Band Program

Director: [[amholt,Angela Holt]]

Founded in 1929 as the Concert Band, the William and Mary Wind Symphony brings together talented wind, brass, and percussion players to perform wind ensemble and symphonic band music from a repertory that spans the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries.  The Wind Symphony has performed for numerous special occasions, including the launching of The Susan Constant at Jamestown; for Lady Margaret Thatcher on her installation as College Chancellor; for Prince Charles, in honor of the College's Tercentenary; and as part of the festivities surrounding the Inauguration of Gene Nichol as the twenty-sixth President of the College.

For more information, contact director Angela Holt.

Jazz Ensemble

This 20-piece big-band performs many styles of jazz. The Ensemble and gives several performances each semester, featuring faculty and student soloists and combos; the group is also in constant demand for informal gigs in the Williamsburg area. In 1993 the Jazz Ensemble gave the capstone concert at the College of William and Mary Tercentenary Music Festival with special guest artist Ed Shaughnessy. In recent years the Ensemble has performed regularly with guest artists from across the country, frequently at the Kimball Theatre.

For more information, contact director Angela Holt.