The Band consists of brass and woodwinds. No auditions are necessary to join, however, after joining the group, you may want to audition for seating assignments, although this is not required. Woodwinds learning to play brass instruments for Pep Band is strongly encouraged and increases your chances to travel during the post-season basketball tournaments. The Georgetown University Concert Choir is a large SATB choral ensemble that performs large sacred and secular works from all periods of music history. The group performs several major concerts a year, often in combination with the GU Orchestra.
Rehearsals emphasize vocal production techniques, diction, aural skills, and basic musicianship.
There is one tutti rehearsal per week with a sectional on a second night. Membership is open to all, with no audition. The Chamber Singers are a subset of the larger choir and are an auditioned group performing small, light classical choral repertoire. Georgetown Jazz Georgetown Jazz is an 18-piece jazz ensemble dedicated to promoting the American art of jazz. The focus is primarily on the historical big band sounds of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Stan Kenton and other great bands from the 1930s to the present.