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Pride News	12/3/2007

Pride Parents' Day. Pride Parents' Day will take place on September 15 when the Sooners take on Utah State. Parents' Day is an opportunity for all Pride member's parents to take part in a gameday experience with their son or daughter. A schedule and order forms were mailed to the home address we have on file on Thursday, August 16. You may also download the information in PDF format if you did not receive the mailing. Please note that these items are very time sensitive so complete them today! We would like everyone to be able to participate! We look forward to seeing you on the 15th. Boomer Sooner! Concert Ensemble Auditions Update. The audition schedule for concert ensemble auditions has been finalized and is available for you to view. Students interested in auditioning should sign up for an audition slot on the bulletin board between the band and orchestra rooms prior to auditions next week. Audition Materials for positions in the Wind Symphony, Symphony Band and Orchestra are still available for download. Please contact the band office if you have difficulty downloading the material. Concert Ensemble Auditions. Audition Materials for positions in the Wind Symphony, Symphony Band and Orchestra are now posted. Follow the link to your instrument to print the .pdf file, which includes audition music and a newsletter with audition and calendar information. The files are approximately 9 MB in size so if you are downloading from a dial-up connection, please be advised that it will take a little while. Auditions are scheduled the first week of classes between August 20-22. Please contact the band office if you have difficulty downloading the material. 2007 Pride of Oklahoma Auditions. Auditions for the 2007 Pride of Oklahoma will begin Monday, August 13 for all members. Audition music is now available on our secure website. In order to access the secure website, prospective members must either be enrolled in marching band (MUTE 1130, sec 900) or - if enrollment is not yet possible - must provide the band office with their 4x4 (we do not need the account password). Upon login, prospective students will fill out an information profile and once the profile is completed and saved, the student will be able to access the audition files. If there is any trouble with the login, please contact the band office and we will return your email as soon as possible. Boomer Sooner! University of Oklahoma Honors Wind Ensemble and Choir Camp. The University of Oklahoma Honors Wind Ensemble and Choir Camp brings honors music students to the beautiful university setting for professional development with faculty, conductors, and artist teachers. The groups are comprised of outstanding students from Oklahoma and Texas, grades 9-12, who achieve excellence through membership in all-state, all-area, all-region honor groups, or receive superior ratings at solo and ensemble contest. Participants may also be nominated by their director or applied teacher. Students rehearse, attend master classes/sectional rehearsals with University faculty and perform a final concert at Paul F. Sharp Hall in Catlett Music Center on the University of Oklahoma campus. For additional information, please visit our Honors Wind Ensemble and Choir website. Wind Symphony selected to perform at regional conference. The Wind Symphony has been selected to perform for the 2008 College Band Directors National Association Southwestern Division Conference at the Kansas City Conservatory of Music on Thursday, February 28, at 8:00 p.m. CBDNA is comprised of college band conductors who focus on the advancement of bands through performance, teaching, and scholarly activity. National and regional conferences present the latest ideas and literature for the medium and are held in alternating years at selected sites. The University of Oklahoma hosted the regional conference in 1990 and 2000. Photos from the Spring Concerts now online. Photos from the April concerts given by the Wind Symphony, Symphony Band, and Concert Band are now available in our photo album. Congratulations on great performances by all three groups. To those students who are graduating, best of luck in all your endeavors. Remember to stay informed by regularly checking this website and the Alumni Band website. We hope to see you at Homecoming 2007. Boomer Sooner! An Evening of Winds and Percussion. Monday, April 23 at 8:00 p.m., the Symphony Band and Concert Band will present their final concerts for this academic year. The Concert Band will perform Golden Point Overture, As Summer Was Just Beginning, Visions of Flight, and Invercargill. Armenian Dances (Part I), Down a Country Lane, Igor Fantasy, and Symphony in B-flat will be performed by the Symphony Band. Admission to the concert is free. Get a printer-friendly poster here. We hope to see you on the 23rd!

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Wind Symphony concert on April 14

The Wind Symphony presents their final Sutton Series Concert for the spring on Monday, April 14, at 8:00 p.m., in Paul F. Sharp Hall. The program includes:

Norman Dello Joio's Variants on a Mediaeval Tune

John Adams' Lollapalooza

selections from William Walton’s Façade, an Entertainment

Russell Peck’s The Glory and Grandeur featuring three percussion soloists

and Carter Pann’s Slalom.

For tickets, please call the F.A.C.T.S. box office at 325-4101. Tickets prices for Sutton performances are $8 for adults and $5 for faculty, staff, students and seniors.

(Click on the image of the concert poster to get your own PDF version, suitable for printing, framing, or papering your office!)

Posted by Webmaster on 4/5/08; 8:55:21 PM from the OU Music dept.

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