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The University of Texas Wind Ensemble (UTWE) is one of the chief ensembles of the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin. The UT Wind Ensemble is conducted by Jerry Junkin and is regarded as one the elite wind ensembles in the United States. The group is active in the commissioning of new pieces and has had world premiere performances for composers such as John Corigliano, Michael Daugherty, Donald Grantham, David Maslanka, and Dan Welcher. The Wind Ensemble is composed primarily of undergraduate and graduate music students.

Conductors
Jerry Junkin

Discography
Commercial recordings released by The University of Texas Wind Ensemble on the Reference, Klavier, and Naxos labels have garnered many accolades. The New York Times enthusiastically praised Bells for Stokowski on the Reference label writing, “the skilled and enthusiastic playing of the young performers leaps off the disc…they make a glorious noise.” The same publication also listed Bells for Stokowski as one of the best Classical CDs of 2004, and Absolute Sound Magazine awarded it a prestigious “Golden Ear” award. Their latest release on the Naxos label, Circus Maximus was featured in Diapason d’Or, France’s largest classical music publication and received its coveted “Golden Tuning Fork,” the most prestigious award in French culture for classical music recordings