Stanford Wind Symphony

Stanford Wind Symphony The Stanford Wind Symphony is the principal concert band based ensemble of Stanford University.

Under the direction of Giancarlo and associate director Dr. Russ Gavin, the Stanford Wind Symphony performs a wide range of repertoire, from contemporary to traditional works. The ensemble consists of woodwind, brass, and percussion musicians.

‘Tis Halloween night 🦇… time for the return of Stanford’s annual Halloween concert, featuring and !Come dressed in you...
10/31/2025

‘Tis Halloween night 🦇… time for the return of Stanford’s annual Halloween concert, featuring and !
Come dressed in your spooky best 🎃

Ghosts, ghouls, witches, wizards all welcome! Stanford students get in free with ID card, but come early to claim your seat!

And the trumpets (and French horns), they go 🎶🎺Wrapping up our “Meet the ensemble” series on the day of our first of two...
05/30/2025

And the trumpets (and French horns), they go 🎶🎺

Wrapping up our “Meet the ensemble” series on the day of our first of two ✌️shows, we’ve got the loudest, brassiest, pack-a-punch section: the upper brass! Trust me, you’ll always know where they are, you won’t even have to look, just listen 😉 Sure, the rest of us might go deaf, but what a way to go!

Clockwise from top left:
Liam Rose, Trumpet
Stephen Zhang, Trumpet
Jake Gold, French horn
Toby Chau, Trumpet
Justin Jeong, French horn
Christina Cheng, Trumpet
John D’Atri, Trumpet
Ben Kinder, French horn
Brody Bishop, Trumpet

Shiny things make me happy… BIG shiny things are even better ✨ Give it up for our super solid low brass section: our tro...
05/29/2025

Shiny things make me happy… BIG shiny things are even better ✨

Give it up for our super solid low brass section: our trombones, euphoniums, and tubas 👏 Always there to lay down the law, and we salute you for that 🫡

Left to right:
Dominic DeMarco, Trombone
Hana/Connor Yankowitz, Trombone
John Whitecar, Tuba
Brandon Kenery, Bass Trombone
Stella Tinker, Euphonium
Hunter Kim-Turnoff (above), Trombone
Garrett Khatchaturian (below), Trombone

HIT IT! 🥁Quite literally, our percussionists make our ensemble a hit every time, holding the fort strong at the back. We...
05/27/2025

HIT IT! 🥁

Quite literally, our percussionists make our ensemble a hit every time, holding the fort strong at the back. We’re able to make all the melodies only because our percussionists give us the rhythm in our feet.

Left to right:
Angel Hernandez-Cole, Percussion
Allison Bogetich, Percussion
Gavin Oh, Percussion
Caterina Zampa (above), Piano
Marcus Alagar (below), Percussion
Isabella Lecher, Percussion
Audrey Lee, Percussion

Come one, come all! has a beautifully thematic program to share with you, prepared specially for our upcoming tour to I...
05/26/2025

Come one, come all! has a beautifully thematic program to share with you, prepared specially for our upcoming tour to Italy 🇮🇹

Featuring , and the Stanford Cello Choir led by !

Stanford students attend free! 🎟️

Woahhh that’s a lot of clarinets!Our largest single instrument section, we love having our clarinets set the tone (pun c...
05/26/2025

Woahhh that’s a lot of clarinets!

Our largest single instrument section, we love having our clarinets set the tone (pun completely intended) for the whole ensemble. Who needs strings when you’ve got a clarinet section like ours?? 🤭

Left to right (top row):
Andrew Chen, Bass clarinet
Matthew Hunter, Clarinet
Rachael Vega, Clarinet
Tomer Zaidman, Clarinet
Jeffrey Wolfeld, Clarinet

Left to right (bottom row):
LaVie Saad, Clarinet
Brandi Frisbie, Clarinet
Iris Xia, Clarinet
Alia Shoen, Clarinet
Hoyoon Song, Clarinet

Can you play that sax? 🎷 Featuring our amazingly stalwart saxophone section! They’ve got rhythm, they’ve got swing, they...
05/22/2025

Can you play that sax? 🎷

Featuring our amazingly stalwart saxophone section! They’ve got rhythm, they’ve got swing, they’ve got jazz, they’ve got all the pizzazz 🎉 We’d never get anywhere without our saxes 🙌

Left to right:
Kevin Crust, Tenor Sax
Jess Herbert, Tenor Sax
Grant Moore, Alto Sax
Thomas Colburn, Alto/Soprano Sax
Amaru Ordóñez-Jacobson, Baritone Sax

Moving on to the mighty metal tubes: our fabulous flutes! 🪈The proud powerhouses of the top range of the ensemble, our f...
05/21/2025

Moving on to the mighty metal tubes: our fabulous flutes! 🪈

The proud powerhouses of the top range of the ensemble, our flutes are the melodic voices lilting above, the icing on the cake…

Left to right (top row):
Chloe Zhong, Flute
Emma Di, Flute
Sahan Samarakoon, Flute
Liz Tsai, Flute
Christine Zhao, Flute

Left to right (bottom row):
Erica Wang, Flute
Maya Hausman, Flute/Piccolo
Alina Zhang, Flute/Piccolo
Ananya Navale, Flute

Presenting our wonderful…. Double reeds!In a new series, ramping up to our tour to ITALY 🇮🇹, we’re featuring each of our...
05/20/2025

Presenting our wonderful…. Double reeds!

In a new series, ramping up to our tour to ITALY 🇮🇹, we’re featuring each of our sections here, so follow along to meet everyone in the ensemble!

Our double reeds (oboes, English horn, bassoon(s)) are the perfect duality of the highs and lows of our wind symphony, bringing all the emotion of the top registers and driving the bass underneath. We love our double reeds! 🫶

Left to right:
Benjamin Lloyd, English horn
Jordan Terry, Bassoon
Peyton Chen, Oboe
Cindy Liu, Oboe

Some behind-the-scenes from our post-concert reception 🧀🍷 🍇 Thanks for attending our performance, we’ll see you next qua...
03/04/2025

Some behind-the-scenes from our post-concert reception 🧀🍷 🍇

Thanks for attending our performance, we’ll see you next quarter!

Moments from our SWS Winter Concert 2025 🎶 Hope you enjoyed our fresh program with not one but TWO ✌️ world premieres!Jo...
03/03/2025

Moments from our SWS Winter Concert 2025 🎶
Hope you enjoyed our fresh program with not one but TWO ✌️ world premieres!

Join us next quarter for our two Spring Quarter performances before we jet off to Italy! 🇮🇹

Many thanks to Dr. Wesley Broadnax, the Queen Elizabeth Music Chapel in Brussels, , the University of Northern Colorado Chamber Winds, and Jeffrey Gao for their support and their beautiful music.

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Stanford, CA
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