Welcome to the Wind and percussion ensemble webpage
**A very special thanks to all of the wonderful performers, directors and composers who attended the XXXIII Symposium for New Band Music at the University of Mary Washington on February 8 and 9, 2008!**
What's New
*Spring 2008
Feb. 8-9 - XXXIII Symposium for New Band Music, hosted by UMW and the Virginia Intercollegiate Band
Pollard 127.
Feb. 15 - Centennial Chamber Music Concert
7:30 pm, Grand Ballroom, Jepson Alumni Executive Center.
Feb. 17 - Alumni Reunion Concert
3:00 pm, Dodd Auditorium.
March 14 - Founder's Day
3:00 pm, Dodd Auditorium.
March 27 - Good Buddy Concert
12:45 pm, Great Hall, Woodard Campus Center.
April 4 - The Centennial!
7:30 pm, Dodd Auditorium.
April 5 - The UMW Multicultural Fair
Time TBA, Dodd Auditorium.
Previous Events
*Fall 2007
November 9 - An Evening of Student Selections
7:30 pm, Dodd Auditorium.
*Spring 2007
Feb. 19 – The Sixth Annual Costume Concert - Lundi Gras
7:30 pm., Great Hall, admission a donation of an item of non-perishable food for the Fredericksburg Area Food Bank.
Feb. 20 – The Good Buddy Concert
12:45 pm, Great Hall, admission is open to the public. Special guests: the Harrison Road Elementary School Fifth Grade.
Saturday, April 7, UMW Multicultural Fair
Time and venue TBA
April 13 – American Past Times
7:30 pm, Dodd, admission a donation of an item of non-perishable food for the Fredericksburg Area Food Bank.
*UMW Wind and Percussion Ensemble Debut at the Kennedy Center:
In the Fall of 2006, The Wind and Percussion Ensemble was delighted to present Native Voices: The Music of American Indian Composers, (concert poster).
This unique series of concerts presented the music of American Indian composers Louis W. Ballard (Quapaw/Cherokee), Raven chacon (Navajo), Barbara Croall (Odawa), and Brent Michael Davids (Mohican).For a complete listing of upcoming concerts, please see the Music Department concert schedule.