CSB/SJU Wind Ensemble

• The Wind Ensemble is a select ensemble composed of 40-45 instrumentalists who perform original and transcribed literature for winds. 
• Music ranges from compositions by Bach and Mozart, to standard wind works by Grainger and Holst, as well as newer contemporary works by composers writing for winds today. 
• Membership includes majors and minors in music, as well as students from a wide variety of other disciplines within the colleges who excel and enjoy performing on their instruments. 
• Audition required.
• Since 1978, under the direction of Dr. Dale White, the CSB/SJU Wind Ensemble has toured throughout the United States including much of the upper Midwest, Colorado, New Orleans, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. 
• They have also performed in Canada and the Bahamas. 
• They have also been invited to perform as part of the Minnesota Music Educators Convention and in 1985 were the first college ensemble to perform in the Ordway Theatre in St. Paul, Minnesota. 
• They completed their last compact disc recording during the spring of 2005, which includes contemporary works by Hazo, Sparke, Cichy, Jocob, Grainger and Chance. 
• Can be taken for 0-1 credit
• MUSC 231

Audition Process:  Auditions take place the second or third day of classes.  It includes a 2-3 minute portion of a solo of your choice, a full range chromatic scale and a short sight-reading excerpt.

Videos:

Armenian Dance

Florinentiner March

Trumpeters' Lullaby