UO Bands

Come celebrate Wind Symphonies final concert of the year tomorrow, June 4th at 7:30 pm. This concert will be shared with the incredible trombone studio! We hope to see you there! 🪊 🎶

This past weekend, the School of Music and Dance welcomed retired Colonel Jason Fettig and 21 musicians for an incredible weekend of music-making at the Oregon Conducting Workshop. We are grateful to all of the participants, as well as the ensembles who generously gave their time and talents to make this event such a success.

It was a wonderful way to begin Week 10 as the Wind Symphony prepares for its final concert of the academic year. Join us June 4th in Beall Hall at 7:30 p.m. and help us celebrate a fantastic year of music!

The University of Oregon is honored to welcome Retired Colonel Jason Fettig, current Director of Bands at the University of Michigan, as guest conductor and clinician for this year’s Oregon Conducting Workshop! Colonel Fettig’s distinguished career, including his leadership of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, brings an incredible opportunity for learning and inspiration to our participants and audiences alike.

This special concert will also feature the winners of the Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition, Ruei-Tze Tsai and Laura Graves, alongside the University of Oregon Wind Ensemble. Join us for an exciting evening of outstanding music-making and collaboration as we celebrate!

WindEnsemble

We are just two days away from the Campus Band Spring Concert! Please join us to celebrate the hard work these students have been putting in all term long.

When 📅: Wednesday night at 7:30 PM

Where📍: Beall Concert Hall

Program Highlights:

Cumberland Cross

I Hear An Army

As Summer Was Just Beginning

Tricycle

American Riversongs

We look forward to seeing you Wednesday in Beall Hall! If you can't make it in person, we hope you can catch the livestream at the link below.

📺 Livestream Link: Watch on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/live/O2Os8YUgvBU?si=gr3tMw6oHQKcNj8B

Please join us next Wednesday night, May 20th, at 7:30 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall as the Campus Band performs its Spring Term Concert.

The ensemble has been hard at work all term preparing an exciting program to share with you. The performance will feature works by Carl Strommen, Larry Daehn, Pierre La Plante, Dr. Eric Wiltshire, and Andrew Boysen, Jr.

Join us as we bid farewell to the spring term and ring in the summer! If you cannot attend in person at Beall Hall, please join us via the livestream at the link below. We look forward to seeing you there!

https://www.youtube.com/live/O2Os8YUgvBU?si=ciOqAo8m3b_xIFtU

On April 30, the OWE welcomed some very special guests! 🎶 Local students joined us for a children’s concert featuring Variations on “America” by Ives, where they learned about “theme and variations” and experienced the ensemble up close. Some even got the chance to play percussion and try their hand at conducting! It was an exciting and inspiring day as we continue preparing for our May 28 concert—we hope to see you there!

Thank you, James Meissner, for working with the Wind Ensemble this afternoon. We are looking forward to the premiere of Sharp 9 Overture this Friday; we have truly enjoyed the process of bringing this piece to life.

Happy Monday! 🦆🎶

Our students are in the home stretch of rehearsals for this week’s concert: “Like a TED Talk.” Inspired by Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts, this performance aims to pull back the curtain on the music we play.

The Program: 🎼 Music by Stölzel, Grantham, Ginastera, and Wolfe.
✨ World Premiere: James Meissner’s Sharp 9 Overture.
📍 Where: Beall Concert Hall (or via livestream!)
📅 When: Friday at 7:30 PM

See you there!

On Sunday March 30th, we hosted the first-ever Wind Ensemble concerto competition here at the UO. We heard some truly wonderful performances! After much deliberation, the staff is pleased to announce Ruei-Tze Tsai and Laura Graves as our first winners. They will be performing Keiko Abe’s Prism Rhapsody II with the Wind Ensemble during our concert on May 29th at 7:30 p.m. Congratulations Ruei-Tze Tsai and Laura Graves. Sco Ducks!

Spring is in the Air!

The start of the spring term is here! Our ensembles are already hard at work preparing an incredible lineup of music for you. Here are a few photos from our first two weeks of rehearsals.

Be sure to follow along all spring to see what our bands are up to! In the meantime, go ahead and add these dates to your calendar—you won’t want to miss a single performance:

• April 24, 2026: University Wind Ensemble Concert at 7:30 PM
• April 30, 2026: University Wind Symphony Concert at 7:30 PM
• May 22, 2026: University Campus Band Concert at 7:30 PM

We look forward to seeing you soon!