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Support the Sierra Nevada Winds Orchestra's Musical Mission!
As we celebrate our 34th season, the Sierra Nevada Winds Orchestra seeks essential financial support to continue delivering engaging community-based performances and education outreach for children across Placer, Sacramento, and Yuba Counties.
Under the inspiring direction of Dr. Robert Halseth, Professor of Music and Director of Bands Emeritus at Sacramento State University, the Winds stands as Northern California's leading community-based band. Our ensemble features numerous talented musicians, including university-trained instrumentalists, dedicated music teachers, and former military band members who generously donate their musical expertise and time to present engaging performances for all ages.
The Winds achieved national recognition from the John Philip Sousa Foundation, which presented our organization with its highest national honor: the Sudler Silver Scroll Award. This prestigious national award highlights our invaluable cultural contributions to our local communities over three decades. Only two other California-based bands have received this honor since 1987.
At the core of our mission is a commitment to music education outreach. In response to increasing budget cuts facing performing arts programs, we are dedicated to fostering a love for music among young people. Each fall, we produce two well-attended children’s concerts for elementary through high school-age students, which provide essential exposure to live music and nurture a lifelong passion for music in young people.
With your help, we plan to expand our musical outreach programs by offering school-based instrument demonstrations and additional children's concerts each spring.
Join us in supporting the Sierra Nevada Winds Orchestra! Together, we can continue to bring inspiring instrumental music to audiences and more educational outreach to children across Northern California. Let’s cultivate a love for music, one inspiring note at a time! Support the Sierra Nevada Winds Orchestra's Musical Mission!
Thank you.
The Sierra Nevada Winds provides audiences with performances featuring the finest traditional and contemporary wind ensemble music. Programs are chosen to educate, stir the spirit, and provide emotional and intellectual gratification for both musicians and listeners. The SNW aims to enhance music education and live music participation for area youth; expose audiences to a broad range of band and wind ensemble literature; and showcase the musical talent of the area's musicians and music teachers.
Your contribution will help us to present children's concerts and instrument demonstrations in more communities by paying for facility rentals and other associated expenses.
The Sierra Nevada Winds welcomes all and every music lover to our concerts and provides free tickets to students to encourage their love for and participation in music.
Organization name
Sierra Nevada Winds Orchestra
other names
SNW
1990
Tax id (EIN)
68-0294266
Mission Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Operating Budget
$0-$50,000
Organization Need
Funding: Other, Technology, Funding: Program
Demographics Served
Youth & Children, General population
BIPOC Leadership
Board Chair
Local Counties Served
Placer
Address
513 Main StreetSacramento, CA, US
Placer, CA, US
Yuba, CA, US