Nebraska Wind Symphony

Two Free Summer Concerts!

The NE Wind Symphony, Omaha’s Community Concert Band, teams up with the NWS Swingtones to present two free concerts that will be sure to get your feet dancing and toes tapping.  Please plan to join us for either or both of these free  events. 
We begin each show with the Swingtones Big Band performing jazz standards at 6pm. Then the Nebraska Wind Symphony will entertain you with marches, Broadway, movie music and move 

Sunday, June 11 – 6PM – St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church, 11802 Pacific Street, Omaha, NE. 
Enjoy the music in the air-conditioned comfort of the Mainelli Center at St. Robert Bellarmine Church. NWS Swingtones followed by the NE Wind Symphony Community Band. This concert features Paige Michaud, flute, our 2022 NWS Scholarship winner.  Paige is outstanding flute soloist you won’t want to miss.

Sunday, July 2 – 6PM – Granary Green – 7401 Main Street, Ralston, NE  –
NWS Swingtones followed by the NE Wind Symphony Community Band
You can find out more about the venue at the Granary Green web page.
Free-will donations will be accepted to offset the costs associated with presenting these concerts.

For details on all of the concerts in our 46th season visit our Season 46 Concert page.

Spring Concert – Sunday, April 16, 2023 – 7:30PM
UNO Strauss Performing Arts Center

Thanks to the support of the Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment for supporting our Winter Middle School All-Star concert during our 2022-2023 concert season. 

2023 NWS Memorial Scholarship Competition  amounts of $1,000and $500 are awarded. See our scholarship page for additional details about the scholarship.
2023 application period was January 24 through March 31, 2023!
Congratulations to our 2022 scholarship winners;  Paige Michaud and Seh Na Mellick!  Read more about our scholarship winners  by visiting our scholarship recipients page.

We Couldn’t Do This Without Your Support!

NWS relies on financial support from its playing members, concert patrons, and businesses and individuals from around the Omaha metropolitan area.  These gifts help us to pay for rehearsal and concert space, music director and other staff salaries, new music purchase and rental, performance rights, insurance, replacement equipment, and so many other things.
Consider providing your financial support of NWS through one or more of these methods:
– Direct Financial Donation
– Concert Series Sponsorship
– Program Advertisement Purchase
– ShareOmaha’s Giving Tuesday
– Donation Programs  –  Giving Assistant; TAGG (Together a Greater Good) ; others

Thank you for your past and future support!

For information on all of our concerts see our 2022-2023 Concert Seasonpage.
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Do Good Days

SHARE Omaha sponsors days dedicated to meeting the cash needs of nonprofits in our community.  The Do Good Days also help them focus on volunteer and item needs.  It’s all happening at SHAREomaha.org.  Check back here to find out more about how to help NWS during each of these events.
The last Do Good Days were April 19-22, 2023.
Check out NWS’s ShareOmaha Profile Page  for additional info about NWS.

Spring Concert – Sunday, April 10 – 7:30PM

This concert was at UNO’s Strauss Performing Arts Center on Sunday, April 10. Please join us for an evening of excellent music! Our concert program included two pieces arranged by guest conductor Dr. Jay Gilbert, Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Doane University. We feature Kendall Wooden, our 2020 NWS Scholarship Winner, on Marimba. The concert also includes the consortium premiere of Zoom by Scott Boerma and the epic Give Us This Day by renown composer David Maslanka. 
View the concert program.
Concert hall doors open about 30 minutes before the concert.  
Tickets are $10 for seniors, $15 for adults. Free for all students and children under 12.
The Box Office opens about 45 minutes before the concert. 
You can purchase tickets online ahead of time as well.
View and/or download the flyer for this event.

For information about our other concerts, see the 2022 Concert Season page.

We started the year with a series of Monday night Zoom sessions for playing members featuring these  opportunities
Zoom Music – We our commissioned Associate Director and Composer, Keith Davis, to write a piece that can be performed by our members over Zoom.  There is a lag in all of these interactive platforms that make group music performance a real challenge.  We’re giving this a shot and plan to record Keith’s piece to show others one way real-time music can be accomplished.
Happy Hour – We did a bit of socializing.  Took time to talk about things we all were doing and shared in a few online games.
NWS Seminars – Josh Kearney and Alex Wewel arranged for guest speakers to talk about music making in this time of covid.  We explored how science is being leveraged to help us play together safely and other things that are happening around the US and elsewhere.  We also watched a movie with a studio musician who commented about how the music was incorporated and help emphasize the story.

See more on our 2020-2021 Concert Season page.