Ensembles
The Department of Music offers a wide array of student ensembles. Check out all of the possibilities.
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Band
The University of Mississippi offers several bands, including The Pride of the South Marching Band and Color Guard, the Wind Ensemble, the Symphonic Band, the Concert Band, and the University Band, catering to both music majors and non-majors and performing a range of wind band literature.
Choir
Our ensemble offerings include the Men’s Glee, Women’s Glee, Women’s Ensemble, Concert Singers and University Chorus. The University of Mississippi performing facilities are some of the best in the country.
Opera Theatre
The University of Mississippi Opera Theatre provides comprehensive training for the next generation of singing-actors. Performers receive developmental training in movement, interpretation, stagecraft, audition preparation, and learn how to work with conductors, coaches, directors, and colleagues to prepare for careers on the stage.
Orchestra
The Lafayette-Oxford-University Symphony Orchestra is sponsored by the Department of Music and serves as one of the major university ensembles.
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African Drum and Dance Ensemble
The Ole Miss African Drum-Dance Ensemble (OMADDE) was founded by George W. K. Dor in September of 2003, after a fifteen-piece set of carved Ghanaian drums was acquired by the University. The music department offers African Music and Dance as a credit-earning course available to all students in both fall and spring semesters.
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Jazz Ensemble
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Low Brass Ensemble
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Percussion Ensembles
The University of Mississippi Percussion Ensemble is a major part of the percussionist’s curriculum. The ensemble is devoted to performing literature composed and arranged expressly for percussion, encompassing a very wide spectrum of styles and instruments.
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Steel Drum Orchestra
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UM Salsa Project
The UM Salsa Project is a collaboration between the University of Mississippi’s percussion studio, directed by Ricky Burkhead, and the jazz studio, directed by Michael Worthy. Made up of UM Music faculty, students, staff, and alumni from around the nation, the Project expresses its love and respect for salsa and other Latin styles with all of the energy and technicality Latin music demands.
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