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Conducted
by Dr. Russel Mikkelson, the Ohio State University Wind Symphony
is widely recognized
as one of the country’s elite wind bands. Committed to
the creation of new music for winds, this ensemble has commissioned
music by composers including David Maslanka, Eric Stokes, Dan
Welcher, David Gillingham, John Stevens, Donald Crockett, Daniel
Godfrey, Charles Rochester Young, William Bolcom (in progress),
and Aaron Jay Kernis (in progress).
One
of the goals of the Wind Symphony is to provide students opportunity
to interact with some of the leading composers
and musical minds of our time. Visitors have included such
notable musicians as John Corigliano, Lukas Foss, Krzysztof
Penderecki, John Mackey, John Stevens, David Gillingham,
Frank Ticheli, Gunther Schuller, and Percy Grainger biographer
John
Bird. Graduates of the Wind Symphony hold positions as professional
orchestral musicians, soloists, conductors, members of the
Washington-based military bands, university professors, and
some of the world's leading music educators.
Since 1998 the Wind Symphony has recorded three compact discs
including Sounds, Shapes and Symbols (Mark Records), Jubilare! (Mark Records), and Winds
of Nagual which is slated for release
on the NAXOS label later this year. The Wind Symphony has performed
at the 2003 College Band Directors National Association in
Minneapolis, the Ohio Music Educators Association Conference
three times (2001, 2004, 2006), with BalletMet Columbus (2003),
and numerous on-campus performances.
Please go to the Recordings page
to hear audio clips of Wind Symphony CDs.
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