About

The Wind Symphony of Southern New Jersey, founded in 1965 as the Cherry Hill Symphonic Band, is a dynamic woodwind, brass, and percussion ensemble that has been performing 8 – 10 concerts each year throughout the Delaware Valley. Its 42 members come from NJ, PA and DE and more than half of them are music educators. The Wind Symphony’s repertoire includes a diverse range of styles – from classical transcriptions and contemporary wind band compositions to music from Broadway, jazz and pop idioms.

The group performs at a variety of outdoor locations in the summer months, highlighted by concerts at the Rotary Bandstand in Cape May, NJ.

Robert Streckfuss has been conductor of The Wind Symphony since 1977, and under his direction the ensemble has toured in Europe twice, recorded two CDs, and performed at meetings of the Music Educators National Conference and the College Band Directors National Association. Streckfuss received his bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Michigan and his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. In 2011 he retired from teaching after a 45 year career, 36 of which were at the University of Delaware, where he directed the Wind Ensemble, taught conducting, and mentored music education students. He is now Professor Emeritus of Music at the University of Delaware.