GAC Wind Orchestra

We are very excited to announce the Gustavus Wind Orchestra 2019 tour - Solitude! 10 concerts in 10 days, followed by a home concert. We'll see you there!

Today is a great day! GWO would like to officially announce our officer staff for the 2020-21 school year! No one has worked harder than these folks, and every one of them deserves to be where they are… instagram.com/p/CATylZuHC7j/…

GWO bassoonist Jack Sikora ‘96 and daughter, incoming Gustie bassoonist Marta Sikora ‘24, perform “Nearer, My God To Thee” for the Nearer Project. GWO is truly a family ... and in this case the family has bocals and… instagram.com/p/CALhtQHHVwy/…

Happy Monday everyone! GWO would like to continue wishing you safety and health with another couple pictures from the gang! Today we’ve got quarantine snapshots from clarinetist Ruby O’Hagen and trumpeter Emma… instagram.com/p/CAD_4qDHUUQ/…

Even though GWO has been unable to make music in person for most of this semester, we have been and still will be making music together through the Nearer Project. If you or anyone you know who has had close ties to… instagram.com/p/B_-y606HEon/…

Happy Monday everyone, we hope you're staying safe and healthy! We've started to collect some pictures of our daily stay-at-home happenings, and every Monday you'll get the chance to see some of our ensemble's… instagram.com/p/B_yUxEjnrfG/…

Even though we've been apart the GWO community is coming together through the Nearer Project and over the next few weeks we'll be sharing some of our favorite memories with you! Here is the first one from Current… instagram.com/p/B_stmy6HD4V/…

Dear Gustavus Music Friends, My name is Erin Oberle and I am currently serving as the Gustavus Wind Orchestra President. As many of you know, Gustavus is now holding all of our courses online and we will not be… instagram.com/p/B_X_b9mnCQn/…

*OFFICIAL ALBUM RELEASE* Our new album AWAKENING is now available for purchase on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Google Music Store, Amazon Music, and all of your favorite digital music platforms! Check out the article… instagram.com/p/B-784kDnh-G/…

GWO came together this afternoon for our first virtual meeting! After a quick overview of the semester, we broke off into chat rooms to catch up with our severely missed, and socially distanced friends. Our hopes… instagram.com/p/B-X_TWJn7F_/…

Bands at Gustavus introduces The Nearer Project designed to bring us all “Nearer” at this difficult time of social distancing. Everyone (students, alums, faculty, friends, parents, and community) will be invited to… instagram.com/p/B-V4DscHt_F/…

We may not have our spring break tour, but we always have each other! GWO is a family, and on Thursday we were led by senior conductor and president Erin Oberle ‘20. Then, we concluded with David Maslanka Symphony… instagram.com/p/B9zER3cn_33/…

Gustavus Bands Outreach teamed up with the Spread Sunshine Gang to collect winter clothing donations and distribute them at Sibley Park in Mankato! Thanks to all who contributed and look out for for more service… instagram.com/p/B9ewpFunltE/…

It was a short jaunt, but it’s hard to believe our CBDNA tour is already at a close. Today, we visited the Merit School of Music and had the pleasure of hearing the wonderful sounds of their Wind Symphony, under the… instagram.com/p/B84YHN3n4LW/…

When JPM says we have to play maslanka seven three times in a row 🧐 instagram.com/p/B81v19tnkFc/…

POV of the perc Gucci bag instagram.com/p/B81sPzsHK0h/…

Thank you CBDNA for a great performance and your fabulous hospitality! gacpercs gacpercs gacpercs gacpercs gacpercs gacpercs gacpercs gacpercs instagram.com/p/B81QI_ynMQN/…

The trumpets are stoked about our awesome day in Chicago! All of our hard work and preparation paid off during our performance, and we got to listen to 3 other wonderful bands. Hooray for CBDNA🎺 @ DePaul University… instagram.com/p/B80J1GZnCxt/…

Heralding the first day of our CBDNA takeovers is the trumpet section! Here’s a snapshot of their pre-concert tradition: The Woof! instagram.com/p/B8zeTNRnWu3/…

Good evening, and happy finals week! Tonight GWO presents, last, but most certainly not least: the sensational, the illustrious, the effervescent, Oboe section!!!!!! instagram.com/p/B6MmfvhHplJ/…

Last GWO rehearsal of the year! As is our tradition at the end of every fall semester, we spent today and yesterday reading works by our Orchestration class! We recorded some really great arrangements and original… instagram.com/p/B5_x8LBHr_N/…