The Wind Ensemble rehearses every week from 4:30-6:30 pm on Saturdays in the Lee Rehearsal Room. We welcome all woodwind, brass, and percussion instrumentalists and encourage any undergraduate, graduate, or faculty musicians interested in joining the ensemble to contact us.

PUWE currently programs 2 full concerts per school year, one at the end of each semester. In addition to these full performances, PUWE also sponsors 2 chamber music concerts per year where we feature self-formed student chamber ensembles. We also play off campus, such as at music festivals or collaborating with other universities. Our music style ranges from classical concert pieces to movie and Broadway scores, with everything in between.

For more information or if you have any questions, please send us an email at puwe@princeton.edu, or reach out to any of our officers.

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The Ensemble

Founded in 1997 by Rick Modica ’99 and reestablished in 2023 by Jacob Jackson ’26, Wesley Sanders ’26, Henry Freligh ’25, and Cas Royalty ’25, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble performs both traditional and modern concert band literature.  Past programs have included works by a wide variety of composers, from Sousa to Bernstein to Persichetti to Giroux.

This season, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble is thrilled to welcome Joe Bongiovi, director of bands at Princeton High School and director of the Philadelphia Jazz Orchestra, to the conductor’s podium!