Primarily for non-music majors who desire a concert band experience, the University and Campus Bands are open to the entire U-M community and offer a great opportunity to enjoy an immersive musical experience and to learn from SMTD’s renowned faculty. The University Band is the most advanced non-music-major band and placement is by audition. Campus Band is open to any student with experience.

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Campus & University Bands

University of Michigan

Soundscapes in Motion brings together the ASU Symphony Orchestra and ASU Wind Ensemble for a program of sweeping drama, emotional depth and sonic exploration. The Wind Ensemble, joined by ASU faculty pianist Andrew Campbell, performs James David's driving Pulsing Onward and David Maslanka’s expansive Symphony No. 7. The Symphony Orchestra brings to life some of the most vivid and iconic scenes from Prokofiev’s and Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, capturing moments of tenderness, tension and triumph.

ASU Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra: 'Soundscapes in Motion'

Library of Music

Ben Price, oboe

Curtis Institute of Music

MSU composer Zhou Tian presents the world premiere of his Concerto for Saxophone, featuring acclaimed MSU saxophonist Joseph Lulloff. The program also includes Paul Hindemith’s Konzertmusik für Bläsorchester, Op. 41 and Symphony No. 8 by David Maslanka. Kevin L. Sedatole, conductor.

Wind Symphony

Michigan State University

UC Berkeley Wind Ensemble 2026

UC Berkeley Department of Music

Saxophone Studio Recital

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kenari Quartet's sold-out concerts in Tulsa in 2009 were a revelation! Their exhilerating performances shattered assumptions about saxophones and their place in chamber music. Join us to celebrate their return! 

During our Friday concerts, patrons enjoy an up-close musical experience in the vibrant atmosphere of uniquely Tulsa venues. Wine and hors d’oeuvres are available.

Kenari Quartet

LowDown

Tulsa Performing Arts Center

Concluding their performances for the 2024 – 2025 academic year, the LSU Symphonic Band presents a heartfelt program titled “…with a simple love”. The evening begins with the lively and spirited Lola Flores, a paso doble by Terig Tucci, followed by John Mackey's deeply reflective Sheltering Sky. The first half concludes with a vibrant suite from Leonard Bernstein's eclectic and genre-blending Mass. The program reaches its emotional culmination with David Maslanka's powerful and transcendent work, Give Us This Day. 

LSU Symphonic Band: "...with a simple love"

Louisiana State University

The University of Texas at Austin

The Stanford Wind Symphony, conducted by Giancarlo Aquilanti, presents their 2023 Fall Concert program from the main stage of Bing Concert Hall with guest clarinet soloist Zoe Schramm

Stanford Wind Symphony Fall Concert

Stanford University

Under the direction of Brad Hogarth, SFCM's wind ensemble presents music by Francis Johnson, Henri Tomasi and the world premiere of a new arrangement by Ursula Kwong-Brown. Brown's Cover the Walls, commissioned by SFCM, is a themed piece “inspired by Chinese poems that were carved into the walls of the detention center of Angel Island.” Trombone player Austin Talbot performs in this concert, featured in Tomasi's Trombone Concerto, as the winner of SFCM's concerto competition.

SFCM Wind Ensemble

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

A veritable feast of Baroque gems opens the Chamber Soirée season. Ceremonial brass set the stage for J.S. Bach’s festive Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 for strings. The percussion have their moment with Philador’s March for Two Pairs of Timpani, which was first performed for King Louis XIV in 1683. Igor Stravinsky's glorious Neo-Baroque Pulcinella Suite concludes this royal banquet.

Mendelssohn and Maslanka

Sarasota Orchestra

The concert will feature soloists Sara Han, clarinet (National Opera Orchestra at the Kennedy Center) and Blake McGee, clarinet (faculty, UW), and a repertoire including works by Gustav Holst, Aaron Copland, Shuying Li, Amilcare Ponchiellie, and David Maslanka.

UW Wind Symphony: "Introductions"

Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts

All University of Texas at Austin students are allowed one free ticket as long as they are available. Student tickets must be picked up at the Box Office with valid student I.D. Seating is unassigned.

Wind Ensemble

Rising Stars 1

ISU welcomes alumni members of the Wind Symphony, Symphonic Winds, and Symphonic Band back to campus for a weekend of music-making!

School of Music Alumni Concert Band Performance

Illinois State University

Join us for a memorable evening as the Symphonic Wind Ensemble presents its final concert of the academic year on Sunday, May 26, 2024, at 5:00pm CDT, at the prestigious Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. This special performance celebrates the illustrious career and musical leadership of conductor Mallory Thompson, who is retiring from her Director of Bands position after 28 years of dedicated service at Northwestern University.

