Please join us for our end of the season concert on Tuesday June 4 at 7pm at the Normandale Lake Bandshell in Bloomington.

A delicious mix of music fills our picnic basket for this season-ending concert that celebrates the coming of summer.  The evening air around the Normandale Lake Bandshell will fill with band classics, folk tunes, Broadway hits, spirited dances and, of course, a classic march!

Normandale Lake Bandshell is located just west of 84th Street and Normandale Blvd (MN Hwy 100).

Classics Old and New.

Please join us on Sunday April 28 at 3pm at St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church in Plymouth Mn.

This concert the Minnesota Symphonic Winds celebrates the heritage of the wind band and its exciting future.  Our look forward will be highlighted by the premiere of a MSW–commissioned work by Twin Cities composer Shirley Mier in memory of Marc Fuller, a former member of our trombone section.  We will observe the 100th anniversary of American composer Norman Dello Joio with his magnificent Fantasies on Themes by Haydn. Grounding our program will be the classic transcription of Mikhail Glinka’s Russlan and Ludmilla Overture.

Please join us on Tuesday February 26 at 7pm for our next concert of our 2012-13 season, a joint concert with the Eden Prairie High School Wind Ensemble. Our MSW guest conductor for this concert is Shelley Hanson from Macalester College in St. Paul.

Eden Prairie High School is located at 17185 Valley View Road  in Eden Prairie.

Please join us on Sunday December 16, 2012 at 3pm at Edina High School for our annual Holiday Concert and Silent Auction. We will be featuring music by John Williams, Frank Ticheli, James Stephenson, Leroy Anderson, Jeff Simmons, Jack Stamp, and Alfred Reed.

Tickets for this event are: $6 for adults, $3 for children 12-5, under 5,  Students and children under 18 free.

We will also be holding our annual Silent Auction. Bidding begins at 2:30 before the concert. Bidding ends just before the end of intermission.

Edina High School is located at 6754 Valley View Road in Edina, just west of Hwy 100.

Thanks to everyone who auditioned for Minnesota Symphonic Winds on Wednesday September 5. The section leaders should have contacted you about your audition status. If you have not heard, please contact our band vice-president.

Interested in playing with the Minnesota Symphonic Winds? Auditions will be held on Wednesday September 5, 2012 from 6pm to 8pm at Edina High School.

If you would like to schedule an audition time or have other questions on auditions, please contact our Band Vice President.

Edina High School is located at

6754 Valley View Road  Edina, MN 55439

If you have received a letter about the”Music In Minnesota” program or if you are looking for more information on the “Music In Minnesota” program, click on the “Music in Minnesota” link on the left side of this page.

Here are links to

• The Music in Minnesota Letter
• The Music in Minnesota Application

Please join us on Tuesday June 12, 2012 at 7pm at Bloomington’s Normandale Lake Bandshell for our final concert of the year. We will be presenting music by Sousa, Bernstein, Glière, Bernstein, Zdechlik, Tchaikowsky, and Howe.

The Minnesota Symphonic Winds invites you to escape musically with our next concert on Saturday May 5 at 7pm at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi, Mn.

You’ll be swept away by contemporary British composer Adam Gorb’s Awayday, Vaclav Nelhybel’s Festivo and the Savannah River Holiday of Ron Nelson.  Also setting the mood for fun will be Hector Berlioz’ Roman Carnival, Joaquin Turina’s La Procession du Rocio and En Route by former Minnesota band composer Joseph C. Hofmeister.  The organist at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Bill Chouinard, will join MSW in a performance of conductor Timothy Mahr’s Fidelitas.

There is no admission charge. We are asking for a donation to cover concert costs.

St. Andrews Lutheran Church is located at 900 Stillwater Road, Mahtomedi Mn.

Come see us!! – Joint Performance with the Rosemount High School Wind Ensemble

Sunday March 11, 3pm

Rosemount High School Performing Arts Center

Rosemount MN