The Red River Wind Symphony is an all-volunteer ensemble comprised of wind musicians from throughout Northwest Louisiana and beyond.
The Red River Wind Orchestra is an all volunteer ensemble comprised of wind musicians selected from among the finest in the Ark-La-Tex region. The operational model for the ensemble is set at three rehearsals per concert cycle. The RRWO is led by Thomas Stone, Conductor, and Mark Minton, Associate Conductor.
06/25/2025
Two days until the big event. These are great musicians performing amazing music. Free and open to the public.
Spend next Friday night listening to the Red River Wind Orchestra in concert. First-rate musicians performing amazing music! See you there.
06/21/2024
Spend next Friday night listening to the Red River Wind Orchestra in concert. First-rate musicians performing amazing music! See you there.
06/04/2024
Pierre and Jennifer at the Maestro & Fox Music booth at Midwest.
06/04/2024
We lost a wonderful composer and gentleman. Pierre left a great legacy of superb music for young musicians. Well Done, Pierre. RIP
https://www.gundersonfh.com/obituaries/Pierre-D-Laplante?obId=31600953
06/17/2019
Hear the Red River Wind Orchestra in concert at Parkway High School in Bossier City, Louisiana on Sunday, June 23rd at 3PM. Here is the program:
Stone: Kingpawn (World Premiere)
Gould: Santa Fe Saga
Bach/Renshaw: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Tuthill: Overture Brilliante
Frackenpohl: Diversion in F
Persichetti: Symphony No. 6
Rodgers & Hammerstein/Bennett: Sound of Music
Frackenpohl: Mt. Marcy March
Williams: Vilabella
Hear the Red River Wind Orchestra in concert at Parkway High School in Bossier City at 3PM. A Tribute to Heroes:
Gould: Fanfare for Freedom
Gould: Battle Hymn
Camphouse: A Movement for Rosa
Stone: Mentor
Erbe & Solomon: The Dream is Alive
Jenkins: American Overture
Daehn: With Quiet Courage
Ives: Variations on "America"
Dvorak: Goin' Home
Bernstein: West Side Story Highlights
Please join us Sunday afterrnoon at 3PM for New Millennium, a concert by the Red River Wind Orchestra conducted by myself and Mark Minton. Concert is at Parkway High School in Bossier City, Louisiana. Program: George - Riff Raff, Ticheli: Apollo Unleashed, Hesketh: Dancers, Mackey: Asphalt Cocktail, Mackey: Sheltering Sky, Stone: Primordial Lights, Hazo: Ride.
Hear the Red River Wind Orchestra in Concert Sunday, June 25th at 3:00PM, Parkway High School in Bossier City. Free Admission. Works by Persichetti, Gould, Schuman, Piston, Barber, Copland, Bennett, and Bagley.
Red River Wind Orchestra in Concert June 25, 2017 at Parkway High School in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Postwar Explosion: Persichetti: Divertimento for Band, Gould: Ballad for Band, Piston: Tunbridge Fair, Schuman: George Washington Bridge, Barber: Commando March, Bennett: Suite of Old American Dances, Copland: Emblems, Bagley: National Emblem
11/07/2016
IT'S ALMOST TIME!!
Red River Wind Orchestra in Concert at Parkway High School in Bossier City, Louisiana, Sunday, November 13, 4:00PM
Program:
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Wagner: Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral
Williams: Symphonic Dance No. 3 - Lennard Holden, Conductor
Zdechlik: Chorale and Shaker Dance
Reed: A Festive Overture
Grainger: Irish Tune and Shepherd's Hey
Stone: Shadows of Eternity
Chance: Incantation and Dance - Mark Minton, Conductor
Hanssen: Valdres
07/02/2016
Snaps from Tuesday's Red River Wind Orchestra Concert!