The Australian Wind Symphony delights in creating concert events, sourcing fascinating writers and telling their stories with beautiful colours, striking textures and intriguing rhythms. This stunning wind ensemble – the freshest contributor to the international wind music conversation – brings together up to 40 of the Australian Capital Region’s finest wind ensemble players to present the best 20th and 21st Century contemporary classical art music literature. In 2018 they were the first wind ensemble to be included in the Canberra International Music Festival, and are presently based at Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre. Performing mainly the works of living composers, AWS is capturing the excitement of the ‘new masters’ in large ensemble writing. And with a rare level of clarity and musicianship, quite simply - they’re captivating, engaging and brilliant.