Give Green, originally scheduled for March 12, is happening NOW through June 25! A Day for the Audacious, a day for Tulanians to ensure all Tulanians to come can have an incredible experience. If you have the means, consider participating in #GiveGreenTU so we can continue our mission of excellence in the TUMB.
Visit the link below to participate!
As we ramp up for the 2020 TUMB season, the Percussion Section will get a head start by completing placement auditions online! Members will have the opportunity to work with Andrew on skill sets and techniques before submitting their auditions.
Visit the Percussion Auditions Page to view the audition requirements!
In a field where Black American Music and Musicians have such a profound contribution, we must support Black humanity as much as Black artistry.
The TUMB values diversity, equality, and justice. The struggle against racial inequality and police brutality is a burden we all share. The following are Black-led community groups fighting injustice in New Orleans. You can take direct action by following their accounts, making a contribution, or attending an event. Today is GiveNOLA Day. Consider using your generosity to distribute funds into the Black community that contributes to so much of what we love about New Orleans.
In these unprecedented times, it has been more important than ever to remain connected and create art. The TUMB, in collaboration with the Tulane School of Liberal Arts, Division of Student Affairs, Newcomb Department of Music, and SkyNine Cinema will release a special project, the VirTUal Symphony. Tulane students and faculty submitted videos from all over the country, performing a special arrangement of the Tulane University Alma Mater.
The video premiered as part of Tulane University President Fitts’s #TUgether2020 event. Enjoy this very special project celebrating the resilience of Tulane, New Orleans, The USA, and the human race!
Tulane University moves to online instruction in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Unfortunately that means the end of the Tulane Band Program’s live programming for the Spring 2020 semester, including the Spring Concert Band program, the Shockwave Spring Showcase, TUMB Colorguard, Green Wave Winds, and Spring Drumline performances at Turchin Stadium and Crawfest. We hope everyone stays safe in this troubling time. Keep an eye out for updates from us in the coming days and weeks including fall programming and 2020/21 Drum Major announcement.
If you would still like to support the TUMB and all its ensembles, please visit our DONATE page.
To read President Fitts’s full message, click here.
The Homecoming matchup between the Tulane Green Wave and the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes is Saturday, November 2, 2019. The Alumni Band will take the field with the TUMB after they perform their third Halftime show of 2019, “La Mer,” a celebration of all things water featuring the music of Claude Debussy, The Surfaris, and The Beatles! The Alumni Band will perform “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl” by Looking Glass (labeled “Earth’s finest composition” by Ego of Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2) and the Tulane University Fight Song.
You can join us on the field by visiting the Alumni Band page by clicking the link below and filling out the RSVP form! You can access the 2019 Alumni Band music and find a discount code to purchase tickets for your friends and family.
Tulane University, in collaboration with the TUMB, the Newcomb Department of Music, and Loyola University, will welcome renowned commercial Trumpet player Allen Vizzutti to perform the National Anthem on Thursday, September 19, 2019 at the Green Wave vs Houston football game in Yulman Stadium.
On Monday, September 23rd, Vizzutti will present a clinic in the Band Room in the Dixon Performing Arts Annex from 1:00pm-3:00pm FREE and open to the public!
Read Vizzutti’s bio below
“Beautiful...lyrical...stunning...stupefying”. “Trumpet player supreme.” Syracuse Post Standard
“Finely tuned wind, easy control, polyharmonic wit, orchestral penmanship, punctuated spiritual warmth...rarely do so many qualities find themselves in one musician.” Chick Corea
Equally at home in a multitude of musical idioms, Allen Vizzutti has visited 60 countries and every state in the union to perform with a rainbow of artists and ensembles. Performing as a classical and a jazz artist, often in the same evening, he has appeared as guest soloist with symphony orchestras, in recital, on television and in jazz venues around the world.
While growing up in Montana, Allen was taught by his father, a self-taught musician. Allen attended the Eastman School of Music where he earned the Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees, a Performer’s Certificate, a chair in the Eastman Brass Quintet faculty ensemble and the only Artist’s Diploma ever awarded a wind player in Eastman’s history.
Allen’s love of expression through composition has led to premier performances by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Budapest Radio Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic of London, the Nuremberg Symphony and others. After the world premier of his “Emerald Concerto” with the Syracuse Symphony Allen’s writing was described in review: “The Emerald Concerto sparkles!...a vivacious treatment which speaks well for both his dramatic instinct and technical prowess as a composer.”
As Artist in Residence, Allen has taught at leading universities throughout the world including the Eastman School of Music, the Banff Center for the Performing Arts, the Trompeten Akademie of Bremen Germany. His extensive treatise, “The Allen Vizzutti Trumpet Method” and his “New Concepts for Trumpet”, (Alfred Music Publishing), have become standards works for trumpet study worldwide.
Additional information about Allen Vizzutti is always available at < vizzutti.com >
ALLEN VIZZUTTI IS A YAMAHA PERFORMING ARTIST
Celebrate another year of the TUMB by attending the annual Friends of the Band Dinner and the Tulane Concert Band’s spring program, “Variations on America.”
5:30-7:00pm - Dixon Hall, room 118 (NEW LOCATION)
7:30-8:30pm - Dixon Hall Theater
Dinner - $50
Young Alumni ('14-'18) - $45
Red ($1,500)
• Recognition on Event Signage, Website and Printed Materials
• Two Premier Tables of Eight at the Band Dinner
• Reserved VIP Seating at Spring Concert following Dinner
• Recognition during the Spring Concert
White ($750)
• Recognition on Event Signage, Website and Printed Materials
• Two Preferred Tables of Eight at the Band Dinner
• Reserved Seating at Spring Concert following Dinner
Blue ($450)
• Recognition on Event Signage, Website and Printed Materials
• One Table of Ten at the Band Dinner
• Reserved Seating at Spring Concert following Dinner