Ensembles
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLES
Ouachita Baptist University boasts a diverse offering of musical ensembles. It is
our belief that a variety of performance experience is necessary to grow as a musician.
Students participate in several ensembles each semester and are presented with numerous
musical styles and genres that challenge them to broaden their horizons.
CONCERT BANDS
- subject to audition
- half-hour of academic credit
- offered in the Fall and Spring
- performs campus concerts
- tours to high schools and churches
- repertoire includes sacred and secular
- rehearses Mondays and Wednesdays from 4-6 p.m. in the fall and spring semesters
- Hawaiian Tour – 1996
- European Tour – 2000
- European Tour – 2004
- Spain and Portugal – 2007
- CD’s – Winds of Praise, And Can It Be, Be Thou My Vision, Zion, Radiant, Simple Gifts
- Dr. Craig Hamilton, Director
- open to any OBU student with band experience
- half-hour of academic credit
- offered in the Spring semester
- performs campus concerts
- provides music for OBU functions
- wide variety of repertoire
- Jim Lloyd, Director
ATHLETIC BANDS
- open to all OBU students with high school marching band experience
- half-hour of academic credit
- offered in the Fall
- performs at football games and marching contests
- repertoire includes jazz, pop, rock, and classical music
- Craig Hamilton, Director
- subject to audition
- performs at OBU Basketball games
- performs at select invitational tournaments
- performs at Gulf South Conference tournament games
- Jim Lloyd, Director
- subject to audition
- half-hour of academic credit
- offered in the Fall and Spring
- performs campus concerts
- tours to high schools and churches
- repertoire includes various jazz styles ranging from swing to progressive
- Dr. Craig Hamilton Director
- open to all OBU students
- Tiger Steel (advanced steel band) meets Monday and Wednesday
- Pan Jouvet (beginning steel band) meets Fridays only
- performs Caribbean music from Trinidad and Tobago
- half-hour of academic credit
- offered in the Fall and Spring
- performs campus concerts and tours every other year
- Dr. Ryan Lewis, Director
- open to all OBU students
- half-hour of academic credit
- offered in the Fall and Spring
- performs campus concerts
- tours to high schools and churches
- performs standard repertoire
TIGER BLAST
- open to all OBU students
- half-hour academic credit (Spring)
- offered in the Fall and Spring
- performs campus concerts
- tours to high schools
- fusion of music, visual, and theatrical elements
- Jim Lloyd, Director
