Rhode Island Wind Ensemble
riwe.org
2025 Date TBA
General Admission: $20
General Admission: $20
Tickets Will Be Available in 2025 At:
~ Bileau's Flowers: 665 Diamond Hill Rd, Woonsocket ~
~ Creative Impressions: 188 Railroad St, Manville ~
~ The Honey Shop: 1300 Park Ave, Woonsocket ~
~ Pine Swamp Place - Gift Shop: 70 Pine Swamp Rd, Cumberland ~
~ Timeless Antiques: 91 Main St, Woonsocket ~
~ Vose True Value Hardware: 849 Cumberland St, Woonsocket ~
or Call 401-356-0713
~ Bileau's Flowers: 665 Diamond Hill Rd, Woonsocket ~
~ Creative Impressions: 188 Railroad St, Manville ~
~ The Honey Shop: 1300 Park Ave, Woonsocket ~
~ Pine Swamp Place - Gift Shop: 70 Pine Swamp Rd, Cumberland ~
~ Timeless Antiques: 91 Main St, Woonsocket ~
~ Vose True Value Hardware: 849 Cumberland St, Woonsocket ~
or Call 401-356-0713
Conductor
Dr. Robert Franzblau
Dr. Robert Franzblau has lived and worked at the intersection of musical performance and music education for over forty years. Recently retired from teaching and conducting music at the college level, this year he is serving in his fifteenth year as conductor and artistic director of the Rhode Island Wind Ensemble. Franzblau earned the Bachelor of Music from the University of Iowa; studied conducting with John P. Paynter at Northwestern University, earning a Master of Music; and received his Ph.D. in music education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has taught instrumental music at all levels, from sixth grade beginning band to graduate students in music. In 2021, he earned RYT® 200-hour instructor certification in Integrative Yoga Therapy at One Yoga Center in Foster, RI. His yoga teaching emphasizes alignment, strength, and balance as cornerstones of healthy aging, as well as a sense of curiosity and wonder at the connection between body, breath, and mind.
Dr. Robert Franzblau
Dr. Robert Franzblau has lived and worked at the intersection of musical performance and music education for over forty years. Recently retired from teaching and conducting music at the college level, this year he is serving in his fifteenth year as conductor and artistic director of the Rhode Island Wind Ensemble. Franzblau earned the Bachelor of Music from the University of Iowa; studied conducting with John P. Paynter at Northwestern University, earning a Master of Music; and received his Ph.D. in music education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has taught instrumental music at all levels, from sixth grade beginning band to graduate students in music. In 2021, he earned RYT® 200-hour instructor certification in Integrative Yoga Therapy at One Yoga Center in Foster, RI. His yoga teaching emphasizes alignment, strength, and balance as cornerstones of healthy aging, as well as a sense of curiosity and wonder at the connection between body, breath, and mind.
Photo taken during the June 5th 2016 performance
of the Rhode Island Wind Ensemble
of the Rhode Island Wind Ensemble
