Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Seogwipo Wind Orchestra has performed over 60 concerts feature an wide variety of works annually since 1998. As the first and the only wind orchestra among the local governments in Korea, we make a new era in the musical history. From the classical to the comtemporary music, quality repertoire presented annually.
With various professional performances and project stages by world renowned musicians including new pieces by emerging composers, Jeju Seogwipo Wind Orchestra have tried to reach and serve people in community. From the local to worldwide, we worked as a Jeju’s cultural envoy as in the opening session of Jeju International Wind Ensemble Festival, Asian-Pacific Wind Ensemble Festival, in a concert for the celebration of 5th anniversary of the Community Arts Theatre in Kujikawa Okinawa, in the Culture and Art Center in Daegu, Musical Exchange Concerts in Qinhuangda and Korea International Wind Ensemble Festival etc. For the fine cultural enjoyment we reach and meet the community in regular and outreach concerts.
Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Seogwipo Wind Orchestra got the Korean Music Prize in Wind in 2010. It was the first time for the band to get in a century of Korean wind music. With that honor, as a representative band, we try to enrich the local art and culture of Jeju the island of fantasy and mystery.