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Download the 2011-2011 Showman

 

 

Band Ensemble at Globe News Center

The WTA&MU Symphonic Band at the Globe News Center.
Photo Courtesy of Michael Johnson.

 

2012 TMEA & CBDNA Performances

The WTAMU Symphonic Band has been selected to perform at the 2012 Texas Music Educators Association in February, and the 2012 College Band Directors National Association Southwest Regional Convention in March. There were seven groups who were selected to perform out of the twenty-three ensembles that submitted recordings for this year’s CBDNA Southwest Convention. This will be the Symphonic Band’s thirteenth appearance at the Texas Music Educators Association. This is a record among university bands in the state of Texas.

 

 

2011 Buffalo Marching Band Parents' Day

Marching Band at Halftime

Each year, the members of the Buffalo Band invite their friends and families to our annual Parents’ Day Luncheon. The tradition continues on Saturday, September 24 at the First United Bank Center on the WT campus. Prices have not yet been determined, but it’s somewhere around $15 per person. You can also get football tickets for the game that evening at a reduced rate. We’ll have lunch with President O’Brien and some senior admin types, hear from our directors, and probably see a video of what you went though in Early Band. Then your friends and families get to see what you’ve accomplished so far during the halftime show. We’ll send information via snail mail to the families of anyone who has registered for MUEN 1026/3026 by August 15. 

The WTA&MU Marching at the Kimbrough Stadium.
Photo Courtesy of Michael Johnson

The Schedule of the Band World

August:
15 – GA’s report, 9a, N1010
19 – Percussion and Color Guard report, 9a N 1010
22 – DM’s & DI’s report, 9a, N 1010
Freshmen and Transfers report, 1p, N 1010
23 – Upperclassmen report, 9a, N 1010
Plan on rehearsals all day every day the week of
August 22-27
26 – Band Picnic, 7p, TBA
29 – Classes begin
September:
1 – Home Football vs. Colorado State Pueblo (This is a THURSDAY NIGHT game!), 6p
5 – Labor Day
10 – TMEA/ATSSB All State Help Session
16-17 – Marching Band to Dallas
24 – Parents’ Day, 11:30a, FUBC; Home Football vs. Incarnate Word, 6p
29 – Freshman Convocation, 5p, FUBC
30 – Symphonic Band Auditions
October:
1 – Symphonic Band Auditions
7 – Homecoming – Pigskin Revue/Bonfire
8 –Parade, 10a; football game vs. Angelo State, 6p
22 – Home football vs. ENMU, 6p
29 – Home football vs. Central Washington, 6p
November:
3 – Percussion Ensemble, 7:30p, NRH
9 – Wind Ensemble, 7:30p
12 – Home football vs. TAMU Commerce, 1p
19 – Possible playoff game
22 – Jazz Band, 7:30p, NRH
23 – Thanksgiving break begins at NOON.
24-25 – Thanksgiving Break
26 – Possible playoff date
December:
1-2, Kinderkonzerts
3 – Possible playoff date, Renaissance Feast
4 – Christmas Concert – Orchestra & Choir, 3p, NRH
5 – Special Student Recital, 4p, NRH
6 – Special Student Recital, 4p, NRH
7 – Last class day, Concert Band 6p, Symphonic Band 8p, both in NRH
8 – Dead Day
9 – Finals/Juries start (through December 15)
10 – Possible playoff date
16 – December Graduation
17 – Possible Bowl Game (Division II Finals)
23-31 – University Closed
January:
1 - University Closed August:
16 – MLK Day, University Closed
18 – Classes begin
27 – Career Day & Faculty Grand
28 – Audition date for the Department of Music
February:
4 – UIL Solo & Ensemble
5 – Symphonic Band, 7:30p, NRH
7-11, Symphonic Band Tour/TMEA
March:
2 – Showcase of Music (Amarillo Globe News Center)
3 – Audition date for the Department of Music
4 – Concert Band, 7:30p, NRH
12-16 – Spring Break
24 – Large School Instrumental Band Clinic, NRH
28 – Symphonic Band, 7:30p, NRH
29-31 – CBDNA
April:
6 – Good Friday
10 – Jazz Band, 7:30p, NRH
12 – Percussion Ensemble, 7:30p, NRH
13 – Chamber Buffs concert, 7:30p, FAC
15 – Orchestra, 3p, NRH
18 – Wind Ensemble, 7:30p, FAC
20-22 – Jazz Bands to Greeley, CO
30 – Special Student Recital, 4p, NRH
May:
1 – Honors Recital, 7:30p, NRH
2 – Last Class Day, Concert Band 6p, Symphonic Band 8p, NRH
3 – Dead Day
4 – Finals/Juries start (through May 10)