If you did not participate in CSO during the Fall 2024 semester but would like to audition, please email samuel-chen@uiowa.edu, matthew-clarke@uiowa.edu, and yifei-sun-1@uiowa.edu to set up an in-person audition time during Tuesday, January 21, 2025 to Friday, January 24, 2025.

BPM auditions will take place during the first week of classes each semester, Wednesday evening 6-9 pm. Students must sign up for an audition time slot in person. 

Audition sign-up sheets and information packets (including audition instructions and location) will be available as of the Monday prior to the start of classes in the jazz studies area of the Voxman Music Building – 4^th floor, on the very southeast corner of building.

Please email william-menefield@uiowa.edu with any questions.

Fall 2024 audition times and excerpts can be found below. Auditions will be held Monday, August 26. 

The Symphony Band is open to all students, regardless of major, by audition only. Please contact Kathy Ford, UI Bands Administrative Associate, for more information. 

Students may register for the University Band (MUS:3160:0003, 0-1 hour credit) without an audition and attend the first rehearsal. Rehearsals are from 6:30-8:00 p.m. on Monday (and occasional Wednesdays during the football season) during the fall semester, and 6:30-8:00 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday in the spring semester. Please email mark-heidel@uiowa.edu with any questions.