In Spring 2021 the “mini” Wind Ensemble will offer four 2-week cycles using a variety of small ensembles, which are limited to 12 wind players, and percussionists as needed and as room capacities allow. Repertoire determines instrumentation.

Cycle 1: Feb. 22–March 4
Cycle 2: March 8–18
Cycle 3: March 22–April 1
Cycle 4: April 5–15

When: Monday–Friday from 3:00-3:30 and 4:00-4:30 pm. Each small ensemble rehearses for a 30-minute period.

Where: MAC stage, or in MAC rehearsal spaces as noted in the chart below.

Informal performances will take place during the last rehearsal day of each cycle and are closed to the public. Attendance will be taken before all rehearsals begin.

Meeting Times: 3:00-4:35 daily.

Conductor: Professor Rodney C. Dorsey, Director of Bands

The Indiana University Wind Ensemble is one of the premier ensembles in the Jacobs School of Music and one of the finest in the nation. The ensemble performs the most outstanding literature of the wind band medium including music for both chamber winds and large ensemble. The IU Wind Ensemble has had the opportunity to premiere many works for wind band by leading composers. The Wind Ensemble has performed many times at national and international venues, including appearances at the Palladium Concert Hall, Carnegie Hall, the American Bandmasters Association national convention, the Japan Bandmasters Association convention, the College Band Directors National Association divisional and national conventions, the Music Educators National Conference national convention, and Indiana Music Educators Association conferences, as well as the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. The Wind Ensemble performed at the 2008 MENC National Convention in Milwaukee (WI), at the 2010 CBDNA North Central Division Convention in Normal (IL), at the 2012 ABA Annual Convention in Indianapolis (IN), and in Carnegie Hall at the 2016 New York Wind Band Festival Showcase Concert.

Soloists with the group have included Kevin Bobo, marimba; Bruce Bransby, double bass; James Campbell, clarinet; Chih-Yi Chen, piano; Anthony Cirone, timpani; Jane Dutton, soprano; Peter Ellefson, trombone; Don Freund, piano; Ashley Garritson, cello; Brian Horne, tenor; Steve Houghton, percussion; Carl Lenthe, trombone; William Ludwig, bassoon; Kathryn Lukas, flute; Sylvia McNair, soprano; Steven Mead, euphonium; Otis Murphy, saxophone; Jeffrey Nelsen, horn; Daniel Perantoni, tuba; John Rommel, trumpet; Jonathan Ruck, cello; M. Dee Stewart, trombone; Linda Strommen, oboe; John Tafoya, timpani; Joey Tartell, trumpet; Demondrae Thurman, euphonium; and Thomas Walsh, saxophone.

The group has premiered works by James Beckel, William Bolcom, Eric Ewazen, Don Freund, David Maslanka, Cindy McTee, André Previn, Joel Puckett, Chris Rutkowski, John Stevens, Kevin Walczyk, and David Ward-Steinman.

Former members of the Wind Ensemble are currently performing in many of the leading professional orchestras of the world as well as the top United States military bands. Others are faculty members in college and university music departments across the nation or distinguish themselves by teaching music in the public schools.