2015 Pick Up Game Registration

Click the link above to register. Sign up by August 31!

Copy the following link into your browser to get the schedule:

http://pages.uoregon.edu/bandadm/PickupGame2015.pdf

2015-2016 Garter Band Audition Announcement

Auditions will be held at the School of Music on Tuesday, May 19 (room 140 – saxes and rhythm) and Thursday, May 21 (room 173 – brass).

Specific audition materials are linked below. Everyone auditioning should contact Anna Waite in the Band Office (bandadm@uoregon.edu) and plan to be at the auditions from 5:30pm until 10:30pm. If you have a class during that time, please let Anna know. Auditions will be grouped by instrument, so you will not need to be there the entire time. Specific times will be announced before May 16^th. If you are an incoming student, you may send in a recording, but live auditions are encouraged. Please refer to the audition instruction sheet for complete details.

Scholarship: Green Garter Band members who meet all membership requirements receive a yearly scholarship of $6300. Yellow Garter Band members receive a $1350 yearly scholarship.

Eligibility: The Garter Bands are highly active groups with demanding performance schedules. To be eligible, you must be a full-time University of Oregon student. You must also be a member of the Oregon Marching Band and the Oregon Basketball Band. Green Garter Band members must have at least 1-year prior membership in the OMB; Yellow Garter Band members do not need prior membership. Garter Band obligations begin in September and may run into June each year.

Green Garter Band

The following positions are open for audition. Click on the position for audition materials:

Alto

Tenor

Baritone Sax

Trumpet 1

Trumpet 3

Mellophone

Lead Trombone

Bass Trombone

Bass

Drums

Yellow Garter Band

The following positions are open for audition. Click on the position for audition materials:

Alto

Baritone Sax

Trumpet 2

Trumpet 3

Mellophone

Bass Trombone

Bass

Depending on the outcome of GGB auditions, additional YGB positions may be open. If you are interested in one of these positions, should it open, it is recommended that you audition.

Tenor

Trumpet 1

Lead Trombone

Drums

12 Reasons to Join The Oregon Athletic Bands

by Nicole Stanger and Kate Rohrich

12. Our uniforms aren’t traditional… and that’s a good thing.

We don’t have to wear bibs or wool. Our uniforms are super freaking comfortable. With the constant changing weather in Eugene, our uniforms allow us to stay cool when its hot and warm when its not. Also, our vests are reversible so we can keep things fresh.

11. We get swag.

Dang, them Nikes though… No one else can buy our custom-made shoes. Want a pair? You’ll have to join the band.

10. We’re always on TV.

15 minutes of fame after your first year? Check. #famous

9. We travel. A lot.

Because the OMB supports one of the best football teams in the country, we tend to get invited to go to things like the Rose Bowl and, you know, the first ever College Football Playoff National Championship game. Plus, it’s free for us and we get this great little thing called per diem. #nobigdeal #wewokeuplikethis

8. No fighting it out for football tickets.

While the entire student body (especially the freshmen) has to struggle to get one of the limited numbers of student tickets, we never have to worry about that. We have a pass to every home football game and get to spend the whole day with our friends, playing music, supporting our team and going crazy just like all the other fans there.

7. We get to perform here.

If you want to perform in front of 54,000+ people each home game, Autzen Stadium has got you covered. Now isn’t that a little bigger than your average high school stadium? Also the noise our fans make is absolutely ridiculous.

6. You’ll live in Eugene.

Trust me, when band camp rolls around and everyone else is dying of a million degree weather, you will be happy to know that the weather in Eugene is just about never too hot or too cold. Eugene is beautiful at almost any time of year.

5. We get to hangout with this guy.

The Duck is our best friend. What other mascot has as much swag and can be adorable as him? Name one. Yeah that’s right there isn’t one.

He also likes to steal our instruments and try to conduct the band, but it’s okay because we love him.

4. We run the show.

Our band is a student led organization. Students are given the opportunity to develop leadership skills through becoming one of many Section Leaders or one of four Drum Majors. Not only do we look cool, but we know what we’re doing. The OMB is also fortunate enough to have two awesome groups whose purposes are to make the OMB better. The Oregon Athletic Band Council makes decisions like what shows we want to perform, how to make our game days more awesome and then communicates that to our director, and Kappa Kappa Psi is the National Honorary Band Fraternity that focuses on building better leaders and community within the band.

3. Our rendition of the Star Spangled Banner will give you chills.

Performing the national anthem in a crowded stadium is one of the best experiences in the OMB, especially when we get to do perform it at a game like the Rose Bowl. At the loudest part, the banner silks are run across the field, through rows of band members, to create the American flag, fireworks go off in the background and the crowd goes wild. Seriously, chills.

2. You’ll make your best friends here.

From the first week of band camp freshman year, you’ll make lifelong friends. Long days, emotional games, and rainy rehearsals… we stick it out together and there’s no doubt that everyone shares a bond.

