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 2007 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
1st Annual Tri-State Chamber Winds Weekend
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

2007 ~ 2007 Band Staff:

Dr. Wayne Gallops – Director of University Bands
Matt Barbre – Graduate Conducting Assistant / Director RU Pep Band
Lindsay Bill – Librarian
Paul Hamilton – Equipment Management
Justin Johnson – Equipment Management / Percussion
Kim Slack – Personnel

RU Bands 2007 ~ 2008 Season:

Annual Young People's Concerts

University Symphonic Band
September 25, 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 "Heroes."
National Anthem...arr. Stamp
A Movement for Rosa..Camphouse
Night Beat …Walters
Elegy for a Young America..LoPrestu
Liberty Fanfare…Williams
The Incredibles..arr. Bocook

Band Concert

University Wind Ensemble
October 24, 8 p.m.
Bondurant Auditorium, Preston Hall
Radford University's finest wind and percussion players join conductor Wayne Gallops for an eclectic evening of wind band compositions and transcriptions. RU Professor of Clarinet David Allen joins the Wind Ensemble in a performance of von Weber's "Concertino for Clarinet." Other selections included on the program are the "Suite of Old American Dances" of Robert Russell Bennett and Donald Dzubay's "RA!"
March Op.99…Prokofiev
Concertino for Clarinet..vonWeber
Suite of Old American Dances…Bennett
Symphony No. 3, mvt. I…Giovanini
Ra!...Dzubay
(ChambWinds) Tower Music…Hovhaness

Radford University Chamber Winds
November 9, 8 p.m.
Norwood Room, Bondurant Center for the Arts
Ensembles and Soloists perform music from a vast selection of chamber woodwind and brass compositions.

Tri-State Honors Chamber Winds Final Concert

November 10, 4 p.m.
Norwood Room, Bondurant Center for the Arts
Select high school students from Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee perform a concert of woodwind and brass quintet music.

Annual Student Conductors' Concert

University Symphonic Band
November 28, 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

Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band
February 27, 8 p.m.
Bondurant Auditorium, Preston Hall
Conductor Wayne Gallops leads the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band in a varied program of transcriptions, orchestral classics, marches, and contemporary works for band. RU faculty member Al Wojtera and students of the RU percussion studio are featured in a trio marimba performance of Russell Fink’s exciting "Glory and Grandeur."
SYMPHONIC BAND
A Sacred Suite…Karrick
After A Gentle Rain…Iannacconne
Rhosymedre…VonWilliams
Armenian Dances, part I…Reed
WIND ENS.
Equus…Whitacre
Pas ReDouble…Saint-Saens
The Glory and the Grandeur (perc/WE)…Russell Peck
Cuban Overture…Gershwin

Band Concert

Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band
April 16, 8 p.m.
Bondurant Auditorium, Preston Hall
HINDEMITH! The University Wind Ensemble performs Paul Hindemith's "March from the Symphonic Metamorphosis" and the "Symphony in Bb." Wayne Gallops and graduate conducting assistant Matt Barbre also conduct the RU Symphonic Band in a performance of 20th century works by George Farmer, Clifton Williams, and Dmitri Shostakovich.
SYMPHONIC BAND
Galop…Shostakovich
Toccata…Frescobaldi
Whispers from the Heart…Farmer
Caccia & Chorale…Williams
WIND ENS.
March from the Symphonic Metamorphosis…Hindemith
Symphony in Bb…Hindemith


Radford University Chamber Winds
April 23, 8 p.m.
Norwood Room, Bondurant Center for the Arts
Ensembles and Soloists perform music from a vast selection of chamber woodwind and brass compositions.
 

2006 ~ 2007 Repertoire