If you have experience on a wind instrument, we hope that you will consider performing in one of our fine ensembles. The Radford University Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band are under the direction of Dr. Wayne Gallops and provide music majors and non-majors with wonderful performance opportunities throughout the academic year. Each year the Bands prepare 6-8 on-campus concerts. The 1500 seat Preston-Bondurant Auditorium serves as the current performance venue for the University Bands. Opening in Fall of 2008, the new Doug and Bea Covington Fine and Performing Arts Center facilities will serve as home to the RU Bands and will feature rehearsal halls and a state of the art performance space.

Placement in the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band or RU Pep Band is by informal audition during the first week of classes.

Click Here For Information Regarding Fall 2008 Band Seating Auditions

The Chamber Wind Ensembles also perform in concert at various university venues and tour throughout the region.

For Information and an Application for the
2nd Annual Tri-State Chamber Wind Festival
click here.

Radford University Symphonic Band Dr. Wayne Gallops, Conductor

RU Wind Ensemble
The University Wind Ensemble is conducted by Dr. Wayne Gallops and is comprised of the finest wind and percussion players on campus. The Wind Ensemble programs substantial band works and transcriptions. Membership is through audition. MUSC 431: MWF 3-3:50pm

RU Symphonic Band
Membership in the Symphonic Band is through informal audition. Any music major or non-major may seek a position in this fine ensemble. The Symphonic Band is under the direction of Dr. Gallops and his graduate assistants. Concerts are scheduled periodically each semester. MUSC 131: MWF 4-4:50pm

RU Pep Band
Radford students enjoy encouraging our Division I Big South athletic teams through participation in the Pep Band. The Pep Band performs for 12 home games and some post season tournaments. Volunteer positions in the Pep Band are open to all Radford University students.

Chamber Wind Ensembles
Music majors are assigned to various chamber wind ensembles that meet and perform in conjunction with RU Wind Ensemble rehearsals and performances.

For more information please contact Dr. Wayne Gallops

2008 ~ 2009 Band Staff:

Dr. Wayne Gallops – Director of University Bands
Matt Barbre – Graduate Conducting Assistant / Director RU Pep Band
Kevin English – Graduate Conducting Assistant / Wind Bands & Music Education
Lindsay Davis – Librarian
Paul Hamilton – Equipment Management
Justin Johnson – Equipment Management / Percussion
Kim Slack – Personnel

RU Bands 2007 ~ 2008 Season:

Annual Young People's Concert
"A Tribute To American Composers"

University Wind Symphony
September 30th, 10 a.m.
Bondurant Auditorium, Preston Hall

The University Wind Symphony, under the direction of Wayne Gallops, performs for local elementary and middle school students in this spirited and uplifting educational program entitled "A Tribute To American Composers."

Copeland – Fanfare for the Common Man (Brass/Perc)
Gershwin – Gershwin! (arr. Warren Barker)
Bernstein – West Side Story (arr. Duthoit)
King – Barnum and Bailey’s Favorites
Williams - Symphonic Suite from Star Wars: Phantom Menace
Whitacre – Noisy Wheels of Joy
Sousa – Stars and Stripes

Annual Student Conductors' Concert

University Symphonic Band
November 19th, 8 p.m.
Bondurant Auditorium, Preston Hall

Gifted Radford University undergraduate and graduate conductors lead the RU Symphonic Band for this educationally enriching annual student-lead performance.

Band Concert
Tri-State Chamber Winds Festival

University Wind Ensemble with Bay Street Brassworks
December 3rd, 8 p.m.
Covington Center for the Arts

Radford University's finest wind and percussion players join conductor Wayne Gallops for an eclectic evening of wind band compositions. Special guests, Bay Street Brassworks will perform movements from Eric Ewazen’s “Shadowcatcher.”

The Black Horse Troop..Sousa
Toccata Marziale _vonWilliams
Irish Tune & Shepherds Hey – Grainger
Shadowcatcher for Brass Quintet with Wind Ensemble….Ewazen
American Overture…Jenkins

Tri-State Honors Chamber Winds Final Concert

December 5th, 4 p.m.
Covington Center for the Arts

The Virginia Wind Quintet and select high school students from Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee perform a concert of woodwind and brass quintet music.

Band Concert

University Wind Ensemble ~ Symphonic Band ~ Wind Symphony
March 4th, 8 p.m.
Covington Center for the Arts

Conductor Wayne Gallops leads the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Wind Symphony in a varied program of marches, and contemporary works for band. RU wind faculty, Christopher White, performs Clare Fischer’s “Rhapsody Nova” with the RU Wind Ensemble. Daniel Bukvich’s dramatic “Symphony No. 1” is performed by the RU Wind Symphony.

Symphonic Band
Gallito…S. Lope
Caccia and Chorale…Williams

Wind Ensemble
March of the Belgian Paratroopers..Leemans
Be Thou My Vision...Gillingham
Paris Sketches…Ellerby
WIND SYMPHONY
Symphony No.1 (In Memoriam-Dresden 1945)…Bukvich
Rolling Thunder…Fillmore

Band Concert

University Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band
April 22nd, 8 p.m.
Covington Center for the Arts

Conductor Wayne Gallops and the University Wind Ensemble bring Vincent Persichetti’s “Symphony for Band” to the stage. Graduate Conducting Assistant, Matthew Barbre, conducts the Symphonic Band in a recital of varied works for concert band.

Symphonic Band – Matthew Barbre , graduate conducting assistant
The Darkness is Always Soft…Fraley

Wind Ensemble – Dr. Wayne Gallops, conductor
Florentiner March...Fucik
Symphony for Band (No.6)…Persichetti
Folk Dances…Shostakovich/Reynolds

Radford University Chamber Winds

April 29th, 8 p.m.
Covington Center for the Arts

Ensembles and Soloists perform music from a vast repertoire of chamber woodwind and brass compositions.

 

2007 ~ 2008 Repertoire
2006 ~ 2007 Repertoire