, Gyorgy Ligeti, Gabriel Pierne, and others.

Azusa Inaba, flute
Becca Dora, oboe
Steven Gooden, clarinet
Dana Sherman, horn
Sandra Bailey, bassoon

$10 suggested donation.

Second City Winds is a young, up and coming woodwind quintet in the Chicago area. The group is composed of five professional wind players: Azusa Inaba (flute), Steven Gooden (clarinet), Becca Dora (oboe), Sandra Bailey (bassoon), and Dana Sherman (horn). Now entering their second season, Second City Winds presents classical recitals across the city, incorporating music composed in a wide range of time periods and styles. The group aims to engage the audience through its rousing repertoire and engaging performances. Last season, Second City Winds were one of only twelve groups invited to compete in the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.

Members of the Second City Winds have performed previously with the, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Chicago Sinfonietta, Chicago Philharmonic, Chicago Composers Orchestra, Chicago Symphonic Winds, Elgin Symphony, Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonic, Northbrook Symphony, Omaha Symphony, New Mexico Philharmonic, Phoenix Symphony, Tucson Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, Sheboygan Symphony, Dubuque Symphony, and Beloit-Janesville Symphony. They each also are active teachers throughout the Chicagoland area.