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Thursday, Dec. 10., 7:30 pm. Meany Hall.
Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Campus Band
"PASSPORT"
"The Gumsuckers" March, Percy Grainger
Ceremonial, Bernard Rands
In Wartime, David Del Tredici
Suite from Hymn of the Highlands, Philip Sparke
Chapultepec, Carlos Chávez
Bulgarian Dances, Franco Cesarini
Paris Sketches, Martin Ellerby

 UWWE IN JAPAN 2010!

The UW Wind Ensemble, at the invitation of the Kansai Band Association, will be returning to Japan for a concert tour in March of 2010. The ensemble will perform with selected Japanese high school and university wind ensembles in Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and Izumo with a final performance at Osaka Castle.

 

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THE UWWE DVD!

 

The University of Washington Wind Ensemble's educational DVD series, "The Architecture and Responsibilities of the Wind Ensemble", produced by Nihon PALS of Osaka, Japan, was recently nominated for a research award by the Japan Educational Music and Culture Association. Each year the Association nominates performing organizations, composers, publishers, instrument manufactuers and audio/DVD producers for awards. Thirteen nominees were chosen and this year all of the nominees were from Japan except for the world-famous Orchestre de la Garde Républicain from Paris (in the performance category) and the UW Wind Ensemble's DVD (research category). This organization gives a total of four awards annually from all categories. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Band*, composer Chansu Kou, Roland (one of the worlds' leading manufacturers of electronic instruments and music gear) and the Accord Publication Company received this year's awards. Two other 'lifetime achievement awards' were given to two legendary Japanese high school bands, Yodogawa and Naroshino.

 

*In Japan, every major police and fire station have professional bands as do most major corporations. This year there are 14,182 bands that belong to the All Japan Band Association.

 

 

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UWWE IN JAPAN 2007!

 

In March of 2007 the UW Wind Ensemble completed a successful tour of Japan where they shared concerts with outstanding Japanese college and high school wind bands in the following venues:

 

3/16 (Fri) Kinki University November Hall, Osaka.

 

3/17 (Sat) Kobe Bunka Hall, Kobe.

 

3/18 (Sun) Sakuyo Gakuen Tokagakudo Hall, Kurashiki.

 

3/20 (Tue) Izumo Taisha, Izumo.

 

3/21 (Wed) Izumo Taisha Bunka-Place Urara Hall, Izumo.

 

3/23 (Fri) Kumamoto Prefectural Theater, Kumamto.

 

Additionally, the ensemble performed at the Izumo Taisha Shrine. This performance is the first time that western music was allowed at Izumo Taisha, the oldest Shinto shrine in Japan.

 

 

 

Contact us!

 

UW Bands

University of Washington School of Music

Box 353450

Seattle, WA 98195

phone: (206)685-8050

fax: (206)685-9499