The evening's program is a tribute to Thompson's mentorship and artistry, opening with her arrangement of the Prelude to Act III, Dance, and Finale from Wagner’s "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg," dedicated to her teacher and mentor Donald Hunsberger. The concert will also feature a selection of wind ensemble favorites, including Ben Horne's "Deep River," J.S. Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" arranged by Donald Hunsberger, and culminating with David Maslanka’s monumental "Symphony No. 4."

Tickets are priced at $8 for the general public and $5 for students with valid ID. This event promises to be a profound celebration of Thompson's contributions to the Northwestern University music community and a showcase of the ensemble's exceptional talent.

Location: Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208, United States. Don't miss this opportunity to experience an evening of exquisite music and to honor Mallory Thompson's remarkable career.

Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Northwestern University

Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble concludes its 2023-24 season under the baton of Dr. Gregory X. Whitmore. The program includes spiritually uplifting music such as Satoshi Yagisawa's Fanfare - The Benefaction from Sky and Mother Earth, Rising Light by Kevin Charoensri and Morten Lauridsen's ethereal O Magnum Mysterium.

PSYWE: Joy & Light

Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Clarissa Tracy, Flute – Doctoral Ensemble Recital

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Featuring guest composer John Mackey and clarinetist Julian Bliss. The program includes Boom Goes the Dynamite by Paul Dooley, Divine Mischief: Concerto for Clarinet by John Mackey, and Symphony No. 4 by David Maslanka. Kevin L. Sedatole, conductor.

Wharton Center for Performing Arts

Eastman Wind Orchestra

Eastman Theatre

Our spectacular season finale features the world’s greatest trombonist, Joseph Alessi, plus a special guest appearance by Hollywood composer Julie Giroux and the World Premiere of her piece written just for The Dallas Winds, That’s All Folks. And for a truly over-the-top grand finale: David Maslanka’s monumental Symphony No. 4 with organist Bradley Hunter Welch. Many pieces, one word: Wow!

Premieres and Farewells

Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center

Concert Band

Join us for an enchanting evening of music with the Symphonic Band's second winter-quarter performance on Friday, March 8, 2024, at 7:30pm CST at the prestigious Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Under the baton of Shawn Vondran, this concert promises a journey through a diverse musical landscape, beginning with Charles Ives's "Variations on America," a witty rendition that infuses the patriotic tune with unexpected harmonies and playful rhythms.

The night continues with Roshanne Etezady's "Against the Rain," a poignant piece inspired by Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem "Love Is Not All," exploring the depths of love's sacrifices and sufferings. The first half concludes with David Maslanka's "Traveler," a reflection on life's adventures, moving from vibrant energy to serene contemplation.

The second half is dedicated to Zhou Tian's "Sinfonia," a 2022 composition drawing inspiration from a rich tapestry of cultural influences, including 1940s and '50s noir films, the bustling New York City subway, Shanghai's Mid-Autumn Festival, and the historic completion of the US's first transcontinental railroad in 1869.

Tickets are priced at $6 for the general public and $4 for students with valid ID, but hurry as they are already sold out! The concert will take place at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, located at 50 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208, United States. This 972-seat hall, nestled in the Arts Circle on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University, has been a beacon for music and culture since its inception in 1975, serving as a classroom and performance space for the Bienen School of Music's ensembles, faculty, festivals, and guest artists. Don't miss this opportunity to experience a night of exceptional music and artistic exploration.

Symphonic Band

Nathan Craig Smith, Percussion – Doctoral Qualifying Recital

Maslanka has written of his 4th Symphony: “The central driving force is the spontaneous rise of the impulse to shout for the joy of life.” This musical celebration will be paired with a brand new commission by Joel Thompson (Seven Last Words of the Unarmed, performed by the TSO in March 2019) that commemorates the historic Tallahassee Bus Boycott. We look forward to, once again, partnering with the FAMU Concert Choir!

Powerful Voices @ Ruby Diamond

Florida State University

Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble welcomes special guest artists, Dr. Dustin Barr and Dr. James Tapia in a program featuring an exciting array of 20th and 21st century works, including music of Grainger, Bernstein, Shapiro, Mackey and more.

David Maslanka

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 28 - May 2, 2026

UC Berkeley Wind Ensemble 2026 · UC Berkeley Department of Music

May 3, 2026

Baran Zolfaghari, horn · Northwestern Bienen School of Music

Past events

Apr 19, 2026

Campus & University Bands · University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Apr 15, 2026

ASU Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra: 'Soundscapes in Motion' · Arizona State University School of Music, Dance and Theatre

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