Concert Band Auditions

Auditions required for placement

Wind Ensemble

Fall Semester Rehearsals: MWF 1:00pm-2:50pm
Spring Semester: MWF 2:00pm-3:50pm

Symphonic Band

Fall Semester Rehearsals: TR 3:30pm-5:20pm
Spring Semester: MWF 2:00pm-3:50pm

Symphony Orchestra

Rehearsals: MTR 4:00pm-5:50pm

University Band, available with or without audition

Fall Semester Rehearsals: R 6:00pm-7:20pm
Spring Semester: TR 4:00pm-5:15pm

Audition Schedule

Excerpts and audition signup for Spring 2025 will be posted the week after Thanksgiving.

Audition sign-up sheets will be on the Band Office window (124 Murphy Hall). Rehearsals begin for KUWE on Monday, January 27, for KUSB on Wednesday, January 29, and for KUSO WBP on Tuesday, January 28.

Tuesday, January 21	11:30 — 12:45 pm	Horn	Swarthout Recital Hall
	1:15 — 3:15 pm	Tuba/Euph	Swarthout Recital Hall
	3:45 — 5:00 pm	Oboe	Swarthout Recital Hall
Wednesday, January 22	11:00 — 1:30 pm	Trombone	Swarthout Recital Hall
	2:00 — 5:15pm	Trumpet	Swarthout Recital Hall
Thursday, January 23	11:30 — 1:45 pm	Flute	Swarthout Recital Hall
	2:15 — 4:15pm	Saxophone	Swarthout Recital Hall
Friday, January 24	11:30 — 2:30 pm	Clarinet	Swarthout Recital Hall
	2:45— 3:45 pm	Bassoon	Swarthout Recital Hall
	12:00 — 2:20pm	Percussion	110 Murphy Hall

Audition Policy

All music majors and scholarship recipients are required to audition and be available to play in Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, or Symphony Orchestra. Consequently, all music majors and scholarship recipients are expected to keep their schedules completely conflict-free until after the audition results have been posted. Top winds, brass, and percussion players will rotate semesters between the KU Wind Ensemble and the KU Symphony Orchestra.

Woodwind, Brass, and Percussion ensemble placement auditions are held will be held the first week of classes in August. Auditions are required for placement in Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Symphony Orchestra. Audition sign-up sheets will be posted outside of the band office, 124 Murphy Hall, the week prior to auditions. Auditions consist of the required excerpts (download below) and sight-reading.