Auditions for the orchestra are held by appointment in the spring. Jazz Band J. Warren Casey, director Jazz band fall activities include performances oncampus and locally. Spring activities continue with campus and local concerts, occasional trips away from campus to nearby cities, and five performances at Spring Sing, our annual university musical extravaganza. The band plays a wide variety of styles including blues, swing, bop, Latin and jazz rock. Each student is given the opportunity to improvise in rehearsal and performance.
Improvisation is taught as part of the jazz curriculum.
Students have the opportunity to write arrangements and hear them performed. The band rehearses twice each week on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons throughout the fall and spring semesters. Audition materials and sign-up sheets are posted during the first week of the fall semester. Auditions in the spring semester occur only if there is a specific need. You do not have to be a music major to participate.