Enrollment is open to all Appalachian students, and no audition is required. Primarily comprised of non-music majors and music majors performing on secondary instruments, the Concert Band offers continued performance opportunities for those students who wish to keep music in their lives as a recreational and aesthetic activity. Hayes School of Music conductors and faculty soloists often perform with the Concert Band. The Hayes School of Music offers a spring semester Concert Band, conducted by both faculty and graduate students earning their master's degree in band directing. Students who place into the Symphony Band receive one hour of academic credit by enrolling in MUS 1101. In the fall semester, the band rehearses on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:00-7:30 pm, and in the spring, it rehearses on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:00 -1:45pm, and it presents two concerts on campus each semester in addition to off-campus performances from time to time. Auditions for membership are held in August and January just before the beginning of classes.

Jason Gardner ( Associate Director of Bands, is the conductor of the Appalachian Symphony Band. The Appalachian Symphony Band is an auditioned ensemble that meets during fall and spring semesters each academic year. Students who place into the Wind Ensemble receive one hour of academic credit by enrolling in MUS 1102. The ensemble rehearses on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:00-5:00pm during both fall and spring semesters. Auditions for the Wind Ensemble take place at the beginning of each semester. John Stanley Ross ( the Appalachian Wind Ensemble performs wind literature of the highest caliber, and has performed as a feature ensemble at the American Bandmasters Association National Convention, the Southern Division Conference of the College Band Directors National Association, the North Carolina Music Educators Association Convention, and at the American School Band Directors Association National Convention.

The Appalachian Wind Ensemble represents many of the finest instrumentalists within the Hayes School of Music.

Should you need additional information or have questions, please feel free to contact the Hayes School of Music at (828) 262-3020 or one of the directors. Serving over four hundred students, the program is designed to provide a musical outlet for wind and percussion players in the university community, as well as professional training for music education and performance majors.įor information regarding the various ensembles within the band program, please visit. The Appalachian State University Bands program currently consists of seven bands.

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