The personnel for the Spring 2012 Symphonic Winds and Concert Band have both been posted. To see the Symphonic Winds personnel, please go to the Symphonic Winds page, and to see the Concert Band Personnel, please go to the Concert Band page.

The Auburn University Bands is proud to partner with Teloga.com – a new online Ensemble Management System created by Auburn Band Alum Steven Clontz and Auburn Alum James Dabbs. As a Teloga user, you can create an online profile with your contact information and “connect” it to the Auburn University Bands, which you can update yourself at any time! In addition, you can use that same profile to connect with other participating networks, such as the Auburn University Choirs and other music programs on the horizon. And soon, Teloga will also manage online registration for AU Bands ensembles and events; by automatically including the information you’ve already given in your profile, registering for an AU Bands event will be quicker and easier than ever.

We’re asking all our alumni and fans who want to stay in touch with us to make an account on Teloga.com and connect with the Auburn University Bands. If you have any questions, you can contact the Auburn Bands at band@auburn.edu or you can contact the Teloga staff at teloga@teloga.com. Thank you, and WAR EAGLE!

Auditions for the Spring 2012 AU Symphonic and Concert bands will be held on Tuesday November 29th and Wednesday November 30th. To sign up for an audition time, please go to the Audition Sign-up Form.

Thursday, October 27, 2011
7:30 PM 
Auburn Arena
Tickets: General Public $10, Students $5

Sounds of Auburn features most of the large ensembles in the Music Department performing a wide variety of exciting repertoire. This year the ensembles to perform include: AU Symphonic Band, AU Chamber Choir, AU Percussion Ensemble, AU Gospel Choir, AU Singers, AU Jazz Band, and the AU Marching Band.

For More Information:

Contact the Music Department for more information.
Email music@auburn.edu for more information.
Phone (334) 844-4165 for more information.

Auburn Bands now has an online music and film store where you can purchase and download music and videos from previous years. Check out our new store today, and don’t leave empty handed!

Thanks to everyone who came and auditioned for this fall’s Symphonic Winds. I enjoyed listening to all who showed up. There were many talented musicians this year, and if you do not find your name on the list, I encourage you to sign up for Campus Band this fall, and audition form Symphonic/Concert Band next semester. Once again, thanks to all who auditioned and you can find the results on the Symphonic Band Page.

-Dr. Rick Good

Symphonic Band Auditions for Fall 2011 are scheduled for August 16 – 17 and you can now sign up for an Audition time using the Symphonic Band Audition Form.

For more information on auditions, and to get the music, please go to the Symphonic Band Audition Page.

The Auburn University Symphonic Winds have been invited by the United States – China Cultural and Educational Foundation to the People’s Republic of China for a performance tour of approximately 10 days.  The tour is tentatively set to take place in the Spring of 2012, around Spring Break (between March 8 – 20). In the invitation from the foundation, it states:

Cultural exchange is our focus and primary mission. We continually strive to build bridges of understanding between The United States of America and The People’s Republic of China and hope that Foundation activities resulting in performances from wonderful musical ensembles like the Auburn University Wind Ensemble will enhance the unification of our great countries

The music for the 2011 Symphonic Band auditions has now been posted. To download the music for your instrument, go to the Symphonic Band Audition page. The auditions will be held August 16-18, and please check back around mid-July to sign up for an audition time.

Auburn University’s premiere wind and percussion ensemble, the Symphonic Winds, along with the Percussion Ensemble, will be performing four concerts on their spring tour, April 3-6, 2011. The program features a unique variety of musical styles including contemporary as well as traditional works.  The concerts will be held at Hilton Head Island High School in South Carolina and Veterans High School and Houston County High School in Warner Robbins, Georgia.

The ensembles, directed by Dr. Rick Good and Dr. Doug Rosener, will present two public concerts while on tour. The first will be at Hilton Head Island High School on Monday, April 4, at 7:00 p.m. The second public performance will be at Veterans High School in Warner Robbins, Georgia, on Tuesday, April 5, at 7:00 p.m. In addition to these public concerts, the Auburn University Symphonic Winds and Percussion Ensemble will be presenting master classes and clinics as well as performances for the high school instrumentalists during the school day. The ensembles will also perform a concert at Houston County High School on Wednesday, April 6, at 8:00 a.m.

The AU Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Doug Rosener, will present works that feature a wide variety of different percussion instruments.  Some highlights from the program include “Sculpture 3” by Rudiger Pawassar, a contemporary marimba trio, “Exploration of Time” by Ekhard Kopetzki, a non-pitched “drummy” percussion chamber piece, and Eric Ewazen’s “Palace of Nine Perfections,” a large scale percussion work that was inspired by a set of artistic ink and color scrolls by the Chinese artist Yuan Jiang.

The AU Symphonic Winds, under the direction of Dr. Rick Good, will consist of works by various composers such as Holst, Grainger, Sousa, Coleman, and Menard.  The Auburn University Symphonic Winds will also be performing two new compositions that AU Director of Bands, Dr. Richard Good, was an integral part in commissioning. One of these compositions featured on the program is “Loki’s Revenge” by Nathan Tanouye. The composer’s concept for the piece was derived from a god in Norse mythology named Loki, and was commissioned by the South Eastern Conference Band Director’s Association. The AU Symphonic Winds performance of this composition will be the premiere performance in South Carolina and in Georgia.

Following the tour, the AU Symphonic Winds will present their final concert of the academic year at the Opelika Performing Arts Center in Opelika, Alabama on Tuesday, April 12, at 7:30 pm. Conductor is Dr. Rick Good, Director of Bands and Professor of Music at Auburn University.

Click the links below for the flier for each concert.

Hilton Head HS Concert
Veterans HS Concert
Houston County HS Concert
Opelika Concert