Concert Bands at The Ohio State University

07/12/2023

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07/05/2023

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04/22/2023

We hope you will join us tomorrow for the final concert of the semester for the Ohio State University Bands. The University Band and Collegiate Winds will take the stage at 6:00pm in Weigel Auditorium. We hope to see you there!

Enjoy a joint concert of classic wind band repertoire. Collegiate Winds' performance features nine movements from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, arranged by John Krance; Danse Saltarelle, David Gorham; My Eyes are Full of Shadow, Joel Puckett. Phillip Day, conductor; Christopher Hoch, guest conductor (...

04/20/2023

Join us tonight as the Wind Symphony performs music of our guest composer Joel Puckett!

Tonight 4/20 at 8 p.m. The Wind Symphony welcomes to campus award-winning composer Joel Puckett, associate professor at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, as we feature two of his compositions: "Blink" and "That Secret from the River." Also featured on the program is the consortium premiere of the ABA Ostwald Award-winning composition "Sinfonia" by Zhou Tian, as well as works by Leonard Bernstein, Jake Runestad and Steven Bryant.
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04/18/2023

Tonight the Symphonic Band takes the stage with guest artists Imani Winds! The performance begins at 8pm. We hope to see you there!

The musicians of the Ohio State Symphonic Band present their final concert of the academic year with special guest artists, the Imani Winds. The performance includes music by Florent Schmitt, Mary Ellen Childs, Halsey Stevens, Roger Cichy, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Kevin Day. The Imani Winds quinte...

03/30/2023

Tonight, the Wind Symphony will share the stage with four-time Grammy Award-winning contemporary chamber Ensemble Eighth Blackbird to perform "Vital Sines" by Viet Cuong! We hope you'll join us!

Featuring Eighth Blackbird The School of Music is pleased to announce the return of the Contemporary Music Festival, taking place Wednesday, March 29–Saturday, April 1. The festival headliner will be the four-time Grammy Award winning, iconic chamber ensemble Eighth Blackbird, whom the Chicago Tri...

03/08/2023

Join the Symphonic Band tonight at 8pm in Weigel Auditorium!

On Wednesday (3/8) at 8 p.m. in Weigel Auditorium, enjoy the Symphonic Band's concert entitled "Sacred Spaces," featuring the music of John Mackey, Mark Camphouse, Kelijah Dunton, Charles Gounod and Julie Giroux.

03/01/2023

THIS PERFORMANCE IS GOING TO BE SPECIAL!

The Wind Symphony is having a blast with the music of John Mackey. Make sure you are here in Weigel Auditorium TONIGHT at 8:00PM to hear this and the rest of the performance that also features Lindsay Kesselman, Soprano!

03/01/2023

The Wind Symphony had a great rehearsal tonight with Lindsay Kesselman, Soprano working on the music of John Mackey!

Join us tomorrow (Wednesday March 1) at 8:00PM in Weigel Auditorium for what is sure to be an incredibly emotional and moving concert. There will be a pre-concert talk at 7:30PM. The concert will also be livestreamed. More information and the program can be found at the link below.

https://music.osu.edu/events/wind-symphony-030123

10/04/2022

Join us tonight for the first Wind Symphony concert of the 2022-2023 academic year! The Wind Symphony will perform works by Copland, Grantham, Etezady, and Márquez in what is sure to be fantastic performance. The concert will take place tonight at 8:00 pm EDT inside Weigel Auditorium. You can also tune in to the live stream which can be accessed via the link below. We hope to see you there!

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The Wind Symphony opens this year's concert season with a diverse program beginning with a classic work by Aaron Copland: An Outdoor Overture, conducted by first-year DMA candidate, Sarah Baker. Texas composer Donald Grantham’s Farewell to Gray was commissioned by the United States Military Academ...

09/29/2022

Please join us tonight in Weigel Auditorium at 8:00 pm EDT for the first performance of the year of the University Band and Collegiate Winds! Both ensembles have worked incredibly hard and these students are excited to share their work with you! If you cannot attend in person, please join us via the livestream. The link for the livestream can be accessed at the event page on the School of Music website which is linked below. We hope to see you there!

Enjoy a joint concert of classic wind band repertoire. Collegiate Winds perform The Star-Spangled Banner, arranged by Jack Stamp; Silver Light! by Benjamin Yeo; Ash, Jennifer Jolley; Rikudim: Four Israeli Folkdances for Band, Jan Van der Roost; and Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214, Johann Strauss/arr....