Giving Tuesday – December 3
Metro Area Opportunities to Support Great Causes
The next Omaha metro area Giving Tuesday is December 3rd.
Join in with many other residents of the Greater Omaha area in supporting many deserving nonprofits, including the Nebraska Wind Symphony! This year NWS has a goal to raise $3,500 from 60 donors. Please consider joining others to help bring free concert band music to our community.
To support NWS visit our SHARE Omaha page
Your donation helps us purchase new music, replace and repair large equipment, pay our dedicated part-time staff, cover rehearsal and performance venue fees, and support special programs such as our Middle School All-Stars. Thank you for your generous support of the Nebraska Wind Symphony, Omaha’s Community Concert Band!
SHARE Omaha’s Mission is to help nonprofits achieve their missions by inspiring support and serving. Their goal is to change the giving culture of the metro area.
A December Review – Holiday Concert – December 8, 2024, 3:00PM – UNO Strauss PAC
The University of Nebraska at Omaha Bands and the Nebraska Wind Symphony
The UNO University Band and the Nebraska Wind Symphony present a shared concert on Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 3PM at UNO’s Strauss Performing Arts Center.
The program begins with the UNO University Band, a non-auditioned ensemble open to all UNO students, faculty, and staff under the direction of Prof. Peter Wilger.
The Nebraska Wind Symphony, directed by Dr. Joshua Kearney and Associate Director Keith Davis is featured in the second half of the program. NWS performs the following selections: Merry Music for Wind Band by Hidas Frigyes with guest director Janis Purins, Ubi Caritas by Paul Mealor, A Christmas Festival by Leroy Anderson, and The Snowman by Howard Blake with Alexandria Plumb, soprano soloist and narrator.
Check out the flyer for this program.
All NWS concerts are free and open to the public.
The generous donations of businesses, playing members, and our friends throughout the Omaha area make this possible. Thank you for supporting NWS and helping us continue to provide free concerts!
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NWS Scholarship Program
The 2024 NWS Memorial Scholarship Competition accepted applications through March 31, 2024.
Scholarships of $1,000 and $500 have been awarded to Ben Folkers, trombone and Elizabeth Ford, trumpet. NWS has sent funds directly to these students UNO student accounts for use in Fall 2024 .
See our scholarship recipients page to find out more about these talented musicians.
Your financial support can help us continue to provide financial resources to young people who participate in post college/university music programs. To support our scholarships, make a gift to NWS in honor of or to remember a loved one or special friend. In our giving payment, select NWS Scholarship Fund and indicate who you would like to honor or remember with this donation.
2024-2025 Concert Season
October 20, 2024 – UNO Strauss Performing Arts Center – 7:30 PM
December 8, 2024 – UNO Strauss Performing Arts Center – 3:00 PM – with the UNO University Band
February 23, 2025 – Westview High School – TENTATIVE 3:00 PM – with the Middle School All-Stars and the Westview HS Band
April 27, 2025 – North High School – 3:00 PM – with the North HS Band
Summer Concerts with NWS Swingtones
June 8, 2025 – St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church – 6:00 PM
July 3, 2025 – Ralston Granary – 6:00PM (tentative)
Thanks to the Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment for their grant support of concerts during this season.
All concerts are free and open to the public.
Donations of any amount are appreciated to help offset the cost of presenting our programs of fine concert band music.
Thank You! for Supporting NWS!
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 venues, music director and other part-time staff salaries, new music purchase and rental, performance rights, insurance, replacement equipment, and so many other things.
Read the NWS Sponsor/Advertiser/Donor Letter of 2024.
Consider providing your financial support of NWS through one or more of these methods:
Direct Donation – Sponsor a Concert – Purchase a Program Advertisement – Giving Programs can fund us through your purchases – ShareOmaha Events
NWS Hosted the ACB Regional Connection
April 26-27, 2024 – UNO Strauss PAC
Read more about this event and the ACB at the ACB Regional Event page.
Read more about the Nebraska Wind Symphony‘s Grand Finale concert on the Season 47 page.”
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with the support of the Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment