Band -O-Rama

Saturday, May 1

Band-O-Rama Back In The Drum

What’s a football-filled Saturday without the world-famous Longhorn Band? The fringe swinging in the air, the twirling of Big Bertha, the ringing sounds of “Texas Fight!” Even without the pigskin, The University of Texas Longhorn Band is a stand-alone attraction.

This year’s Band-O-Rama is back at the Erwin Center and The “Showband of the Southwest” is pleased to bring the gift of traditional, Longhorn classics to the Austin community free of charge.

The program will feature the university’s Drumline, Colorguard, the Texas Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble, and the Longhorn Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble. The Band-O-Rama performance will end with a mass-band finale featuring all the of the university’s traditional favorites.

The concert and jazz bands will perform standard concert works while the Longhorn Band will perform traditional favorites and preview two selections from this fall's halftime show lineup. Conductors include Robert M. Carnochan, director of the Longhorn Band; Scott S. Hanna, associate director of the Longhorn Band; John M. Watkins Jr., assistant director of the Longhorn Band; and guest conductors G. Scott Bersaglia, Benjamin Finley, Kyle Prescott, Mary Schneider and John VanderGheynst.

Tickets for the 2004 Band-O-Rama at the Frank Erwin Center, Saturday, May 1 at 7PM are free. Tickets are available at the Frank Erwin Center and the Performing Arts Center box offices.