Welcome to MAYWE 2010/2011
Thank you to everyone who auditioned for the Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Wind Ensemble this year! We were overwhelmed by the number of tremendously talented applicants. Due to the record number of applicants we are not able to offer a position to all qualified applicants.
We understand and appreciate the time and commitment it takes to prepare an audition and we sincerely thank all of you for sharing your talents with us. Hopefully you found your audition to be a pleasant and educational experience and one from which you have grown musically. We wish you the very best in all of your musical endeavors!
The first MAYWE Wind Ensemble rehearsal will be held on Monday, September 20th at 7:00 PM in the Aderhold Learning Center Building, Room #405. Accepted musicians and their parents will receive an e-mail with more specific information.
Wind Ensemble and Percssion Ensemble rosters are posted under each ensemble link to the left.
The Jazz Ensemble roster will be posted soon.
The Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Wind Ensemble (MAYWE) was formed in 2003 by Robert Ambrose to provide an outstanding wind band performance opportunity for talented young musicians in the greater Atlanta area. Now in its sixth year, the MAYWE program has expanded to include a Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Gordon Vernick and a Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Stuart Gerber, both Georgia State University faculty. The creation of these ensembles meets a five year goal of MAYWE to offer a diverse and comprehensive program for outstanding young metro Atlanta instrumentalists. As resident ensembles of the Georgia State University School of Music, each group rehearses on Monday evenings in the beautiful Aderhold Learning Center and Rialto Center for the Arts buildings on the Georgia State campus.
MAYWE draws many of the most talented musicians from over fifty schools and a dozen Georgia counties. Each ensemble intends to serve as a supplement to the student's school band program and requires that musicians be members of their own school band if one exists. In 2004, the MAYWE Wind Ensemble was selected to perform at Carnegie Hall. Their May 2005 performance in the famed hall was nearly sold out and received a standing ovation. They performed a second time in May, 2009.
The Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Wind Ensemble
Robert J. Ambrose - Music Director and Principal Conductor
Laura Moates Stanley - Associate Conductor
Stuart Gerber - Percussion Ensemble Director
Gordon Vernick - Jazz Ensemble Director
Thomas McConnell - Executive Director
www.maywe.org