The University of Akron Bands

HEY BAND FANS, get excited! The Zips Football Spring Game is scheduled! See you at InfoCision Stadium on Saturday, April 25th at 1pm.

All current HS Band students are welcome to join in on the fun, too!

Register here: https://akronsopa.shopwindow.io/content/render/crm_form/6dd11fa9-bf4b-44ad-bca1-b84fff33f93b?presentation=web&preview=1

Join the 2025 OBDC All-Star or Honor Band at The University of Akron on December 5-6th! You'll work with our incredible guest conductors, have a sectional with our fantastic studio faculty, and perform with new friends. Applications are due in ONE WEEK - on October 20th! Submit yours today!

Ready to sign up? Complete your application here: https://akronsopa.shopwindow.io/content/render/dg5brochure/ecfdc5f1-6ee0-4554-bbdb-9eb82de0537f?presentation=web&preview=1

Tonight - UA's Wind Symphony premieres "Fireflies," written for the band by UA alumnus Dr. Patrick Finley (BM 1980, pictured). Also works by Robert Sheldon, Guy Woolfenden, Warren Benson, Eric Whitacre, and Frank Ticheli. Galen Karriker conducts.

The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 330-972-7590 or email [email protected].

https://www.uakron.edu/bands/events/high-school-band

We're so excited to welcome area high school students as members of Zippy's All-Star Marching Band when Akron Zips Football takes on Colgate at InfoCision Stadium on September 14th!

Want in? Head to www.uakron.edu/bands and click on Zippy's All Star Marching Band under High School Events! Go Zips! 🦘

Summer Symphonic Band is almost here! Community members and students have been hard at work for the last few weeks on summer-favorite tunes! Join us tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. for a free concert in Guzzetta Recital Hall.

Can't make it in person? Catch the livestream here: https://youtube.com/live/MzJ-ZiAj5vA?feature=share

The University of Akron School of Music and University Bands welcome Michelle Bell to the faculty where she will serve as Assistant Director of the Bands and Director of Athletic Bands.

Before joining the faculty, Dr. Bell completed her DMA at the University of Illinois where she served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and instructor for undergraduate conducting courses, conducted the Campus Band, and worked with the Marching Illini and Basketball Bands.

Dr. Bell previously taught at Emory & Henry College in Emory, VA where she assisted with the Marching Band and Concert Band and directed the Pep Band and various chamber woodwind ensembles. She also taught courses in theory, conducting, instrumental methods, and woodwind methods. Prior to her time at E&H, she taught at St. Cloud State University, where she directed the Sports Band. In addition to teaching, her research on building grit in students has led to multiple presentations at state and national conferences, including the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) National Conference.

In 2011, Dr. Bell received her commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Army National Guard. Since then, she has served in the Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota Army National Guards. Currently, she holds the rank of captain and was most recently deployed as a company commander, where she led a company of over 100 soldiers.

Dr. Bell earned her Master of Music in Wind Band Conducting at the University of Minnesota and her Bachelor of Music in Music Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her professional affiliations include College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education, and Women Band Directors International.

Ohio's Pride - University of Akron Marching Band
The University of Akron School of Music

The University of Akron Bands congratulates all the students (undergrad and graduate) who performed their last concert in the UA Concert Band Ensembles at the end of the spring semester. Many of them recently graduated from UA and others will student teach this coming fall(*). Congrats and many thanks for all you have given to the UA Bands, School of Music, and The University of Akron. Go Zips and best wishes for future success!

Undergraduate Students:
- Collin Brockmeyer (Bassoon)
- Corrina Bowles (Clarinet)*
- Hannah Cecil (Flute)*
- Hannah Collis (Tuba)*
- Elyce Enrique (Flute)*
- Kristen Flinner (Flute)*
- Toree Fogle (Saxophone)*
- Abigail Gaba (Clarinet)*
- Logan Gillotte (Euphonium)*
- Deven Huwig (Euphonium)
- Scott Kline (Trumpet)*
- Nicole Landrum (Saxophone)*
- Andrew Mee (Trumpet)
- Sarah Plain (Trumpet)*
- Emily Schrembeck (Bassoon)
- Camryn Silk (Horn)
- Marjorie Spinner (Trumpet)*
- AJ Thacker (Trumpet)
- Andrea Thacker (Flute)*
- Henry Wilson (Euphonium)
- Austin Yoder (Saxophone)

Graduate Students:
- Alexis Hefley (Flute)
- Brandon Kuhn (Oboe)
- Nicholas Shields (Bassoon)
- Althea Szabo (Clarinet)
- Jessica Wagoner (Horn)

Ohio's Pride - University of Akron Marching Band
The University of Akron School of Music

Effective today, this is now the official page for the University Bands, specifically our concert ensembles.

The latest information regarding our three ensembles, (Wind Symphony, Symphony Band, and Concert Band) as well as our full schedule of events, will be made available to those of you who follow in the coming days.

Thanks for your interest, and as always, GO ZIPS!