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