Delaware Youth Wind Ensemble
Mary Margaret Wilson
Director
Emme Whisner
Administrative Assistant
About the Delaware Youth Wind Ensemble
Now accepting registrations for DYWE Fall 2025, 1-Day Honor Band, November, 16, 2025!
The following sections have been filled: String Bass, Piano
The Delaware Youth Wind Ensemble (DYWE) brings together outstanding high school musicians (grades 9-12) from the greater Delaware area to rehearse and perform exciting and high-quality wind band literature. Open to students who play flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, horn, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba, string bass, piano, and percussion, DYWE offers an enrichment experience aimed to supplement (but not replace) students’ experiences in their own school bands.
DYWE is directed by UD professor and Wind Ensemble conductor Lauren Reynolds. We are also proud to hire UD Music Education students as interns, providing them with developmental job experiences during their college years. When you sign up for CMS, you're not only supporting your own child's music education, you are supporting the next generation of music teachers!
DYWE will be joined by the University of Delaware Wind Ensemble, UD's premier concert band! This will be a wonderful opportunity for the younger musicians to learn from, play along with, and be inspired by, university music majors! Time will be allotted for socializing, questions and answers, as well as music-making!
We look forward to seeing you for a day of ensemble playing, small group sectionals, guest performances, DYWE & UD School of Music collaborations, social time, pizza lunch, and an evening concert!
Registration will close 1-week prior to the event or when instrument sections have been filled.
Puglisi Recital Hall has limited seating capacity. Therefore, it is likely that concert attendance will be limited to 2 guests per DYWE member. We anticipate that the performance will be livestreamed.
Participant Ages: 9th grade - 12th grade
Date: November 16, 2025
Time: 8:30am check-in; 9am-5:30pm festival, 5:30pm concert (duration approximately 60-minutes)
Registration Fee: $45 (includes pizza lunch, afternoon snack, and a DYWE t-shirt to be worn at the concert)
Location: Puglisi Recital Hall, Roselle Center for the Arts ; Drop-off at the curb in the "horseshoe" outside the CFA parking garage/adjacent to the Roselle Center for the Arts
What to bring: instrument and all supplies, consent forms (will be sent via email as date nears), concert attire (see below)
Lunch/Snacks/Allergies: CMS will provide a pizza lunch and a light pre-concert snack for participants. Note about allergies: UD is not an allergen-free campus. In the welcome email, we will share the name and contact number of the pizza shop. If you have allergies, please contact the shop directly to inquire if the food is safe for you. If it is not, please provide your own dinner. Refrigeration is not available.
Concert: 5:30pm, Puglisi Recital Hall, open to the public, no admission fee but it is likely that seating will be limited to 2 guests per participant.
Concert Attire: DYWE t-shirt (provided), black dress slacks (no jeans, please) or ankle-length solid black skirt, black dress shoes with black socks or black sandals.
Registration and Payment: Registrations will be processed in order of receipt. If you register after a section has been filled, you will be placed on a waiting list. If a spot does not open for you, you will receive a full refund. Registration and payment is a 2-step process: 1) click the below link to register (no payment due at registration), 2) you will receive a confirmation email with a link to payment. The payment link will take a few business days to process. For registration or payment questions, please contact the CMS Administrative Assistant at communitymusicschool@udel.edu.
We welcome all families! Scholarships may be available. Please contact CMS Director, Mary Margaret Wilson, for inquiries: mmbw@udel.edu.
We look forward to seeing you on stage!
