The Savannah Winds is a community concert band serving the Coastal Empire and is comprised of musicians from the greater Savannah area. The organization is hosted by Armstrong Atlantic State University Music Department. The role of the ensemble is to enhance the cultural climate and appreciation of music in the Coastal Empire by performing public concerts at a high artistic level, to provide a nurturing musical environment to talented young musicians in the company of mature and accomplished musicians, and to identify and support scholarship recipients for advanced musical training at Armstrong Atlantic State University.