The Wind Symphony is a select group of the finest wind and percussion performers within the University. Membership is earned through audition. The Wind Symphony performs at a near-professional level and presents at least four concerts each year comprised of the finest classical and contemporary wind literature. Past guest conductors and clinicians for the ensemble have included: Aaron Copland, Karel Husa, Morton Gould, William Revelli, John Paynter, H. Robert Reynolds, Eugene Corporon, Jerry Junkin, Mark Kelly, Jim Croft, Allan McMurray, Harry Begian, Frank Wicks, Dick Floyd, Ray Cramer, James Keene, Mallory Thompson, Paula Crider, James Barnes, Kenneth Bloomquist, and David Maslanka.

The Wind Symphony has performed for many prestigious events and in outstanding settings over the past thirty years including the 1976 Music Educators National Conference, the 1977 College Band Directors National Association Conference, a 1978 mid-Atlantic states tour enroute to a special CBDNA concert in Atlanta, and a 1981 appearance at the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles in Manchester, England. In 1988, the Wind Symphony performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. In 1996, the Wind Symphony performed at the Atlanta International Band and Orchestra Conference in Atlanta, GA. In the spring of 2002, the Wind Symphony returned to Washington, D.C. to present a concert at the Kennedy Center to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the WVU Bands.

The Wind Symphony rehearses three days a week (Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays) from 1:00-2:50 p.m. Auditions for the Wind Symphony are held during the first three days of each semester. Interested students should prepare two contrasting selections for the auditions - one lyrical and expressive; the second more technically demanding and demonstrating a variety of articulation styles. Sight reading will also be a part of this audition.