Symphony Orchestras provide performance opportunities for students who want an ensemble experience with a more relaxed atmosphere. The Purdue Symphony ensembles use a standard instrumentation. String players rehearse twice each week, and wind player and percussionists play with the orchestras one day each week. The orchestras performs two concerts each semester. In the past, Purdue orchestras have performed special concerts for the Indiana Music Education Association at its annual convention, and collaborated with the Purdue Musical Organizations in performances at the Hilbert Circle Theater, the home of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
Scholarships General Info Handbook. Drawstring backpack: You may provide your own, or this may be purchased from us when you arrive at Purdue from the band department. You will carry drill charts, water bottles, etc. Can I participate in a band or orchestra as well as a Learning Community?
You will make friends and find study partners quickly while in a band or orchestra and will have the opportunity to do so in an environment in which you have a common bond. Check it out, here. I am burned out on music. Why should I participate in college? College band and orchestra offers a completely different experience from high school. At Purdue, you will be involved with a mature, motivated group of musicians, who have changed their focus to a more in depth appreciation of music.
There are no music performance majors. Everyone participates in a particular ensemble because they want to, not because they have to. In that positive atmosphere, creative expression thrives and music is both fun and rewarding. No matter how you felt about band or orchestra in high school, you will find the college ensembles to be a new and different experience.
Is that true? We often hear this statement, but this is false. Band and orchestra students learn how to manage their time more effectively than most other students on campus. As a group, students in our department have one of the highest grade point averages on campus.
Participation in band and orchestra actually assists you in making the adjustment to college, as you have an immediate circle of friends, and pleasurable activities that relieve classroom stress. If any advisor refuses to register you for a band or orchestra class, contact our office immediately at You should not be denied registration to any band or orchestra class by a university advisor.
If you are, we are in a position to help correct the situation without putting you or your parents in the middle.
Do not be talked out of something you really want to do! Can I play in a band or orchestra without signing up for the class? Am I limited to playing in only one band or orchestra at Purdue? You may sign up for as many ensembles as you wish. Keep in mind; however, that each band carries with it a particular time commitment, as do the requirements of your academic studies. It would be unwise to try to participate in too many bands. If you need help in making this decision, feel free to talk to one of the faculty or staff members in our department.
Since our performing ensembles are academic classes, they are scheduled on a semester basis and you sign up for each course for one semester only. You may register for any number of subsequent semesters, but only one semester at a time. You can march in the fall and play in concert band in the spring, or any other combination you might choose. Marching Band takes up a lot of time. It is a proven fact that busy people tend to be more aware of the need to organize and budget their time, and will plan time to get everything accomplished.
Students who have more free time are more apt to waste that time.
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