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    • BAY Winds
      • About Spring BAY Winds
      • Spring Enrollment
      • Rehearsal Etiquette
      • Absence Form
      • Conductors
      • Symphonic Winds Calendar
      • Wind Ensemble Calendar
      • Concert Details
    • Concerto Competition
    • Sponsorships
    • Endorsed Instructors
    • About Us
      • Bay Area Youth Winds
      • Florida Wind Band
    • Contact
  • Home
  • BAY Winds
    • About Spring BAY Winds
    • Spring Enrollment
    • Rehearsal Etiquette
    • Absence Form
    • Conductors
    • Symphonic Winds Calendar
    • Wind Ensemble Calendar
    • Concert Details
  • Concerto Competition
  • Sponsorships
  • Endorsed Instructors
  • About Us
    • Bay Area Youth Winds
    • Florida Wind Band
  • Contact

Bay Area Youth Winds

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Bay Area Youth Winds is Tampa Bay’s premier outlet for outstanding middle and high school students.

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Each spring, students audition for acceptance into an ability-based BAY Winds ensemble, including the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Winds. Each ensemble serves intermediate and advanced students in middle and high school band.

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About BAY Winds

The Florida Wind Band proudly supports furthering music education opportunities for school-aged musicians. Bay Area Youth (BAY) Winds is Tampa Bay’s premier outlet for middle and high school students to receive exceptional performance opportunities for intermediate and advanced musicians. Student participants come from all over the Tampa Bay Area including Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Hernando counties.


BAY Winds ensembles are designed to challenge and supplement the quality instruction students receive from their local, school-enrolled music programs and private lesson instructors. Students in BAY Winds experience quality training and instruction from well decorated professional musicians and educators, as well as the opportunity to study and perform outstanding and challenging literature with like-minded peers from the Tampa Bay Area. Throughout the year, this organization offers three semesters of ensemble offerings . Rehearsals and concerts take place at the USF School of Music located at 3755 USF Holly Drive, Tampa, FL. 

Ensemble Offerings

Autumn Winds

Symphonic Winds

Symphonic Winds

Autumn Winds extends through the fall with an 8-week intensive exploring exciting and challenging repertoire.

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Symphonic Winds

Symphonic Winds

Symphonic Winds

The Symphonic Winds is a rich and diverse experience for intermediate students. This ensemble meets each spring.

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Wind Ensemble

Symphonic Winds

Wind Ensemble

 The Wind Ensemble meets each spring and is the most advanced ensemble performing collegiate-level repertoire. 

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Summer Breeze

Symphonic Winds

Wind Ensemble

Summer Breeze welcomes current and alumni BAY Winds musicians back to playing their instrument during the summer.

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Florida Wind Band

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Florida Wind Band

The Florida Wind Band is the parent organization for BAY Winds. As the host organization, we proudly support furthering music education opportunities for school-aged musicians in the Tampa Bay area. 

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BAY Winds

Endorsed Instructors

Florida Wind Band

BAY Winds is the educational outreach program organized by the Florida Wind Band. Learn more about our mission and vision for students across Tampa Bay.

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Endorsed Instructors

Endorsed Instructors

Endorsed Instructors

Private lessons enable instructors to teach techniques in a customized setting that align with learning goals set for each individual student. View our endorsed instructors.  

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Rehearsals take place at the USF School of Music.

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