The Rutgers Wind Ensemble presents concerts at the highest artistic level, performing both masterworks of the wind repertoire and new works, including pieces composed expressly for the group. In 2005, the group performed at the CBNDA National Conference held at New York University and also presented a concert at Carnegie Hall later that spring. The Ensemble played in Town Hall in 2000 and Symphony Space in 2009, both in New York City. It has performed at regional CBDNA and MENC conferences and has presented 17 performances at New Jersey Music Education Association conventions since 1993.

The Ensemble has recorded 21 compact discs, which have collectively earned 33 Grammy Entry Listings. Its first disc on the Naxos label featured the music of Karel Husa, H. Owen Reed, and William Schuman (8.572230). In the words of Classical New Jersey critic William Allin Storrer, the Rutgers Wind Ensemble is “the Rolls Royce of wind ensembles.”