TOWSON UNIVERSITY MARCHING BAND
Director, John Miliauskas
{jmiliauskas@towson.edu}
(410) 704-5449
Marching band is open to all musicians and students with color guard skills. We can find a position in the band for anyone with the desire to be a dedicated member of a university marching band. Scholarships are available.
TOWSON UNIVERSITY BIG BAND
Director, Jim McFalls
{cricket9@earthlink.net}
Auditions for the Towson University Big Band will take place Tuesday, August 31, 6:30 p.m. in room 390 in the Center for the Arts. Auditions are open to music majors and non-majors alike and will include sight-reading and improvisation.
The Towson University Big Band is a 17-piece jazz ensemble featuring 5 saxophones, 4 trombones, 4 trumpets and 4 rhythm. The band performs repertoire from the traditional great bandleaders such as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman as well as modern compositions and pieces written by local composers. In addition, the music of Hank Levy, the founder of the TU Jazz Department, is featured prominently.
The T.U.B.B. will perform the following concerts during the Fall semester:
1) Thursday, Nov. 11 in the Kaplan Concert Hall in the Center for the Arts.
2) Friday, Nov. 12 at an as yet undetermined venue in Southeast Baltimore for a “Battle of the Bands” with Dunbar High School as the inaugural concert in the re-instituted “Jazz In Cool Places” series.
For further information about the band and the audition process, contact Jim McFalls, director, at {cricket9@earthlink.net} or {www.jimmcfalls.com}
TOWSON UNIVERSITY CHOIRS
Paul Rardin, Director
410-704-2825
{prardin@towson.edu}
Auditions for University Chorale (50 voices) and Vocal Jazz Ensemble (10 voices) will be held as follows:
Monday, August 30, 2004
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
3:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Audition requirements:
. Prepared piece:
Moses Hogan Hear My Prayer (available in Music office, CA room 374)
For further information on the choirs and the audition process — including information on the non-auditioned Choral Society — please consult our web page: {www.towson.edu/music/choirs}
