EWS Youth! Band 2025 Season
Welcome to the Eastern Wind Symphony Youth! (EWSY). The EWSY prides itself in performing advanced wind band repertoire at a very high level while engaging students in a rehearsal process that teaches them strong independent musicianship skills and creative thinking.
The 2025 season of the EWS Youth will be starting soon! To sign up for an audition or for more information on the audition process, please click here. We are currently accepting members in all sections of the group, and would love to hear your audition video!
2025 Season Dates
2025 Season Dates
Rehearsals:
All rehearsals take place at Montgomery High School, Hillsborough High School, or other locations in the Central Jersey area. Specific locations will be updated on this site as soon as they are available.
| DATE | TIME | LOCATION |
| January 25 | 9:15 am – 12:15 pm | Hillsborough HS |
| February 1 | 9:15 am – 12:15 pm | Montgomery HS |
| February 8 | 9:15 am – 12:15 pm | Hillsborough HS |
| February 22 | 9:15 am – 12:15 pm | Montgomery HS |
| March 1 | 9:15 am – 12:15 pm | Manville HS |
| March 8 | 9:15 am – 12:15 pm | Montgomery HS |
| March 15 | 9:15 am – 12:15 pm | Manville HS |
| March 22 | 9:15 am – 12:15 pm | Manville HS |
| April 26 | 9:15 am – 12:15 pm | Bridgewater HS |
| May 3 | 9:15 am – 12:15 pm | Bridgewater HS |
| May 10 | 9:15 am – 12:15 pm | Bridgewater HS |
| May 17 | 9:15 am – 12:15 pm | Montgomery HS |
| May 31 | 9:15 am – 12:15 pm | Montgomery HS |
| June 7 | 9:15 am – 12:15 pm | Montgomery HS |
| June 14 | 9:15 am – 12:15 pm | Montgomery HS |
| June 21 | 9:15 am – 12:15 pm | Montgomery HS |
Concerts:
| DATE | TIME | LOCATION |
| March 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Nicholas Music Center, Rutgers University |
| June 21 | 3:00 p.m. | Mayo Hall, The College of New Jersey |
VIEW these recordings from the 2019 EWS YB June performance in Richardson Auditorium in Princeton.
Select the link below to view these recordings:
Give Us This Day by David Maslanka
Elegy for a Young American by Ronald Lo Presti
Armenian Dances by Alfred Reed
At Twilight by Tyler S. Grant
VIEW these recordings from the 2019 EWS YB June performance in Richardson Auditorium in Princeton.
Select the link below to view these recordings:
Give Us This Day by David Maslanka
Elegy for a Young American by Ronald Lo Presti
Armenian Dances by Alfred Reed
At Twilight by Tyler S. Grant
Please note: All participants (students and staff) are required to meet the current COVID vaccination and/or testing recommendations of our rehearsal and performance venues. Eastern Wind Symphony Youth! will not be collecting proof of vaccination or testing. However, all participants should familiarize themselves with the current COVID vaccination and/or testing requirements of these rehearsal and performance spaces.