THE PHILADELPHIA WIND SYMPHONY CONTINUES ITS SECOND CONCERT SEASON!   We are proud to announce our upcoming spring concert, featuring guest conductor Lt. Cdr. John Pastin, Dean of the College of Performing Arts and Director of Bands at Rowan University.   Program   Grainger - Molly On the Shore Franck - Le Chasseur Maudit Persichetti - Psalm for Band Saint-Saëns - Danse Bacchanale Toch - Spiel Maslanka - Give Us This Day Claude T. Smith - Eternal Father, Strong to Save   Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 3 pm Levitt Auditorium in Gershman Hall University of the Arts 401 South Broad Street Center City Philadelphia Tickets $10 general admission, students $5 at the door or online    Click here to purchase tickets online   IMMEDIATE OPENINGS AVAILABLE IN THE PHILADELPHIA WIND SYMPHONY   We are seeking qualified players for this May's concert on the following instruments:   Tuba Piano   If you are available for this concert, please contact us through the Auditions page.

Thanks to all of our supporters for a wonderful inaugural season of the Philadelphia Wind Symphony! View photos from our May 8 concert! Check back for details on our next season which begins in the Fall 2012.

Read the review of our debut concert on December 4, 2011  Sharon Torello, LocalArtsLive.com     "The performance for this new ensemble was very good, and I'm sure it will only improve over time as they continue to perform together...The mood was friendly and fun, the tickets were very reasonably priced, and it was surely less stuffy than some classical music performances."

Listen to our WRTI interview broadcast on December 3, 2011 Creatively Speaking   Virginia Allen (Artistic Director), Keith Roeckle (General Manager), and Brittni Devereux (Assistant 1st Horn and Publicity Coordinator) talk with Susan Lewis of WRTI who "takes a first look at The Philadelphia Wind Symphony. The new ensemble makes its debut on December 4th."

Two members of our trumpet section were recently featured in the media   Stanford Thompson, Philadelphia Inquirer, December 6, 2011: After stints abroad, a higher musical purpose "A Curtis graduate has chosen a different musical path, cultivating young talent from poorer areas of the city"     Bill Scheible, NPR Radio, August 31, 2011: From the Top Show 239 "From the Top is at the Music Pier in Ocean City, New Jersey, joined by the Ocean City Pops under the direction of William Scheible. You'll hear a 16-year-old violinist play Wieniawski with the orchestra and an 18-year-old pianist play Bach. Also, the junior division winners of this year's Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition join Christopher O'Riley to perform Dvořák and a teenage trumpeter teams up with Pops conductor William Scheible to play the music of Vivaldi."