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The Oregon State University Wind Ensemble is traveling to Taiwan this spring to represent Oregon State University and America at the All-Chinese Band Contest in Taipei. Only one band from America is selected each year to participate. We will be traveling April 27th through May 3rd for an incredible opportunity to share music with others across the world. This project helps fund our students to be able to travel!
Conducted by Dr. Christopher Chapman, the Oregon State University Wind Ensemble is a 43-member ensemble that features the most outstanding brass, woodwind, and percussion players on campus. Students in the ensemble are composed of all ages and majors, and perform music at a professional level locally, nationally, and internationally. We rehearse only two times a week on Tuesday and Thursdays from 3:30pm - 5:20pm in Benton Hall, and perform approximately 5 concerts per academic year.
The focus of this ensemble is to explore new literature and perform the masterworks of the wind band ensemble genre. The group's latest commissions and consortium partnerships include works by award winning composers Billy Childs, Dana Reason, Kevin Walczyk, Gregory Youtz, Michael Coolen, DJ Sparr, James Mobberly, Dan Welcher and David Gillingham. Recent concerts have included numerous pieces of original music for wind ensemble by prominent wind band composers.
The OSU Wind Ensemble’s reputation of excellence extends well beyond campus. Recent performances have included a concert tour in Japan; the College Band Directors National Association West/Northwest conference in Reno, Nevada; the All-Northwest Music Educators conference in Portland, Oregon; the Oregon Music Educators Conference in Eugene, Oregon; and Carnegie Hall in New York City. The group has recently finished its second commercial recording project with Mark Records and will soon be starting on a third recording project.
Your contributions help to send OSU students on a once-in-a-lifetime experience to represent Oregon State University, the State of Oregon, and America as a whole to share our passion and dedication of music internationally. Your support is greatly appreciated!
"Currents" by Dr. Dana Reason, as performed by the OSU Wind Ensemble
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This donation allows you to partially sponsor a student by helping them cover some of the application costs of a passport to travel to Taiwan. Receive a postcard from Taiwan.
This donation covers the cost of meals of one student for a few days in Taipei. Receive a postcard from Taiwan.
This donation covers the entire cost of food and other daily expenses for a member of the ensemble. Receive a postcard from Taiwan.
This donation covers the entire amount of airfare for one of our students traveling to and from Taiwan. Receive a personalized thank you letter from a member of the Wind Ensemble and a postcard from Taiwan.
This donation allows you to sponsor an individual member of the Wind Ensemble traveling to Taiwan. This donation covers both airfare to and from Taiwan, as well as money for meals and other daily expenses. You will receive a personalized thank you letter from a member of the Wind Ensemble, a postcard from Taiwan, and recognition in our spring concert program as a donor.
This donation covers the cost for two students' airfare to Taiwan and back. Not only will we recognize your name at a concert as the sponsor, but you will also receive a personalized thank you letter from a member of the Wind Ensemble, a postcard from Taiwan, and recognition as a donor in our spring concert program.
