Westminster College Bands

04/28/2026

We look forward to welcoming guests and alumni to campus this weekend!

Coming up on Saturday, May 2, at 7:30 PM in Orr Auditorium, the Westminster College Bands will be performing a Gala Concert with over 60 alumni in the Alumni Wind Ensemble! Music by Fisher, Woolfenden, Vaughan Williams, Whitacre, Cuong, Reed, Lauridsen, and Maslanka will be featured! Join us!

03/11/2026

You won't want to miss this "Music with Friends" collaboration between the Westminster College Wind Ensemble and the Wilmington High School Band!

Join us at 7:30 pm in Orr on Friday, March 20.

03/03/2026

Westminster College Wind Ensemble Alumni:

It is not too late to join us for Alumni Wind Ensemble! Nearly 50 people have completed the form; you should too!

We are excited to invite you to join us in concert on Saturday, May 2, 2026. Spend the day making music with other alumni and perform in Orr Auditorium again. Special guest conductor, Dr. Greig, and current director of bands, Dr. Himes are planning a fun program. The Alumni Wind Ensemble will perform alongside the current Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble.

If you are interested, please complete this form as soon as possible.

https://forms.office.com/r/zitkxwnBbY

Please share this with others! Direct any questions to Dr. Aaron Himes, at himesad westminster.edu.

More information can be found at:

https://drive.google.com/.../14tzv3qlyXjXRbJH0EauXvCJFwXN...

We hope to see you soon!

02/03/2026

Calling all alumni of the Westminster College Wind Ensemble:

We are excited to invite you to join us in concert on Saturday, May 2, 2025. Spend the day making music with other alumni and perform in Orr Auditorium again. Special guest conductor, Dr. Greig, and current director of bands, Dr. Himes are planning a fun program. The Alumni Wind Ensemble will perform alongside the current Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble.

If you are interested, please complete this form as soon as possible.

https://forms.office.com/r/zitkxwnBbY

Please share this with others! Direct any questions to Dr. Aaron Himes, at himesad westminster.edu.

More information can be found at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14tzv3qlyXjXRbJH0EauXvCJFwXN2Sn9O?usp=sharing

We hope to see you soon!

05/09/2025

Congratulations to alumna Cyndi Mancini for her nomination! Keep doing great work for music education in our schools!

Congratulations to these Pennsylvania music teachers named as quarterfinalists for the 2026 GRAMMY Music Educator Award.

https://www.grammy.com/news/big-star-no-1-record-grammy-hall-of-fame?fbclid=IwY2xjawKIWHlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHg7HVx_fOgVU2zdwKIai_rWH01_HUHsVX8LbjaMjNAryYLC3SxcvajkG-xfH_aem_3c5OdAIo0tT8VbhPzAKE6g

05/05/2025

Come out to hear senior Jack Romocean perform his capstone recital in Wallace Memorial Chapel TOMORROW at 7:00pm!

05/02/2025

Good luck to our colleagues in the Westminster College Symphony Orchestra! TONIGHT at 7:30 in Orr:

Fanfare for the Common Man (Copland)

"Willow Song" from The Ballad of Baby Doe (Moore)

Concerto in A minor for Flute (C.P.E. Bach; tr. Romocean)

Symphony No. 5 in C minor (Beethoven)

"Dance of the Tumblers" from The Snow Maiden (Rimsky-Korsakov)

Melinda Crawford Perttu, conductor
Alexandra Webster, soprano
Jack Romocean, saxophone

Livestream link can be found on the School of Music YouTube page, but we hope to see you in the audience!

05/02/2025

TOMORROW: Catch many wind players from Wind Ensemble along with the orchestra! 7:30pm in Orr Auditorium!

Here is an excerpt of Copland's iconic Fanfare for the Common Man!

04/26/2025

Westminster College’s School of Music will host five upcoming spring concerts beginning this week. The performances will highlight music from various areas of the School of Music.

04/25/2025

TONIGHT: 7:30pm in Orr Auditorium, join both the Symphonic Band and the Wind Ensemble for FLOW, the final band concert of the year!

The concert program can be found at this link:

and includes:

American Riversongs (Pierre LaPlante)
Shenandoah (Omar Thomas)
The Typewriter (Leroy Anderson)
From the Delta (William Grant Still)
Tears (David Maslanka)
William Byrd Suite (Gordon Jacob)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fwv9brII2B2wzxpXEoaaZNR5XU4WgpeZ/view?usp=sharing

If you are unable to join live - which will definitely deliver the best experience - we plan to livestream the event on the School of Westminster College PA School of Music YouTube channel:

https://youtube.com/live/vSoCNSe0WyU?feature=share

Please say hello if you are in attendance!