The Symphonic Wind Ensemble meets each semester and performs the best in chamber and symphonic literature for winds and percussion during five campus performances each year.
Entrance is by audition only.
The audition consists of a prepared piece and sight-reading. Auditions are held during the first week of classes. Students may sign up for an audition time in Reichard Hall. In the past five years, the Symphonic Wind Ensemble has perfomed at OMEA state and MENC regional conventions, as well as at the North Central Conference of the College Band Directors National Association on February 25, 2000. The groups has sponsored three commissioning projects and has premiered four new works in the past three years.