Its purpose is to provide color and atmosphere for athletic and community events and to promote and enhance the dignity and reputation of the college. This unit is open to any regularly enrolled student by audition, and scholarships are available to qualified students. Symphonic Winds Northwest Mississippi Community College's wind ensemble is a select unit of approximately 50 wind and percussion players which rehearses and performs during the spring semester each year. The Symphonic Winds maintains an extremely high level of musicianship and performs advanced wind literature. The ensemble serves as a tour group, as well as one which performs an annual series of campus concerts.
Membership is by audition only.
The Concert Band is a large group which studies and performs appropriate concert band repertoire and expresses a differing sound concept than the Symphonic Winds. The group is a unit of Northwest students from many academic and vocational-technical study areas and provides an understanding and enjoyment of wind band literature through the playing of their instruments. Membership is by audition only. The Northwest jazz program includes two bands and has developed a reputation of excellence in northwest Mississippi. The groups are open to all Northwest students.