Concert Band

Catalog description

The Concert Band rehearses and performs wind band literature focusing on the early British Band works, orchestral transcriptions, hymn arrangements, popular styles, as well as sacred literature. This organization gives one concert per semester and may perform on occasion with the IWU Wind Ensemble. The groups meets two times a week. This course meets the large ensemble requirement for those individuals whose major is in the area of brass, woodwinds, or percussion. All students should have training on brass, woodwind, or percussion through high school or should have taken Woodwind, Brass, or Percussion Techniques. Prerequisite: All students will audition for the ensemble or have permission of the director.