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unusual facts about Wind Ensemble



Henninger High School

The Wind Ensemble, a select version of its main Concert Band traditionally plays a copy of the original arrangement of Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride.

Rocky Point Holiday

"Rocky Point Holiday" is a composition for wind ensemble by Ron Nelson.


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Bearkat Marching Band

In the spring of 1962, the band performed at the Sam Houston Ex-Students banquet at the Texas State Teachers Association Convention and the Wind Ensemble performed in Bryan, Texas on KBTX-TV.

Dr. John M. Denison Secondary School

The Denison Wind Ensemble travelled to Ottawa in May 2010 to compete in the national music contest, MusicFest Canada.

Frank Battisti

In 2001, the Boston University Tanglewood Institute established the "Frank L. Battisti Tanglewood Institute Conducting Residency" which is awarded each summer to a talented young wind ensemble conductor.

La valse

It was transcribed for Symphonic Wind Ensemble in 2005 by Don Patterson for the United States Marine Band and recorded on the album Symphonic Dances, conducted by Michael J. Colburn.

Peter Tiboris

The original choral format has expanded to include Madrigal Festivals, a National Wind Ensemble, Vocal Jazz Festivals, National Festival Youth Orchestra, Sweet Adelines, and solo concerts featuring such musicians as Alan Gilbert and Stanley Drucker.

Roger Zare

Also in 2007, Zare was invited to the USC Thornton Wind Ensemble's performance of Lift-Off, a work that has been performed in various instrumental configurations, conducted by the legendary H. Robert Reynolds.

San Jose Youth Symphony

While the Prelude, Intermezzo, and Chamber Orchestra musicians attend a day camp together, usually at J.F.S. Elementary School in San Jose, all other ensembles (Flute Choir, Wind Ensemble, Concert Orchestra, and Philharmonic Orchestra) spend the week overnight at Mt. Cross Lutheran Camp in Ben Lomond, California.

The Hartt School

Glen Adsit, conductor & founder of the National Wind Ensemble Consortium Group