ILSTU Wind Symphony: "What is a Wind Symphony Anyway?"

Illinois State University Wind Symphony
Anthony C. Marinello, conductor
Sunday, September 24, 2025; Center for Performing Arts; 5:00 P.M.
What is a Wind Symphony Anyway?
Approximate Total Running Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes

J.S. Bach (1685-1750) – Organ Fugue in G Minor

Wind Symphony Chamber Ensembles

Jaromir Weinberger – Polka and Fugue from "Schwanda the Bagpiper"

The concert will be the closing event of our 2025 ILMEA District Band Audition Prep Day. Students and families that attend that event will be given complimentary tickets. For more information about that event, please visit: https://finearts.illinoisstate.edu/bands/ilmea-band-day/

Titled What is a Wind Symphony, Anyway?, the concert will feature students in small chamber ensembles performing short pieces with no pause between selections. The audience will experience each section of the Wind Symphony in short musical vignettes that build to a dramatic full ensemble with Weinberger’s classic Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper. The concert is full or surprises and is organized to move quickly between pieces.

You may also like the following events from Illinois State University Bands:

• Next month, 14th September, 12:30 pm, 2025 ILMEA Band Audition Preparation Day in Normal

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