Pep Bands

The UNI School of Music boasts three exciting Pep Bands: A Volleyball Pep Band and two Basketball Bands. The Pep Bands generates excitement which fills the UNI-Dome and West Gym at Panther athletic events. Under the administrative supervision of Dr. Danny Galyen and directed by graduate assistants Carla Venteicher and Lindsey Brunko, these ensembles are an important generator of spirit at men's and women's home basketball games and women's volleyball games. Select members of this ensemble travel to the post-season Men's Missouri Valley Conference Tournament each season.

Membership in the Pep Bands is open to all UNI students. Student musicians representing virtually every academic discipline perform a varied and highly energized musical repertoire. Forty pep band scholarships are presented each season by audition. The pep band auditions are held in early November prior to the beginning of basketball season. The UNI Basketball Pep band is spring semester class. The UNI Volleyball Band is a fall semester class.

2008 Volleyball Band auditions:

Volleyball Band auditions will be on Tuesday, September 2, starting at 7pm. To sign up for a time, please email Lindsey Brunko at lindsey.brunko@gmail.com. To audition, please prepare two pieces:

1. The UNI Fight Song (pdfs of the music are located here: http://www.uni.edu/music/marchingband/UNI%20Music.html)

2. A short piece of your choice. This may be a piece of marching band music, or another solo you have prepared.

Sightreading will also be included in the audition.

Approximately 25 students will be selected to perform as scholarship members of this ensemble. Additional students may be selected as non-scholarship members. Both scholarship and non-scholarship members will received one credit for the Pep Band class.

The 2008 Volleyball Band will perform at the following home games in the McLeod Center: