Questions? Contact our director, Dr. Jayme Taylor.
Jayme Taylor
- Associate Director of Bands
- Director of Athletic Bands
- Assistant Professor of Music
Athletic Bands
CSU Marching Band
The Colorado State University Marching Band is the largest and most visible student organization at CSU. The ensemble maintains an annual enrollment of approximately 250 members representing every college on the CSU campus. The band, of which 85% are non-music majors, performs annually for more than a million spectators including performances at all home football games, the Denver/9News Parade of Lights, the Colorado Bandmasters Association Regional/State Festivals, Denver Broncos games, and NCAA football bowl games throughout the United States.
Consisting of brass, woodwinds, percussion, colorguard, and the Golden Poms dance team, the CSU Marching Band (CSUMB) strives for musical excellence coupled with an exciting and innovative visual presentation. In addition, the group serves as a spirit leader and musical ambassador for the CSU athletic community. Membership is open to all students by audition, regardless of academic major.
A required pre-season camp is held in August of each year; drumline, colorguard, and Golden Poms auditions take place in the late spring/summer. Each member selected for participation in the CSUMB is eligible to receive a $615 scholarship during the fall semester. The scholarship is contingent upon registration (full-time university status) as well as enrollment in MU 204 (Marching Band). Additional scholarships are available for those who audition and are selected for the Presidential Pep Band (fall) and Basketball Pep Bands (fall/spring).
Audition Required
Rehearses: M/W/F, 4:15-6:15 p.m.
Director: Dr. Jayme Taylor
Presidential Pep Band
The CSU Presidential Pep Band is a select group of up to 45 players who perform during the fall semester at select women’s volleyball games and other special university events through the president’s office. Membership is open to current members of the CSU Marching Band, and auditions are held during pre-season camp. $500 scholarship for service/participation.
Though the schedule is published in advance, there are occasional additional performances.
Audition Required
Director: Dr. Jayme Taylor
CSU ‘Rampage’ Basketball Band
The CSU ‘Rampage’ Basketball Band is an auditioned group of players that support the men and women’s basketball teams and other special events during the late fall/spring semesters. Auditions take place in October and are announced in advance. The two bands (Green and Gold) alternate games and a full season schedule will be distributed before the season starts. The basketball band consists of the following instrumentation: alto saxophone, trumpet, mellophone, trombone, baritone, sousaphone, and drum set. Other woodwinds are encouraged to audition and will be utilized if space in the ensemble allows. Post Season travel to the Mountain West Basketball Tournament and any NCAA/NIT post season tournament will be limited to 29 members per trip and will be assigned based on instrumentation starting with the students with the highest level of regular season participation. Membership is open to all full-time CSU Students, but only members of the Fall Marching Band are eligible for the Basketball Band Scholarship.
Audition Required
Director: Dr. Jayme Taylor
2022 Preseason Camp Webinar
2022 Band Q&A Webinar #1
2022 Band Q&A Webinar #2
Events
Spring 2024 Student Recitals / FREE
Flute Studio Recital / FREE
CSU Marching Band Q&A: Webinar #1
Joel Bacon x Soundtracks
Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck
Lecture Recital-"Music, then Film: Julie Giroux's Symphony No. 6: The Blue Marble. A Film Composer's Immersive Experience for Wind Band"
Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck
North American Baroque Trumpet Conference and Competition
Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck
North American Baroque Trumpet Competition Opening Concert: A Baroque Extravaganza / FREE
North American Baroque Trumpet Conference and Competition
Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck
North American Baroque Trumpet Competition Awards Ceremony and Closing Concert: Baroque Trumpet Spectacular! / FREE
The Meaning of Democracy: a moderated panel
Keynote conversation with W. Kamau Bell: Race, culture, and democracy
Indigenous Governance Traditions: Native Nationhood, Sovereignty, and Democracy
Trombone Studio Recital / FREE
Alumni Night Out with the CSU Marching Band
Viewing of The Five States of Colorado
Democracy at CSU Panels
Practicing Democracy Open House and Civic Skill Building Workshops
Screening of Join or Die
Lessons and Legacies of the Civil War for American Democracy
Guest Artist Series: Michelle Kesler, Cello, and Scott Holden, Piano
Jazz Combos Concert
Democracy Expo
Living into a deep democracy: practices for reclaiming citizenship
Closing Keynote with Robert Putnam: the Erosion of American Democracy and the Upswing
Brass Area Chamber Music / FREE
CSU Trombone Choir Concert / FREE
Voice Area Recital / FREE
Wind Symphony Concert: Garden of Dreams
2024 Clarinet Composers Festival: Mangani Mania!
2024 CSU Marching Band Spring Game Extravaganza
Fall 2024 CSU Color Guard Live Auditions
Saxophone Studio Recital / FREE
Virtuoso Series Concert: Faculty Chamber Music
Jazz Ensembles Concert: Guest Artist Jon Gordon, Saxophone
Symphonic Band Concert: Song and Dance Part II
Spring Choir Concert: My Life Flows On in Endless Song
CSU Percussion Ensemble Festival Concert
Fall 2024 CSU Drumline Live Auditions
Double Reed Studio Recital / FREE
String Chamber Music Concert / FREE
Concert Band Concert: Musical Memories / FREE
Graduate String Quartet
Concert Orchestra Concert: Ancient Airs and Echoes / FREE
Piano Studio Recital / FREE
University Symphony Orchestra Concert: Propulsion!
World Percussion Ensemble Concert
CSU Marching Band Q&A: Webinar #2
2024 Summer Voice Intensive
2024 CSU Jazz Summer Workshop
CSU Marching Band Preseason Virtual Q&A
2024 CSU Percussion Camp
2024 Colorado Harp Seminar
2024 Organ Week
2024 CSU Brass Workshop
Concert Version: Bye Bye Birdie
2024 International Keyboard Odyssiad® & Festival, U.S.A.
CSU Band Day
CSU Alumni Band at 2024 Homecoming and Family Weekend
2024 CSU Honor Band Festival
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News
Shilo Stroman, senior instructor of music for percussion and marching band drumline, shared his marching expertise with many Colorado high school marching bands throughout the competitive season. “Now that the marching band season in Colorado is officially over, I’d like to thank the ensembles who trusted me to create music for them,” said Stroman after […]