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
Audition sign-up sheets will be on the Band Office window (124 Murphy Hall) on Thursday, August 22.
Rehearsals for KUSB and KUSO WBP students will begin on Tuesday, 9/3/24, KUWE will begin on Wednesday, 9/4/24.
| Monday, August 26 | 12:30 — 2:45 pm | Trombone | Swarthout Recital Hall |
| 3:15 — 5:15 pm | Tuba/Euph | Swarthout Recital Hall | |
| Tuesday, August 27 | 11:30 — 1:30 pm | Horn | Swarthout Recital Hall |
| 2:00 — 4:00 pm | Saxophone | Swarthout Recital Hall | |
| Wednesday, Aug 28 | 11:30 — 2:30 pm | Trumpet | Swarthout Recital Hall |
| 2:00 — 5:30 pm | Percussion | 110 Murphy Hall | |
| 3:00 — 5:00 pm | Clarinet | Swarthout Recital Hall | |
| Friday, August 30 | 11:30 — 2:30 pm | Clarinet | Swarthout Recital Hall |
| 3:00 — 4:00 pm | Oboe | Swarthout Recital Hall | |
| 4:00 — 5:00 pm | Bassoon | Swarthout Recital 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.