It is the goal of the music program to see its student musicians succeed in college and be rewarded with scholarships.
The 175 student musicians in the band represent almost all academic disciplines and majors within the University.
Some of the finest student musicians in the country are to be found there, but they're not all reading music.
What did the student musicians make of the fact that the four nominated works come from such different stylistic worlds?
One by one, the student musicians came forward to hug him at the end.
The jazz orchestra is composed of twenty two student musicians from throughout the county.
But student musicians, especially those with younger siblings, sometimes do.
To benefit the student musicians, the orchestra has a scholarship program.
There evening also features music by the school orchestra and individual student musicians with refreshments to end the night.
Due to the lack of a music department, student musicians are from every school in the university.