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Wind Ensemble

Come join us this semester for music-making in the Wind Ensemble! We accept ALL St. Lawrence students who play a band instrument. (Community members, faculty, and staff should contact director Brenda Curley about playing in the ensemble.) Auditions are for placement only, and to give you and the director a chance to meet each other.

The St. Lawrence University Wind Ensemble is made up of talented student members, SLU faculty, staff and local community members. We rehearse once a week and conclude the semester with a concert, which will be on Thursday, December 5, at 7pm.

Together, let’s meet these goals:

  1. Play music that connects us to each other and to the wider community, and that has artistic merit, personal meaning for our members, or both! 

  2. Feel “at home” in the ensemble—a place for you to recharge, relax, be energized and empowered...sometimes all at once. 

Wind Ensemble

If you have any suggestions for music that you would like us to play, please feel free to reach out to me. I am always looking for new music repertoire ideas and would love to hear from you. To give you an idea of what we do, our concert program this past spring was:

  • Keystone  by JaRod Hall
  • Second Suite in F, Op. 28, No. 2  by Gustav Holst
  • Fate of the Gods  by Steven Reineke
  • One Life Beautiful  by Juile Giroux
  • L’inglesina (The Little English Girl)  by Davide Delle Cese
  • Air for Band  by Frank Erickson
  • Fanfare Dissensus  by Kimberly Archer
  • Highlights from Les Miserables  by Claude-Michel Schonberg

Rehearsals (starting Wednesday, September 4)

  • Wednesdays, 6:30-9pm, in Peterson-Kermani Performance Hall

Performance Date

  • Thursday, December 5, at 7pm in Peterson-Kermani Performance Hall

Auditions

  • Friday, August 30, 1-3pm, or Tuesday, September 3, 10-11:30am, in Peterson-Kermani Performance Hall

Auditions are only required for SLU students who are new to our Wind Ensemble, and are for placement only. All SLU students who play a band instrument will be accepted in the Wind Ensemble.

Be ready to play two scales and something short that you like.  You will also be asked to sightread a short excerpt.

Please e-mail director Brenda Curley to schedule a ten-minute slot during one of those times, or to find another available time.

Returning members who are SLU students and Community Members, Faculty and Staff, please e-mail me and let me know that you will be playing again this semester.  Also, please let me know if you are unable to play.