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Penn High School Symphonic Winds to Perform with Purdue Wind Ensemble

LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Fifty-nine students from the Penn High School Symphonic Winds will be joining the Purdue Wind Ensemble on stage at the Long Center for the Performing Arts for the “Heroes” concert on Sunday, November 20. The concert will...

J. DONALD ROBERTSON TO GUEST CONDUCT “ALL-AMERICAN” BAND DAY 2016

On Saturday, September 24, the Nevada Wolf Pack football program will roll into Ross-Ade Stadium for a non-conference game against the Purdue Boilermakers. The excitement of Purdue Band Day will bring 23 high school bands to campus to perform under the...

JAY GEPHART APPOINTED 2016 HONORARY OLD MASTER AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY

The Purdue University Old Masters Program began in 1950 when student leaders, business representatives, and university officials together defined success as “honesty, personal integrity, and good philosophy.”  The mission of the Old Masters program has been defined by uniting distinguished...

Visiting Instructors Appointed for 2016-2017 Academic Year

Adam M. Bodony Adam M. Bodony will be appointed Visiting Instructor of Bands for the 2016-17 academic year, and will serve as the Director of Orchestras at Purdue University. Bodony will serve as the conductor of the Purdue Symphony and Philharmonic...

Dr. Ishbah Cox Announces Departure from Purdue

Dr. Ishbah Cox, Assistant Professor of Bands, will leave Purdue Bands & Orchestras prior to the start of the next academic year.  He will be moving to Columbus, Ohio where he will join his wife, Dr. Monica F. Cox, who...

Fanfare Spring 2016

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Purdue “All-American” Marching Band Helps IMS Celebrate 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500

Marching in the footsteps of 97 years of band students preceding them, more than 250 members of the Purdue “All-American” Marching Band will take center stage at the 100th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race on Sunday, May 29, when they play...

New “Voice” Determined for Purdue “All-American” Marching Band

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – John Hultman, a Purdue Band Alum and speech major who graduated from Purdue in 1958, will be the next “Voice” of the Purdue “All-American” Marching Band. The announcement was made at the annual Purdue Bands &...

Wind Ensemble Travels to Carnegie Hall

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Wind Ensemble, Purdue Bands & Orchestras premiere wind band, will be taking the stage at New York City’s famed Carnegie Hall in March 2016.  Over 65 Purdue students will make the trip, just ten years...

Twirling Auditions Determine New Faces for 16/17 Purdue “All-American” Marching Band

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – On February 27, 2016 at Lambert Fieldhouse, Purdue Bands & Orchestras held auditions for some of the most prestigious twirling positions in the country.  As a result of these auditions, the following representatives will be serving...