Our 2011-12 Season
Planning for our fifth season is well underway... Some highlights!
November 17, 2011, 7:00 p.m., Bloomington High School North
February 16, 2012, 7:00 p.m., Martinsville High School
Part of the SIWE Side-by-Side series that takes us to venues outside of Bloomington.
May 1, 2012, 7:00 p.m., Eastern Greene High School
Part of the SIWE Side-by-Side series that takes us to venues outside of Bloomington.
May 9, 2012, 7:00 p.m. Bloomington High School North
Highlights will include:
- A tuba solo by the world-renowned Daniel Perantoni
- The winning entry in the first annual SIWE Composition Competition
and much more!
Our Most Recent Concert
Thanks to all who joined us as we capped off our fourth season with a wonderfully varied and entertaining program!
"The selections proved once again that Maestro Isaacson chooses repertoire, if not always well known, worth listening to...an uninterrupted hour of satisfactions."—Peter Jacobi, Bloomington Herald-Times (full review)
Concert preview by Peter Jacobi, Bloomington Herald-Times
Peter Mennin, Canzona
"fast-paced and instrumentally dense"—Jacobi
 Heather Schmidt, Sea of the Edge (premiere performance!)
"On hearing the music, one might think of distance and discovery and danger and — most of all — mystery"—Jacobi
Aaron Copland, Quiet City
Featuring trumpet and English horn solists from the ensemble.
"the melancholy trumpet part was shared by four of the ensemble's trumpeters, one stage left, the second stage right, the third in the orchestra pit, the fourth at the rear of the auditorium: an effective gambit it turned out to be."—Jacobi
 Michael Mower, Concerto for Flute and Wind Orchestra, featuring soloist Kate Lukas (Professor of Flute at the IU Jacobs School of Music)
"From the brisk and insouciant first movement through the appealing and sometimes Debussy-like second and to the jazz-infused final section, Lukas could awe listeners with her total control, no matter what finger acrobatics were called for, and the band could shine right along with her because the score seemed to be an equal opportunity employer"—Jacobi
Percy Grainger, Handel in the Strand
"this lively piece received all the necessary life and swing"—Jacobi
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2012 Southern Indiana Composition Competition
The Southern Indiana Wind Ensemble invites submissions of original works for the first annual Southern Indiana Wind Ensemble Composition Competition.
The competition is open to any high school, undergraduate, or graduate student enrolled in school in the state of Indiana.
Guidelines [also available in PDF form]
Application form [PDF] |
Our Mission
The Southern Indiana Wind Ensemble performs music for winds and percussion at the highest artistic level, engages with a diverse audience, and enhances the greater artistic community.
Joining SIWE
Are you interested in membership in the Southern Indiana Wind Ensemble? Openings for fall 2011 are listed here. Our rehearsal/concert season runs from October through May.
2011-12 Concert Season
Check back later in the summer for details on our fifth concert season. |
