Cambridge University Wind Orchestra (CUWO) is a friendly, high standard ensemble that performs a wide variety of pieces, including concert band standards, popular film music and orchestral transcriptions. CUWO enjoys diverse repertoire with fun, weekly rehearsals and termly concerts.
If you are offered a place in Cambridge University Wind Orchestra you will need to become a member of the Cambridge University Musical Society. Membership rates are £20 per year for students.
Cambridge University Wind Orchestra is run with support from the Centre for Music Performance in partnership with the Cambridge University Musical Society
CUWO rehearses weekly on a Monday evening, making it possible to be involved in other societies and ensembles. We perform several times each academic year.
Many of us would agree that CUWO has thoroughly enhanced our university lives and is a great way to meet people with similar interests from other courses and colleges. Our weekly post-rehearsal bar trips, termly formals and various other social events make CUWO a welcoming and inclusive group. In 2018, we undertook an extremely successful tour to New York and Canada to celebrate our 30th Anniversary, making us the first Cambridge orchestra to undertake a transatlantic tour.
Our open rehearsal for this term has already happened, but if you wish to be considered for a place in CUWO, please email info@cmp.cam.ac.uk. We have vacancies for horns, trombones, a tuba, a euphonium, a cor anglais, a contra bassoon and a string bass.
If you are offered a place in Cambridge University Wind Orchestra you will need to become a member of the Cambridge University Musical Society. Membership rates are £20 per year for students.
CUWO performs a wide variety of repertoire. Highlights from the 2021-22 season included pieces by Holst, Giacchino, Malcolm Arnold, and Bernstein.
This ensemble has its own student committee, which runs the ensemble’s rehearsals, concerts and social events. They are supported by a team of industry professionals at the Centre for Music Performance.
