This is not your typical, snore-inducing pre-concert lecture. Windnotes with Dr. Carol is like an impassioned sermon combining history, music theory, and behind-the-scenes dirt on the pieces and composers featured in the evening's program.  All delivered by Dr. Carol Reynolds, professor of music history at SMU and one-woman encyclopedia of musicology.  If the concert was a DVD, this would be the director's commentary.  With occasional appearances by Dr. Carol's homemade cupcakes.  Seriously.

Nobody ever announced a cavalry charge with a string quartet, and no Dallas Wind Symphony concert begins without a fantastic world premiere fanfare written exclusively for us.  Our whole audience gathers in the Meyerson lobby for this beloved pre-show DWS ritual, and no other band in the country does it.

Tired of country-western/R&B/bubblegum-boy-band ballgame interpretations of our national anthem?  Us too.  So we begin every concert with The Star-Spangled Banner the way it was meant to be played: a rousing, rip-roaring sing-along with the greatest band in the good ol' U-S-of-A.

All that was just the appetizer.  Now comes the main course: The Dallas Wind Symphony, live on stage in one of the world's premier concert halls.  And like any good meal, there will be things you love, things you might now, and brand new flavors you never knew you liked.  But no matter what, don't forget dessert: Every DWS concert ends with a rousing march by the immortal John Philip Sousa, the closest things to a rock star you'll find in the world of wind bands.  Go ahead, clap along.  It's your night.

His business card says "Jerry Junkin, Artistic Director."  But he's more like a tour guide, a comedian, a ringmaster and tent-revival preacher, all sharing the tuxedo of the country's greatest wind band conductor.  Maestro Junkin will be your host for an evening of fantastic, emotional, eclectic music that's sure to move you.  Junkin and the DWS.  You won't find a more magnetic music combination anywhere.

Subscribe Now! Attend opening night on September 26. If you don’t have a ball, send us a note saying why & we’ll refund your dough!

Sounds too good to be true? Read on. Offer valid for first-time subscribers only. Send us a single spaced, typewritten letter on the back of a $50 bill. (just kidding) Truth is, we will refund the cost of your subscription, less the original handling charge (it’s already been handled, right?) less the pro-rated cost of the opening night show. (Hey, you ate the meal…) Send your disgruntled letter to: Hate Mail Department, Dallas Wind Symphony, P.O. Box 595026, Dallas, TX 75359-5026 within five business days after the September 26 concert. After that, you’ll just have to make up your mind to enjoy a season of Tuesdays listening to America’s Greatest Band.