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The Grainger Wind Symphony

The Grainger Wind Symphony is a Melbourne-based group of musicians who share a passion for creating quality wind-band music. The establishment of the Granger Wind Symphony was chosen to not only represent and perform wind ensemble music of the highest calibre, but also celebrate the name of Percy Grainger, one of Australia's foremost performing musicians and composers, bringing Grainger's name and music to greater recognition by the Australian public, and to the listener, the enjoyment of wind ensemble music generally.

The group has premiered original compositions in Australia by noted composers for this genre such as Alfred Reed, Frank Ticheli, Robert Downing and Vincent Persichetti.

The Grainger Wind Symphony promotes wind music by running workshops for young players and sharing the concert platform with them, as well as performing in smaller groups, such as a brass quintet, a flute trio, a woodwind group and a dance band! The Grainger Wind Symphony performs around eight concerts a year in a variety of venues around Melbourne and Victoria, including the Robert Blackwood Hall, Melba Hall at the University of Melbourne, the Melbourne Town Hall and the Yarra Valley Performing Arts Centre.