JMU Bands

TOMORROW - Wednesday May 6th at 7:30pm.

The JMU Bands Wind Symphony IN CONCERT for our final performance of what has been an incredible semester. 💜💛 COME HEAR US PLAY!

Program
SPIRITUAL SYMPHONY
Traveler, David Maslanka - Joshua Holsinger, Graduate Conductor
Enigma - David Biedenbender
Overture to Candide - Leonard Bernstein/Grundman
Spiritual Symphony - Ben Horne

They sound absolutely fantastic and we hope to see you there!

THIS WEEK!

The JMU Bands are THRILLED to welcome composer/conductor Jim Stephenson to the JMU School of Music campus TODAY and TOMORROW for what is going to be a fantastic residency and amazing concert.

Check out our performance tomorrow, Tuesday, April 7th at 7:30pm featuring the Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band under the direction of Chris Blue DeVona, Rachel Grimsby (voice), Hannah Caraker (graduate conductor), Quin Robinson (student composition winner), Mr. Jefferson’s Bones, and more!

They sound fantastic and hope to see you there!

The JMU Bands are THRILLED to welcome composer/conductor Jim Stephenson to the JMU School of Music campus for what is going to be a fantastic residency and amazing concert.

Check out our performance Tuesday, April 7th at 7:30pm featuring the Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band under the direction ofChris Blue DeVona, Rachel Grimsby (voice), Hannah Caraker (graduate conductor), Quin Robinson (student composition winner), Mr. Jefferson’s Bones, and more!

They sound fantastic and hope to see you there!

GOOD LUCK JOSH!!

See you soon CBDNA Southern Divison 💜💛💜💛

This week is THE WEEK! Hope to see you at a concert!

The JMU Bands Wind Symphony CBDNA Send-Off Concert!

The JMU Wind Symphony has the distinct honor of performing at the 2026 CBDNA - Southern Division Conference in Tampa, Florida. Before we depart, the Wind Symphony will give a Send-Off Concert on the JMU School of Music Campus which will include the repertoire we will be performing at CBDNA! We would LOVE for you to join us as they sound FANTASTIC! The concert will take place Wednesday, February 18th at 7:30pm in the Forbes Concert Hall.

Program:
Dionysiaques, Florent Schmitt
Moth, Viet Cuong
Windows and Mirrors (Symphony for Band), Brian Balmages

HUGE THANK YOU to Nick Garofalo (Chattahoochee High School) and Tim Sexton (Tarpon Springs High School) for graciouly hosting us and allowing is to perform for you and your fantastic students!

We would absolutely love to see you there and GO DUKES 💜💛!

Just finished a FANTASTIC week out in the Virginia Music Education Community! Huge thank you to Robby Carroll (Lightridge HS Orchestra), Joel B Ross (Rocktown HS Orchestra), Andrew Hiebert (James Woods HS Band), Derek Ramsey (Mills E. Godwin HS Band), Sarah Ramsey (Thomas Dale HS Band), Brianna Sklute Gatch (Clover Hill HS Band), Joe Antonucci (West Potomac HS Band), and Rob Specketer (Hayfield HS Band) for the gracious invitation to come and work with your amazing programs and really fantastic students!

Love my graduate conducting studio! Katie Berlin rocking it while working with the Wind Symphony as we prepare for first concert cycle in February! GO DUKES 💛💜

Decided to bring Legos into the office for when Wind Symphony students need a brain break! 💛💜🤣

As fall semester officially winds down, I need to thank my most favorite people, the JMU Bands Wind Symphony, for what was an absolutely fantastic and emotionally charged semester! It’s such an honor and I am eternally grateful to make music with these fantastic students, whose beautiful artistry is only outweighed by their genuine humanity. 🫶💜💛