Regardless of your major, schedule, or ability level, there is a music opportunity for you at the University of Minnesota School of Music. BAND
University Wind Ensemble MUS 3410/5410-001 | Audition is required
This select concert band is composed of the University’s finest graduate and undergraduate wind, brass, and percussion musicians.
Symphonic Band
Music courses and ensembles available to all students
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The Campus Bands are open to students of varied majors and disciplines within the University. These ensembles allow all levels of student musicians to enjoy making music. Each Campus Band rehearses once per week at Huntington Bank Stadium and performs two concerts per semester. AT H L E T I C B A N D S
MUS 3410/5410-002 | Audition is required
MUSIC THAT FITS YOU
Campus Bands MUS 3400 | Audition is not required
An ensemble of select wind, brass, and percussion players. Although many members are music majors, the ensemble includes a number of undergraduate and graduate students from other disciplines.
University Band
MUS 3400-001 | Audition is required
An ensemble of wind, brass, and percussion players who represent a combination of music majors and students from other disciplines. Performs four concerts per year.
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Marching Band MUS 3480 | Audition is required
Consisting of more than 320 students from across the University, the band performs at all Gopher home football games and at Indoor Concerts. Visit z.umn.edu/mnmarch for more information. Spat camp begins in late August.
Athletic Pep Bands MUS 3490 | Audition is required
Membership in one of three pep bands is based on auditions, instrumentation, and ensemble size. Pep band members play at athletic events throughout the year. MARCHING BAND
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Jazz Combos MUS 3350 | Audition is required
Jazz combos—dedicated to playing small group jazz— consist of a rhythm section (bass, drums, piano and/or guitar) and one to four other instruments, depending on balance and ability level. Combos are open to players of all instruments, as well as vocalists. OPERA
Opera Workshop MUS 5250 | Audition is required CHOIR
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University Singers MUS 5240 | Audition is required
As the flagship choral ensemble of the University of Minnesota, this ensemble explores classical and global repertoire from the Renaissance through the 20th century. Concerts include convention presentations and collaborations with college and community choruses, and School of Music ensembles.
Women’s Chorus MUS 3230/5230 | Audition is required
This choir sings classical, folk, popular, and global music for female (treble) voices. Concerts occur both on and offcampus and include performances at area festivals. The choir collaborates with the Men’s Chorus, other collegiate women’s choruses, and various University ensembles.
Men’s Chorus
MUS 3200-004 | Audition is not required
Performs glee club, folk, popular, and classical music. The choir collaborates with the Women’s Chorus, community organizations, other collegiate men’s choruses, and University ensembles.
University Symphony Orchestra MUS 3420/5420 | Audition is required
A select ensemble of students who are primarily music majors. The orchestra rehearses and performs the finest orchestral literature, from well-known works to premieres of new compositions. Regularly collaborates with the University Opera Theatre.
Campus Orchestra MUS 3430 | Audition is not required
Open to students of varied majors within the University and explores orchestral music. Each Campus Orchestra rehearses once per week and performs concerts twice per semester. JA Z Z
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World Music Ensemble MUS 5460 | Audition is not required
Focuses on Afro-Brazilian popular repertories, especially samba, tropicalia/MPB, and bossa nova. Master classes and clinics with local artists complement rehearsals and performances. All instrumentalists/vocalists welcome.
West African Music Ensemble MUS 5494 | Audition is not required
Hands-on experience in learning to play West African music, one of the great non-western musical traditions that are readily accessible to beginners.
Jazz Ensembles
MUS 3340/5340 | Audition is required
Students play a variety of big band repertoire and perform at events on and off-campus. Entrance is limited to traditional big band instruments: trumpet, trombone, saxophone, piano, guitar, bass, drums, and percussion.
Campus Singers MUS 3200 | Audition is not required
Open to all members of the University community, including students from all majors. Explores music of diverse cultures, styles, and periods, and they collaborate in programs with guest artists, the Men’s and Women’s Choruses, and various University ensembles.
A program designed to provide performance-oriented opera and music theatre singers with theoretical and practical instruction in opera stagecraft. The course combines theatre games and exercises, improvisations, and script readings, with rehearsal of selected opera and music theatre repertoire as “scene studies.”
Javanese Gamelan MUS 5490-002 | Audition is not required
A gamelan is a percussion orchestra indigenous to Indonesia. Instruments include gongs and metallophones. Offered spring semester.
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Gospel Choir
MUS 3380-001 | Audition is not required
Open to all members of the University community. Students explore the history of gospel music through experiential/ participatory songs, field songs, songs of struggle, Southern, traditional, and contemporary songs. This choir will help students develop improved vocal skills.
MORE INFORMATION: 612-624-5056 or ensemble@umn.edu
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Many ensembles require an audition for admission or placement. Auditions typically take place the first week of fall semester. For complete audition information, visit z.umn.edu/join-ensemble. If you have questions, please contact the ensemble office at 612-624-5056 or email ensemble@umn.edu. R EG I S T R AT I O N
Check onestop.umn.edu for updated class times and to register for non-auditioned ensembles. For auditioned ensembles, registration takes place after audition is completed.
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A limited number of instruments are available for a nominal fee to students admitted into ensembles. To use a University-owned instrument for auditions email musequip@umn.edu. MINOR, MAJOR, OR D O U B LE - M A J O R I N M U S I C
To learn more about how to minor, major, or doublemajor in music, please visit music.umn.edu/apply or contact musicapply@umn.edu.
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