The sectional for April 11th has been cancelled. Our next sectional will be April 18th.
Keep working on the music that has been discussed. Be sure to check out the new pieces, Mellifluous, Lie, and Blitz. Also, we will likely work on Building Blocks at the next sectional.
See you then!
Here are music and tempo goals for next week’s sectional.
Exercise 1/8-8-24: 212 bpm
Exercise 5 (with the ghost note): 156 bpm
Ramp It Up: 180 bpm
Blitz (beginning to end): 164 bpm
See you next week!
Into our second week of sectionals, we now have an updated schedule for the remaining sectionals of this season. Sectionals will be hosted on the following dates.
March 21st, 28th
April 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th
All sectionals will be 7 – 9 p.m. For more information, check out the initial post about Sectionals or contact us.
If you plan on attending, please bring a copy of our new piece, Blitz, found on the Music PDFs page. If possible, try to have this under your hands before sectionals.
Hope to see you at sectionals tonight!
We would like to congratulate our five new drumline Squad Leaders selected for the 2018 season:
Jackson Archer – Snare Drum Squad Leader
Ryan Dunson – Snare Drum Assistant Squad Leader
Zach Wurzelbacher – Tenor Squad Leader
Sarah Wood – Bass Drum Squad Leader
David Cole – Cymbal Squad Leader
We are looking forward to a great 2018 season under the leadership of these talented drummers!
It’s time to start preparing for the upcoming season with spring sectionals! These sectionals are a great chance for current and potential members to get a head start on the playing aspect of the marching band. We welcome players of all abilities, high school through college considering trying out for The Ohio State Marching Band. Here is the schedule and location for the month of March.
Dates: March 7th, 21st, 28th: 7 – 9 p.m.
Location: Joan Zieg Steinbrenner Band Center – 1961 Tuttle Park Pl, Columbus, OH 43210
If you plan on attending, please bring sticks/mallets as well as a copy of the “Buckeye Technique” packet for your instrument. Music pdfs can be found here Music. Snare, Tenor, and Bass drums as well as cymbals will be available.
Look for updates to be posted here or on our social media pages.
There is a slight change to the Snare drum audition music and 2017 Mashup. The updated Mashup music can be found under the music tab for the snares and the updated audition piece can be found here: OSU Audition 2017 – Snare.
Go Bucks!
It’s that time of year again and tryouts for the OSUMB are less than two weeks away! If you haven’t already, be sure to register for tryouts and check out the tryout information page up on the OSUMB website and the Auditions page on our website.
Those who are registered will receive a link to the playing audition music. Candidates will also need to have the following school songs memorized for the marching and playing portions of tryouts: Fight the Team Across the Field, Buckeye Battle Cry, Hang On Sloopy, and Down By the Ohio. All school songs can be found on our music page.
The 2017 Tryout schedule is as follows:
Thursday, August 10: Squad leader tryouts, 9 a.m. to noon, 2-5 p.m.
Friday, August 11: Candidate Day 1 (for all who have not previously been members of the marching band), 2-5 p.m., 7-9 p.m. Registration will be open at the Band Center from noon-2 p.m. There will be an optional meeting for parents at 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 12: Candidate Day 2, 9 a.m. to noon, 2-5 p.m.
Sunday, August 13: OSUMB Tryouts Day 1 for all candidates, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Secondary instrument auditions and music/marching re-auditions, 7-9 p.m.
Monday, August 14: OSUMB Tryouts Day 2 for all candidates, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 2017 band selected ~9 p.m.
We cant wait to get the season started! Go Bucks!
A note for JI-Row candidates about instrument checkout:
As noted in a post below, drumline sectionals will begin at 5pm before summer sessions starting on Thursday, June 8th. Allison King is our percussion assistant and is responsible for checking out drumline equipment. She will be in the lobby on the first floor of the Steinbrenner Band Center starting at 4pm to check out drums and cymbals for all summer sessions. The one exception is the first summer session on the 6th when she will be there starting at 5pm.
Due to the high demand for percussion instruments the following procedure is in place for JI-Row candidate instrument checkouts:
As a candidate eligible to tryout in August 2017, you are required to attend 4 consecutive summer sessions before being allowed to officially checkout out a drum for the summer. During this period you will need to pick up a drum to use for the night and check it out with Allison by trading an instrument for a piece of collateral (drivers license or keys). After the summer session is over you will need to return your drum in order to pick up the piece of collateral that you left with her.
Once you have attended 4 consecutive summer sessions you will be able to officially check out a drum to practice with. However, you will need to check in with Allison at each summer session and inform her if there are any summer sessions you will be missing. If you miss too many summer sessions without informing her, she can ask for you to check your instrument back in so it can be added back to the stock for use by those who are attending summer sessions.
If you are are not eligible to tryout in August 2017 you are still welcome to check out an instrument for a single session at a time with a piece of collateral, but the instrument will need to be returned at the end of each session.
For all summer sessions, except for the first one, Allison will be in the lobby from 4pm until about 5:30pm and then again for 1 hour after the marching session dismisses for the night. It is your responsibility to be there to checkout/return your instrument or check in with her during these times. Please feel free to send Allison an email at King.1724@osu.edu if you have any questions specifically about checking out and using OSUMB drums and cymbals.
New music has been posted to our music PDF page! We will be using these warm ups at our summer sessions and sectionals this summer. More music could be posted throughout the summer so be sure to check back periodically for updates.
Please bring a three ring binder with plastic page protectors to all sessions for printed out music.
Go Bucks!
We are very excited to start preparing for the 2017 season with our first Summer Session next Tuesday, June 6th! The first Summer Session will start at 6:30 pm in the Steinbrenner Band Center, and the drumline will start meeting at 5 pm for pre-Summer Session sectionals starting on Thursday June 8th. Our Wednesday sectionals will start on Wednesday June 7th from 6 – 8 pm. Be sure to wear athletic clothes and bring sticks and water to all sessions. The instrument office, located on the second floor of the band center, will open at 5:30 pm to check out instruments for the first session.
Starting this year, all participants are required to fill out a one-time summer session registration form before attending. More information on the schedule, parking, and instrument check-out can be found on the OSUMB’s website and under our Summer Session tab.
We are all looking forward to kicking off the season and getting to work! Go Bucks!