Seventy-nine Auburn University students and 16 faculty and staff will spend 10 days in China on a musical performance tour taking them to Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou. They were invited by the United States-China Cultural and Educational Foundation to the People’s Republic of China for the musical tour to promote cultural and educational exchange between the two countries. For more information, see the full release.

The Auburn University Symphonic Band will be leaving for China on Friday March 9. While in China they travel to and perform in many cities and locations such as the Shandong Arts Theater and the Shanghai University Theater.

During the trip, students will chronicle their experiences on a blog that can be found here. Be sure to check daily! Also you can see the final schedule of events here.

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.

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.