UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS WIND ENSEMBLE

Conducted by Jerry Junkin, The University of Texas at Austin Wind Ensemble has firmly established itself as one of America's elite wind  bands. Active in the area of commissioning new music for the   repertoire, since 1988 the group has offered world premiere   performances of works by composers such as John Corigliano, Michael   Daugherty, Donald Grantham, David Maslanka, and Dan Welcher.

One of the guiding principles of the Wind Ensemble is contact with   the leading musical minds of the twentieth and twenty-first   centuries, resulting in recent residencies by such notable musicians   as Samuel Adler, Daniel Godfrey, Anthony Iannaccone, William Kraft,   David Maslanka, Thea Musgrave, Stephen Stucky, Joan Tower, Chinary   Ung, and Pulitzer Prize winners Michael Colgrass, Jacob Druckman,   John Harbison, Karel Husa, Gunther Schuller, John Corigliano and   Joseph Schwantner. Graduates of the Wind Ensemble hold major   positions in each of the Washington-based military bands and major   symphony orchestras throughout the world, in addition to those   serving as noted teachers and conductors. The Wind Ensemble made its European debut at the Fifth Conference of   the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles in Manchester,   England in 1991, and its New York debut at Carnegie Hall in February   1998. National appearances by the Wind Ensemble include the 1995,   1999 and 2005 National Conferences of the College Band Directors   National Association and the 1996, 2000 and 2009 American Bandmasters   Association. Regional appearances include the 1989 Regional   Conference of the College Band Directors National Association in   Waco, Texas and five appearances at the Convention-Clinic of the   Texas Music Educators Association (1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, and 2006).

The University of Texas Wind Ensemble debuted at the Napa Valley   Festival del Sole during the summer of 2007 and maintains a   relationship with IMG Artists. They appeared in concerts at major   venues in England, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria and Spain during   a seventeen day tour in July of 2008.

The UT Wind Ensemble records for the Naxos, Klavier and Reference  labels.

For more information, please visit the University of Texas website

Photo Courtesy of Kevin Reed


Photo Courtesy of Chris Lee

CORIGLIANO, J.: Symphony No. 3, "Circus Maximus" / Gazebo Dances (University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Junkin)	8.559601