Performance Schedule Recordings Repertory List Reviews Conductor Willam Berz		The Rutgers Wind Ensemble The Rutgers Wind Ensemble presents concerts at the highest artistic level, performing both masterworks of the wind repertoire and new works, including pieces composed expressly for the group. The Wind Ensemble has proudly performed with many guest conductors, including Harry Begian, Kenneth G. Bloomquist, Peter Boonshaft, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, James Croft, James Curnow, Dennis Fisher, David Holsinger, Charles T. Menghini, John Pastin, Stephen Pratt, William H. Silvester, and John Whitwell. The ensemble was featured at the College Band Directors National Association National Conference in New York City in February, and presented a concert in Carnegie Hall in March 2005. As part of its commitment to new modes of performing, the ensemble has recorded thirteen compact discs, on the Mark masters label, which have collectively earned 27 Grammy Entry Listings. With the Rutgers Symphony Band, the group has recorded an additional five educational CDs. In the words of Classical New Jersey critic William Allin Storrer, the Rutgers Wind Ensemble is “the Rolls Royce of wind ensembles.” The conductor of the Wind Ensemble, William Berz is Professor of Music and Director of University Bands at Mason Gross School of the Arts.