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Valdres March (Norwegian: Valdresmarsjen) composed by Johannes Hannsen in the years 1901-1904 and published by Boosey & Hawkes. The main theme is based on the signature fanfare for the Valdres Battalion, which is based on an old cow call. The following second variation includes a halling from Helgelandsmoen, a small village in Hole, Ringerike. The […]

Premiering on September 8, 1971 for the inauguration of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as a fully orchestrated and staged pageant production, the MASS was a commission of Jacqueline Kennedy. The eclecticism of MASS’s music reflects the multifaceted nature of Bernstein’s career, with blues, rock, gospel, folk, Broadway and jazz idioms appearing side […]

This Sunday, the members of the Saint Louis Wind Symphony will gather once again for the first rehearsal of the 2018-2019, our 21st season! We are so excited to present to you a season of “Music We’ve Missed” – repertoire that we’ve never performed, until now! We hope you are able to join us for […]

On May 2nd, the Saint Louis Wind Symphony participated in Give STL Day, an online giving event sponsored by the St. Louis Community Foundation that benefits nonprofits serving the Saint Louis region. Community members are given one day to donate to their nonprofit of choice. Before May 2nd, the Saint Louis Wind Symphony set out […]

Thank you to all the music educators who attended the Saint Louis Wind Symphony’s performance at the Missouri Music Educators Association’s 80th Annual Conference on January 26th. We had a wonderful time performing for you, and we were extremely appreciative of the large crowd and positive feedback we received after the performance. Thank you to […]

Welcome to our updated website! Here you will find information about everything involving the Saint Louis Wind Symphony, including our history, biographical information about our directors and musicians, performance dates, educational programs, and much more. Amidst your perusal of the new website, we hope you’ve also noticed our new logo. We wanted the logo to […]

Join us this Sunday at Kirkwood High School for our second regular season concert! Our selections include Percy Grainger’s “Lincolnshire Posy”, a staple in wind ensemble literature. The work, which is 6 movements long, features melodies that were collected and recorded from farmers, workers, and longtime citizens of Lincolnshire, England. 1: Lisbon – also title […]

Program notes for “Riften Wed” by Julie Giroux: Riften is a city in Skyrim located in the expansive world of Elder Scrolls, the fifth installment of an action roleplaying video game saga developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. Skyrim is an open world game that by any video game standard is […]