Members of this ensemble serve as hosts for the annual MU Jazz Festival. Membership is by audition. Jazz Lab Band - Added to the department in 1999, the Jazz Lab Band is comprised of music majors and non music majors who wish to further their experiences in jazz performance. This group performs on campus two to three times per year. Membership is by audition but to afford opportunities to more students there are alternate positions available.
Instruments are available.
The Marching Band travels to regional festivals and competitions for the purposes of performing and recruiting. In addition to the home game schedule and local parades, during the Fall of 2000 the band will be featured in Rochester, New York at the Canal Festival, Kitchener, Ontario for an International Oktoberfest, and in Allentown and Elizabethtown, PA for a collegiate marching festival and high school exhibition respectively. All arrangements and drill design are written specifically for the Pride of PA by Dr. Brennan and members of the band staff. In addition to the above ensembles, the music faculty coaches duos, trios, and quartets in a wide range of instrumental and vocal groupings. Emphasis is placed on developing each student's musical responsibility and sensitivity within the group.