TOWSON UNIVERSITY MARCHING BAND
Director, John Miliauskas
{jmiliauskas@towson.edu}
(410) 704-5449
Membership in the marching band is open to all Towson University students, including non-music majors. Instrumentalists and guard members of all ability levels are welcome in the marching band this fall! The main requirement is a strong desire to be part of an energized university marching band!
The university is making a strong commitment to build its marching band to live up to a higher level of collegiate football now that Towson has joined the Atlantic 10 Conference. Financial support from the University is creating many exciting changes for the marching band. For example, all participating members of this coming year’s marching band will be receiving a $500 stipend for the fall semester. Additional stipends will also be available in the spring semester for Pep Band participation. The band will be wearing new uniforms this September, and over the next few years we will be purchasing many new instruments.
Our goal is to develop a highly school-spirited and classy organization whose performances will be entertaining for football games, yet interesting in the marching band world. More detailed information about the instructional staff and other aspects of this organization can be found on our website at {wwwnew.towson.edu/bands}. Feel free to contact John Miliauskas through email at {jmiliauskas@towson.edu} or by phone at 410.704.5449 if you would like more information or have any questions about THE Towson University TIGER Marching Band!
TOWSON UNIVERSITY BIG BAND
Director, Jim McFalls
{cricket9@earthlink.com}
Auditions for the Towson University Big Band will take place Tuesday, August 24, 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.com} 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}
TU JAZZ AND COMMERCIAL MUSIC ENSEMBLES
Joshua Davis
{jdavis@towson.edu}
Commercial Music Ensemble Auditions
Monday, August 30, 5 p.m. -7 p.m. in CA416
Prepare your instrument or voice part for:
1. rock or jazz ballad
2. upbeat dance, pop, or r&b tune
Jazz Combo Auditions
Monday, August 30, 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. in CA390
Prepare your instrument or voice part for:
1. jazz ballad (When I Fall In Love for example)
2. medium tempo jazz standard or blues
Please contact Joshua Davis at
{jdavis@towson.edu} if you have questions.
Joshua Davis
Director of Jazz/Commercial Studies
Towson University
jdavis@towson.edu
410.704.2820
