Big Band is a large jazz group open to alto, tenor, and bari saxes, trumpets (or cornets), trombones and rhythm section; and every year we audition for two conductors.
Our rehearsals are every Monday during term time from 6:30-8:30pm in the Jack Hylton Room (JHR).
The band doesn’t require you to audition for a place, but may have to split our rhythm section between the other ensembles if there are too many people. We also have a small number of instruments available for you to use if you haven’t brought your own to uni or want to try out something new!
We play the typical jazz standards but also arrangements of pop, film and video game music.
We often theme our sets, such as in our performance of selections from The Planets or Duke Ellington’s The Nutcracker.
Every year, performances include our concerts with Swing Group in the Jazz Christmas Snowcase and the Jazz Night, and the Castle Concert at Lancaster Castle where we form a jazz orchestra with the String Orchestra and singers.