Welcome to the
University
of Washington Band Program!
Click on the links to learn
about each ensemble, the music, the conductors, the alumni and the
current students that comprise our fine program.
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2009 SUMMER COURSES AT UW!
If you're in need of credits this summer, are
interested in beginning some advanced work or are looking to 'brush up'
in certain areas of your craft, we would invite you to come to the UW
for these classes: Instrumental Rehearsal Techniques, Instrumental
Conducting, Wind and Percussion Scoring, and Marching
Band Techniques.
They are 'module classes' meaning that they are
time-intensive. Read the information carefully as to times/locations.
It varies a bit from the UW summer catalogue
listing(s)...what you see here is
correct.
We always have a great time sharing
information..hope to see you this
summer. Have a terrific ending to your school year!
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THE PRESIDENT'S OWN COMING TO SEATTLE!
The 'President's Own' United States Marine Band in
concert, Sunday, October 4th, 3pm, Meany Hall, University of Washington
campus! Ticket information will be posted soon. Don't miss this concert
by a band widely regarded as the finest band in the world today.
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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.
The invitation from Japan can be viewed here.
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2009 SUMMER CONCERT BAND!
Click here for
information regarding the 2009 Summer Concert
Band.
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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC
HIGH SCHOOL ALL STAR CHAMBER MUSIC WEEKEND!
The University of Washington School of Music is
pleased to present the High School All Star Chamber Music Weekend, an
intensive two-day session focused on individual performance and chamber
music. The festival is open to students who are enrolled in grades 9-12
during the 2009-2010 school year. Students will be placed in select
chamber groups that will engage in rehearsals guided by UW School of
Music faculty.
Other activities will include master classes and
tips for Washington All-State auditions. There will also be
opportunities to attend faculty performances and participate in
discussions dealing with college applications and careers in music.
Ensembles will include woodwind quintets, brass quintets and a
saxophone quartet. Don't miss this event!
For further information and an application, click here.
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2009-2010 LARGE ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS FOR WOODWIND,
BRASS, PERCUSSION
Auditions for membership in the two large concert
ensembles of the UW School of Music, the UW Wind Ensemble and the
brass, woodwind and percussion sections of UW Symphony, will be held on
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 in Meany Hall, room #268. Auditions will
consist of prepared music as well as sightreading. Interested students
should come at the indicated time; no individual pre-registration is
necessary as the auditions will be 'blind', (behind a screen) to insure
anonymity. PLEASE NOTE: This will be the only large ensemble audition
for the 2009-2010 school year as auditions will not be held for winter
or spring quarters. The UW Wind Ensemble is going to Japan during
spring break, March, 2010 (see below).
Links to audition material can be found by
clicking on the instrument name.
9:30-11:00 FLUTE & PICCOLO
11:00-12:15 CLARINET
& BASS
CLARINET
12:15-1:00 HORN
1:30-2:30 PERCUSSION
2:30-3:15 OBOE
3:15-4:00 TRUMPET
4:00-5:00 SAXOPHONE
5:00-6:00 BASSOON
6:00-7:00 TENOR
TROMBONE & BASS TROMBONE
7:00-8:00 TUBA
& EUPHONIUM
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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.
If you can read Japanese, you can visit the Pals
website to order your own copies (http://www.palsmusic.jp/).
Otherwise contact Tim Salzman at salzman@u.washington.edu.
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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.
Listen to recordings of a portion of the UW Wind
Ensemble's performance at the Japan Wind Ensemble Conductor's
Convention in Kurashiki, Japan:
Slalom
(Carter Pann)
Three
Vespers (Sergei Rachmaninoff/Salzman)
Click
here for photos of the tour (Hosted on Flickr)
Click
here to see an
article on the Wind Ensemble's tour, published in "Green Artist," a
leading Japanese classical music magazine
Contact
us!
UW Bands
University of Washington School of Music
Box 353450
Seattle, WA 98195
phone: (206)685-8050
fax: (206)685-9499
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