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Northwest Wind Symphony
The premier wind ensemble at Northwest, comprised of the finest wind and percussion students on our campus, both music and non-music majors.
The Wind Symphony's mission is to provide a positive and challenging atmosphere in which students may deepen their individual musicianship and grow as ensemble members via a varied repertoire of literature and experiences.
The Wind Symphony regularly collaborates with guest performers and conductors and has been selected to perform via peer review at state music conferences in Missouri and Nebraska, including an invitation to perform at the 2025 Nebraska Music Education Association Conference and In-Service Clinic. In 2017, the Wind Symphony was selected by the College Band Directors National Association as one of 10 exemplary collegiate Small Band Programs. The ensemble gave its premiere performance at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts' Helzberg Hall in 2018 and returned in 2024.
Membership in the Wind Symphony is not limited to music majors. It comprises students representing a variety of academic majors at Northwest. Students audition for selection to the ensemble during the first week of the fall semester, and the ensemble averages between 50 to 60 musicians.
