The Whitworth Wind Symphony

The Wind Symphony is the university's select auditioned wind and percussion ensemble and is open to all Whitworth University students in any major who are woodwind, brass, percussion, or string bass musicians.

The three-fold mission of the Whitworth Wind Symphony is to train and educate musicians for a lifetime of musical learning; to represent Whitworth's "heart and mind" education though excellence in performance before audiences on campus, throughout the community, and across the globe; and to advocate for and promote wind literature through the study and performance of the ensemble's core repertoire as well as the commissioning of new works.

The Whitworth Wind Symphony has appeared in concert at state and regional conferences of the Washington Music Educators Association, the National Association for Music Education, and the College Band Directors National Association, and has toured throughout the western United States, Hawaii, Costa Rica, and Thailand. The Wind Symphony can also be heard in performance on the ensemble's YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/whitworthwinds).

The Whitworth Wind Symphony has been active in commissioning new works and collaborating with composers around the world. Noted composers David Maslanka, Eric Ewazen, James David, and Peter Van Zandt Lane have praised the Wind Symphony's performances of their music, and recent performance collaborations have included saxophonist Lawrence Gwozdz, bass trombonist Douglas Yeo, and the Travis Brass of the United States Air Force.

The other components of the wind and percussion studies program at Whitworth include the Whitworth Chamber Winds, Whitworth Symphony Orchestra, the Whitworth Community Concert Band, and a variety of chamber ensembles.