There are various performance and teaching opportunities available for woodwind students at the University of Memphis. The University Symphony Orchestra performs concerts in the fall and spring semesters. Orchestra members play in the pit for University of Memphis Opera productions and those co-produced with Opera Memphis. The University Band program consists of the Athletic bands including "The Mighty Sound of the South" and two pep bands; and three concert ensembles including the Wind Ensemble, the Symphonic Band, and the Concert Band. Smaller ensembles for woodwinds are the Contemporary Chamber Players and Collegium Musicum. There are flute ensembles, woodwind quartets and quintets, a saxophone ensemble, and chamber music groups. Jazz musicians may play in Southern Comfort, Blue Ascendance as well as in small combos. Student-conducted ensembles perform actively on and off campus. U of M music students teach locally through the Community Music School and perform weekly in studio master classes. They are also are members of Memphis area musical organizations such as the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, the River City Band, and the Germantown Symphony Orchestra.

Degrees offered in Woodwinds are Bachelor of Music, Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts.

The woodwind area also hosts an annual U of M Double Reed Festival

For more information on this area of study, contact area coordinator Lecolion Washington at lwshngt5@memphis.edu.

Faculty

• Elise Blatchford (M.M.)
• Bruce Erskine (M.M.)
• Robyn Jones (D.M.A.)
• Allen Rippe (M.M.)
• Michelle Vigneau (D.M.A.)
• Lecolion Washington (M.M.)