GARTER BAND AUDITIONS ANNOUNCEMENT!

If you are interested in auditioning, please contact Anna Waite in the Band Office (bandadm@uoregon.edu) and plan to be at the audition from 5:30 pm until 10:30 pm. 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 27. Please refer to the audition instruction sheet for complete details.

(Prepared pieces are available in the links by instrument below)

Scholarship: Green Garter Band members who meet all membership requirements receive a yearly scholarship of $6,200. This is roughly equivalent to 14 in-state credits per term.Yellow Garter Band members receive a $1,200 yearly stipend.

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. Green Garter Band members must have at least 1 year prior membership in the OMB, Yellow Garter Band members do not need prior membership.

GGB obligations begin in late August and may run into June each year.
YGB obligations begin in September and may run into June each year.

Audition Announcement

SIGN UP TO PLAY AT THE SPRING GAME, MAY 3!

REGISTER HERE (registration now closed)

General Information:
The band will be performing the Star Spangled Banner and Mighty Oregon on the field during pre-game and standard tunes in the stands. Because we are learning a field show, everyone is required to attend rehearsal. If you have family or friends who would like to attend the game as regular fans entry is a suggested 3 can donation to Food For Lane County.

Band Schedule:

7:30am | Instrument check-out (drums, sousaphones and everyone who said they need to borrow an instrument)

8:00am | Rehearsal

9:30am | Set in Stands

10:30am | Line up in the East Tunnel ready to go on the field.

11:00am | Kick-off, Pizza lunch in stands

1:00 pm | Game concludes (approx.) – Turn in music and instruments

Parking:
Lot 8/9. Parking is extremely limited and carpooling is strongly encouraged! Enter the stadium through the East Gate, the band will be sitting in SECTION 2.

What to wear:
The OMB will provide yellow “Oregon Athletic Band” shirts. Please wear blue jeans (no holes) and comfortable shoes! 

What to bring:
– Instrument
– Water bottle
– Hat (optional for in the stands, we will NOT wear hats on the field)
– Sunscreen/ rain jacket
– Sunglasses
– Earplugs
– Lyre (if needed)

UO Instruments:
Instrument check-out will take place at the Penske Truck parked in the loading dock at the East Gate. Reed players will need their own mouthpiece, reeds, ligature, etc.

The Oregon Athletic Bands are HIRING!!

The Athletic Bands are also looking to fill a couple positions for the Fall of 2014.

For descriptions and pay for each position, please follow the links below.

The following positions are open for non-Oregon Marching Band members:

Equipment Manager (2 positions available)

Photographer (1 position available)

Welcome to the redesign of OMB.UOREGON.EDU!!

We were long overdue for a new look. Of 250 students in the Oregon Marching Band, we had a handful of CIS majors and recreational programmers who helped make the dynamic site we wanted! Special thanks to Jacob Mehringer, Jasper Walton, and Jeff Bayes for their help.

On this blog page we will not only have news updates but also blog entries from band members with personal accounts of life in the Oregon Athletic Bands!