Ask 90% of OMB members and they’ll say they found their roommates in the band. We spend long days together, are in clubs together and live together; you think we’d all be sick of each other. But we love it and love being around each other. #daww

1. We’re a family.

The OMB is a family and through thick and thin, we’re there for each other. Even if you don’t know everyone in the band personally, we’re still connected. Years after graduation, you’ll still have that network of support, not to mention incredible friends and amazing memories.

OMB 2014-2015 Season Recap

We’ve had a really great season this year with 220 members and a lot of memorable performances and trips! This year took us on 5 away trips, including games at Cal and OSU, the Pac-12 Championship Game at Levi’s Stadium, the Rose Bowl and the National Championship. It was an incredible season for the Ducks, and we had so much fun at all of the games supporting our team and at other performances rallying with fans and getting the crowd engaged as the “Soundtrack of the Ducks.” Our shows this year included Huey Lewis and the News, Bruno Mars, and Evolution of Dance.

OMB to National Championship!

The OMB will be heading to Texas on Saturday for the National Championship! Come see us at rehearsal or one of our other appearances. Check our Facebook page for updates! #GoDucks #SoundtrackoftheDucks

Homecoming 2014 – Free Pizza Social and Watch Party with Tailgate Band!

Homecoming is October 18th, 2014 UO vs. UW. Join us for a weekend full of fun, food, music & Duck Pride!

Free Pizza Night @ Roaring Rapids
Friday, October 17th 6:30pm
Join the family-friendly fun and catch up with friends! Pizza will be generously donated by Roaring Rapids. Beverages and other items can be purchased individually. Roaring Rapids will also generously donate $10 per person to the Eric Humphrey Memorial Endowment up to a designated maximum.

RSVP by clicking the TICKETS link on the Facebook event.

Watch Party & Tailgate Band @ O Bar & Autzen Stadium
Saturday, October 18th Kick Off 5:00pm
Meet at the O Bar at 2pm where we will warm up, march over to Autzen and play for tailgaters until the game. If you have a ticket, head inside, but if you don’t, head back to the O Bar to watch the Ducks beat the Huskies and continue to play amongst friends! A t-shirt, music, and requested instruments will be provided! Playing is not required to come cheer on the Ducks with us!

Sign up by clicking the TICKETS link on the Facebook event.

We’ve survived Band Camp! It was an marathon couple of weeks, but after 90 hours of rehearsal, several gigs, and a couple games of Buck Buck, we’re ready for the season!

To kick the 2014 season off right, we’re very excited to announce our next event: our 1st Mario Kart Tournament! Members in the section will be competing over the next two weeks to see who can truly be known as the Mario Kart Champion! You, as our fans and friends, are also invited to participate! Each day, a game’s results will be posted. If you can correctly pick the winners, you will win a free 2014-15 OMB Sousa Calendar!
http://www.lulu.com/shop/omb-sousaphone-section-2014-2015-calendar/calendar/product-21738483.html#

2014 Pickup Band Sign-up

Copy the following link into your browser to get the schedule for the Aug. 30th S. Dakota pick-up band:

***http://pages.uoregon.edu/bandadm/PickupGame2014.pdf***

2014 OMB Registration NOW OPEN!

Register now to join the 2014 Oregon Marching Band. This is just one of the steps required to join. For a checklist of how to join the 2014 OMB, visit omb.uoregon.edu/joi and complete each item. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!

YGB Special Auditions: Summer 2014

Open Positions:
Trumpet 2
Trumpet 3
Trombone 1

Eligibility:
The Garter Bands are highly active groups with demanding performance schedules. To be eligible, you must be a full-time registered University of Oregon student. You must also be a member of the Oregon Marching Band and the Oregon Basketball Band. Yellow Garter Band members do not need prior membership to audition.

Scholarship:
Yellow Garter Band members receive a $1,200 yearly stipend.

Due Date:
Videos (or links) must be received by midnight, July 4, 2014.

Send auditions and any questions to bandadm@uoregon.edu

Procedure:
All auditions must be submitted as digital video recordings. You may send them on a DVD or other media, post them on a video sharing service such as YouTube, or share them with a file sharing service such as DropBox. If you post the video on YouTube it is strongly recommended that you post it as an “unlisted” video and then forward the link.

Your audition may be submitted as three separate videos, or as one video with the three required parts edited together. Each section (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) should be a continuous, unedited video.

Part 1: Scales:
This video should be unedited and be less than 3 minutes in duration.
1. Play the chromatic scale over your comfortable range. We are listening for facility and fluidity, not how high can you play.
2. Play the 12 major scales. You may play one octave or multiple octaves, depending on your comfortable range.

Part 2: Prepared Piece:
This video should be unedited and contain your performance of the prepared piece played from beginning to end. Click links below to download the prepared piece for your instrument:

Trumpet 2/3
Trombone 1

Part 3: Improvisation:
This is required for Trombone 1 and Trumpet 2 auditions, but optional for the trumpet 3 auditions. You will need a stereo system to play the track so both you and the track can be heard on the video. Please contact us if you have any difficulty with this part of the video.
1. Click here to download the “F Funk” play along track.
2. Play and record 2-3 choruses. You do not need to play the entire track.