The Symphony Band is comprised of approximately sixty-five musicians who join together to perform six concerts each year. The ensemble is dedicated to broadening the musical interests of its members, and welcomes both music and non-music majors. The Symphony Band performs works of artistic and historical significance, with a special emphasis on new music, and occasionally features guest artists and composers.
Join
Symphony Band is open to students university-wide by audition.
Audition Information
Requirements
For students who only want to be considered for Symphony Band, fill out a registration form. Auditionees will be required to submit a video of one excerpt for your instrument from the Brass, Wind, & Percussion rotation excerpts on the Ensemble Audition page.
Upcoming Performances
Symphony Band
Fantasy of Colors
Cliff Croomes, conductor
Kevin Day
Blue Hour Skyline
Ingred Stölzel
Into the Blue
Paul Dooley
Fantasy of Colors
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Cliff Croomes, conductor
Ron Nelson
Lauds (Praise High Day)
Ruth Gipps
Seascapes
J.S. Bach
Fugue à la Gigue, BWV 577
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Douglas Henderson, conductor
Cliff Croomes, conductor
Ron Nelson
Sonoran Desert Holiday
Jimmy Santos-Rivera, conductor
Donald Grantham
Southern Harmony
Marc Sosnowchik, conductor
Michael Daugherty
Fifteen: Symphonic Fantasy on the Art of Andy Warhol
Symphony Band
Mother Nature
Cliff Croomes, conductor
Augusta Reed Thomas
Magneticfireflies
George Walker
Lyric for Strings
Omar Thomas
Shenandoah
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Cliff Croomes, conductor
Emily Warren, guest conductor
Joseph Schwantner
The Awakening Hour
Bakhari Nokuri
Afrospire
Giovanni Santos
Spanglish
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Explore previous performances from recent seasons.
Cliff Croomes, conductor
Jaime Theirman
The History of the Universe
Peter Van Zandt Lane
Astrarium
Tomohito Matsushita
Elegy to the Moon
Symphony Band
Primary Colors
Cliff Croomes, conductor
Ryan George
Portrait in Jade
George Gershwin
Theme from Rhapsody in Blue
Dennis Llinas
Cajon’s Reverb
Douglas Henderson, conductor
T.j. Anderson, conductor
Emily Warren, guest conductor
Nicole Piunno
Bright Shadow Fanfare
William Grant Still
Summerland
Aaron Copland
Excerpts from Appalachian Spring
Cliff Croomes, conductor
Steven Bryant
In this Broad Earth
Kelijah Dunton
Letters
Leonard Bernstein
Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
Symphony Band
Passport
Cliff Croomes, conductor
Jan Van der Roost
Flashing Winds
Florence Price
Adoration
Gioacchino Rossini
L'italiana in Algeri
Cliff Croomes, conductor
George Gerswhin
An American in Paris
Florence Price
The Old Boatman
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This concert will be streamed.
Cliff Croomes, conductor
Ralph Vaughan Willams
Toccata Marziale
Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story: Selections
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Christopher Dickey, conductor
Douglas Henderson, conductor
Page Stephens, mezzo soprano
Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
David Maslanka
Give Us This Day
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Cliff Croomes, conductor
Percy Grainger
The Merry King
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Cliff Croomes, conductor
Richard Strauss
Allerseelen, Op. 10 No. 8
Gustav Holst
Second Suite for Military Band
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Douglas Henderson, conductor
Tyler Ehrlich, guest conductor
Claude Debussy
La Cathédrale engloutie
John Mackey
Frozen Cathedral
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Yukiko Nishimura
Sparkleberry
Michael Colgrass
Bali
Adam Schoenberg
Rise
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Viet Cuong
Heart on Fire
Kevin Charoensri
Regeneration
Malcom Arnold
Four Scottish Dances
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Drew Dickey, conductor
Tj Anderson, guest conductor
Frank Ticheli
Pacific Fanfare
John Mackey
A deep reverberation fills with stars
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Katy Abbot
Punch
Sally Lamb McCune
Caveat
Frank Perkins
Fandango
Cliff Croomes, conductor
B. Drew Eary, guest conductor
Walsh Middle School Honor Band
Omar Thomas
Caribana Afterparty
Katherine Bergman
Dream Machine
Erich Korngold
Kings Row Fanfare
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