The UMBC Wind Ensemble is comprised of exceptional woodwind, brass and percussion performers who enjoy the challenge of performing excellent concert literature.

Students are offered an opportunity to perform substantive music of various instrumentation and styles. The students perform a broad array of music literature both traditional and non-traditional, from the Renaissance to the present, as a basis for broadening their understanding, appreciation, and ability to perform all types of musical styles. The UMBC Wind Ensemble has a flexible approach to instrumentation, allowing for stylistic accuracy in the performance of everything from the large military band works of Gustav Holst to the chamber wind pieces of Mozart and Mendelssohn. The UMBC Wind Ensemble is also dedicated to the research and performance of the music of our time.