What is the SWWS?
The Southwest Washington Wind Symphony (SWWS) is a professional quality concert band with all the instrumentation of an orchestra with the exception of stringed instruments. The wind symphony does use the string bass, harp, and piano. The SWWS began with its first concert in October 2005, with 33 musicians. Today, the wind symphony consists of 55 musicians. 70% of these are music educators in the Vancouver, Evergreen, and Battle Ground school districts. The other musicians include college students and representatives from other professions such as business, medicine, engineering, and retail.
We currently perform 3 concerts per year in the fall, winter, and spring at the Union High School Auditorium. Admission is free. We do not charge admission to our concerts because we want all students of music to come to our concerts without the impediment of buying a ticket. Since we encourage family participation, we think the purchase of tickets might discourage some families from attending.
We do request donations from those who attend our concerts and we are grateful for the generous contributions audiences have made to help us with on-going expenses. As a 501c3 non-profit corporation, contributions to SWWS are tax deductible and may be mailed to:
Southwest Washington Wind Symphony12706 NE 11th St.
Vancouver, WA 98684
Ultimately, we want people to come to our concerts for the music. We want them to have fun, to learn, to be enriched, and to leave our concerts satisfied that it was time well spent.
Special thanks to our sponsor: