Dallas Winds

For the last 40 years, Dallas Winds has been dedicated to artistic excellence that shines through in their uplifting concert performances and engaging education programs. With ticket sales covering less than 35% of our production costs, we rely heavily on grants and donations from supporters like you to fund the remaining 65%. By contributing through North Texas Giving Day, you can help sustain the Mission of Dallas Winds for the next 40 years and beyond.

Our Education Programs

Dallas Winds Band Camp offers DISD students in band the opportunity to learn from Dallas Winds musicians while rehearsing with acclaimed conductors. It's America's largest urban music camp, providing a full week of instruction, plus transportation and two meals daily, for only $25 tuition per student. Students who attend the Band Camp leave with new friends, new skills, and a reignited inspiration to create music with others.

Our annual Strike Up The Band Concerts give DISD 5th graders by the tens-of-thousands their first live classical music experience, encouraging kids to join band in 6th grade. Band enrollment in DISD is up 50% thanks to these performances.

Band students in rural towns & small band programs throughout Texas now have access to coaching from Dallas Winds professional musicians thanks to our All-State Jumpstart Videos. Students learn how to systematically practice and prepare for All-State auditions with performance examples and inside tips from the pros, learning skills that apply to band, the classroom, and beyond.

Music For Everyone

Dallas Winds' Meyerson Concert Series brings music both familiar and new to thousands of North Texans each year. Every live concert begins with a World Premiere fanfare performed in the lobby. For the main event, Dallas Winds perform works by well-known composers alongside music from emerging writers. Our audiences are made up of life-long learners, 18% of whom are under the age of eighteen. We love filling the hall with students who leave our concerts with a newfound excitement for the windband artform.

Our Needs

Your generous support allows Dallas Winds to:

*Offer Dallas ISD band students the opportunity to attend America's largest inner-city summer music camp at a fraction of the cost of other regional music camps.

*Continue our Strike Up The Band Concerts so that we may inspire 5th graders in DISD to enroll in band.

*Offer discounted student tickets to our concerts at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center for thousands of band students in the North Texas area.

*Expand our impact through Branding and Marketing. Dallas Winds is the leading professional civilian wind band in the United States. With your help, we can reach new audiences and fulfill our Mission to Bring Joy to People Through Band Music.