University of Washington Winds
Professor Timothy Salzman, director
ENSEMBLES
Timothy
Salzman, conductor
Download syllabus here
The University of Washington Wind Ensemble is the select wind ensemble at the UW and is comprised of the finest wind and percussion players on campus. Under Professor Salzman’s direction the University of Washington Wind Ensemble has performed at a number of prestigious music conventions, has presented several world premiere performances of outstanding new music for wind band and in 2004, undertook a highly acclaimed nine-day concert tour of the Kansai region of Japan returning for more extensive tours of that country in 2007 and 2010. The UW Wind Ensemble presented several concerts in the main concert venues of Beijing, China in March of 2013, including a sold-out concert in the National Center for the Performing Arts in Tiananmen Square. In the spring of 2006, the ensemble was invited by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra to present a concert at Benaroya Hall as a part of the Symphony’s Made in America Festival. The London Financial Times review of the concert applauded “music of surprising sophistication…Cindy McTee’s Finish Line pulsated energetically and William Bolcom’s Song was simply gorgeous.” Subsequent to the 2006 performance the ensemble was invited for return appearances on Seattle Symphony concert series in 2007, 2008 and, most recently in 2011 when Maestro Gerard Schwarz conducted the ensemble. The UW Wind Ensemble has also collaborated with a number of internationally renowned guest artists, conductors and composers including Eddie Daniels, Steve Houghton, Allen Vizzutti, James Walker, Douglas Yeo, Leigh Howard Stevens, David Maslanka, Michael Colgrass, Cindy McTee, Eric Ewazen, Satoshi Yagisawa, David Stanhope and Huck Hodge. In July of 2008 Nihon Pals, a music education resource company based in Osaka, Japan, released a set of instructional DVDs regarding the subject of building ensemble musicality featuring Professor Salzman and the UW Wind Ensemble. Membership, based on audition, is open to the entire student body regardless of major field of study. Additional opportunities for student involvement in University of Washington instrumental organizations include the Symphonic Band, the Concert Band, the Campus Band, the 240-member Husky Marching Band, two jazz ensembles, several combos and the UW Symphony Orchestra.
The University of Washington was host for the 2011 National Conference of the College Band Directors National Association.
The University of Washington Wind Ensemble is the select wind ensemble at the UW and is comprised of the finest wind and percussion players on campus. Under Professor Salzman’s direction the University of Washington Wind Ensemble has performed at a number of prestigious music conventions, has presented several world premiere performances of outstanding new music for wind band and in 2004, undertook a highly acclaimed nine-day concert tour of the Kansai region of Japan returning for more extensive tours of that country in 2007 and 2010. The UW Wind Ensemble presented several concerts in the main concert venues of Beijing, China in March of 2013, including a sold-out concert in the National Center for the Performing Arts in Tiananmen Square. In the spring of 2006, the ensemble was invited by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra to present a concert at Benaroya Hall as a part of the Symphony’s Made in America Festival. The London Financial Times review of the concert applauded “music of surprising sophistication…Cindy McTee’s Finish Line pulsated energetically and William Bolcom’s Song was simply gorgeous.” Subsequent to the 2006 performance the ensemble was invited for return appearances on Seattle Symphony concert series in 2007, 2008 and, most recently in 2011 when Maestro Gerard Schwarz conducted the ensemble. The UW Wind Ensemble has also collaborated with a number of internationally renowned guest artists, conductors and composers including Eddie Daniels, Steve Houghton, Allen Vizzutti, James Walker, Douglas Yeo, Leigh Howard Stevens, David Maslanka, Michael Colgrass, Cindy McTee, Eric Ewazen, Satoshi Yagisawa, David Stanhope and Huck Hodge. In July of 2008 Nihon Pals, a music education resource company based in Osaka, Japan, released a set of instructional DVDs regarding the subject of building ensemble musicality featuring Professor Salzman and the UW Wind Ensemble. Membership, based on audition, is open to the entire student body regardless of major field of study. Additional opportunities for student involvement in University of Washington instrumental organizations include the Symphonic Band, the Concert Band, the Campus Band, the 240-member Husky Marching Band, two jazz ensembles, several combos and the UW Symphony Orchestra.
The University of Washington was host for the 2011 National Conference of the College Band Directors National Association.
Steven
Morrison, conductor
(Musen
302/Musen502)
The
Symphonic Band is the second auditioned wind group at
the University of Washington, performing a repertoire
of classic and contemporary wind music. Membership is
open to students from all schools and departments of
the University of Washington. Rehearsals will take
place during Fall, Winter and Spring Quarters and will
be held on Monday and Wednesday afternoons from 3:30
to 5:20 PM in the School of Music, room 35. The
Symphonic Band performs at least one on-campus concert
per quarter with occasional off-campus performances.
Audition
information
can be found on the home
page.
Concert
Band/Campus Band
(Musen
309/309b/509)
The
UW Concert and Campus Bands meet on Wednesday evenings
from 7:00 to 9:00pm. The Concert Band rehearsals are
located in Meany Hall, room #268, and the Campus Band
rehearses in the School of Music, room #35. These
organizations are open without audition. Professor
Salzman will be assisted by graduate student
conductors. The Concert Band and Campus Band are not
just for UW students; faculty, staff and members of
the community are also invited. Anyone who loves to
play is welcome - making great music is a lifelong
activity!
Jazz Ensembles
Cuong
Vu, director
(Musen
346, 446, 546)
The
UW Studio Jazz Ensemble, widely acclaimed for its
precision and excitement, aspires to set the highest
possible standards of excellence for the performance
of jazz in all its forms. The band is responsible for
introducing the latest in big band material, while
maintaining the roots of the region's healthy jazz
tradition. The ensemble is open by audition to both
music majors and non-music majors at the UW, and is
designed to provide solid, professional training in
the full range of musical styles inherent to jazz.
Several smaller combos are also offered at the
University. All are part of a burgeoning jazz program
supporting seven faculty members in the areas of jazz
performance, arranging, history, and improvisation.
Studio Jazz I meets on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
from 12:30 to 2:20 PM in the School of Music, room 35.
An audition is required for membership.
Brad
McDavid, conductor
(Musen
303)
The exciting 240 member UW Husky
Marching Band rehearses four days a week during fall
quarter and performs at all home games in beautiful
73,000 seat Husky Stadium. The band also offers
members a chance to see much of the country as they
travel to selected away games and participate annually
in some of the country's most exciting holiday bowl
games. A short marching and playing audition is
required for membership, but students need not have
prior marching experience. The Husky Band is open to
all students at UW and offers scholastic credit for
all its members. The Husky Band also appears at
numerous university and civic events throughout the
year. Other athletic bands available to members of the
Husky Band are the Purple and Gold Basketball Bands,
and the UW Volleyball Band as well as many
enthusiastic pep bands that perform year-round
throughout the Northwest.