The Main Line’s Wind Ensemble
Fall 2024 Concert – Thank You!
Thanks to all who attended in person or watched our YouTube Live stream! We remain humble and grateful for your ongoing support. Check back here or on our socials for clips from this performance, and mark your calendars now for March 9th 3:00pm. Our Winter Concert will feature the works of Schoenle, Bennett, Ticheli, Bernstein and John Williams. You won’t want to miss it!
Fall 2024 Concert Livestream!
Weren’t able make it to our concert? That’s ok, you can watch it now from wherever you are! Please click below to watch the YouTube Live stream!
2nd Annual Composition Contest Announcement
PSW is pleased to announce our 2nd Annual Composition Contest! As an encore to the outstanding success of our inaugural contest won by Ryan Fillinger for his magnificent piece Fight or Flight, we are now accepting scores!
Click here to download a PDF with all the information you need or
Click here to go to the Composition Contest page of our website
PSW Awarded Advancement of Music Grant!
The Pennsylvania Symphonic Winds would like to express our deep gratitude to The Presser Foundation for their generosity! William B. McLaughlin, III, Chair of the Advancement of Music Committee, commented, “The Presser Foundation received 121 proposals from music organizations across the Greater Philadelphia Area including 23 first-time applicants and 35 applicants with operating budgets below $100,000. These organizations, like so many across the nonprofit sector, are volunteer-run and community-based. The proposals received affirm our commitment to supporting music educating, music performing, and music presenting organizations of all sizes and genres.”
We are only able to do what we do with the selfless support of organizations like this and people like you! THANK YOU! https://presserfoundation.org/advancement-of-music-2324/
2024-2025 Season: Save the Dates!
Here are our 2025 Concert Dates! Get out your calendar and block these off so you don’t miss a thing: March 9, 2025 and May 18, 2025. Check back soon for the location and all the details!
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Players Needed!
The Pennsylvania Symphonic Winds is in need of additional players! If you are a professional or dedicated amateur musician interested in sharing your passion to create exceptional musical performances, please contact our Personnel Manager at the email below for audition information. Rehearsals for our next performance will begin soon!
Email: psw.personnel.manager@gmail.com
Acknowledgements
The Pennsylvania Symphonic Winds would like to thank the following
institutions and individuals for access to their performance and rehearsal spaces and libraries:
Valley Forge Middle School
William Seaton & Michael Stefano, Bands, Valley Forge Middle School
Matthew Gibson, Principal, Valley Forge Middle School
Valley Forge Military Academy and College
Kathleen Dougherty, Bandmaster, Valley Forge Military Academy and College
Wells School of Music, West Chester University
Andrew Yozviak, Director of Bands, West Chester University
Christopher L. Hanning, Dean of the Wells School of Music
Our Performances:
If you missed a concert, or are just interested to see (and hear) what we’ve been up to, click here or “Performances” on the main menu!
“Brilliant, entertaining, fun – What an evening!”
The Pennsylvania Symphonic Winds is a premier wind ensemble comprised of local musicians in the Philadelphia area. The membership of the PSW includes both professional and dedicated amateur musicians who share a passion to create exceptional musical performances.
The PSW plays a diverse repertoire of music, covering a wide range of styles. The PSW prides itself in possessing the advanced levels of musicality and technical proficiency most often found in professional ensembles.
How Can I Help?
We remain grateful to all our supporters. We can’t do it without you! Interested in helping us continue to make great music? Click the link below. The Pennsylvania Symphonic Winds is a 501(3)(c) organization. All donations are tax deductible.