Anthony
Falcone, director
Douglas
Bush, assistant director
Founded in 1879, the Marching Red is one of the oldest and most well known collegiate marching bands in the United States. The band consists of 290 students from over 70 different academic majors from across the campus. Thanks to the success of the Husker football program, the Marching Red is also one of the most well traveled bands in the country having participated in all of the major bowl games. They have appeared multiple times at the Rose, Fiesta, Orange, Sugar, Cotton, Sun, and Alamo Bowls, and have made single appearances at the Bluebonnet, Liberty, Holiday, Citrus and Independence Bowls.
The Cornhusker Band has also made several international tours, visiting continental Europe and Ireland. The Cornhusker Marching Band has been the recipient of many honors over the years, including the John Philip Sousa Foundation's Sudler Trophy. The Sudler Trophy is presented annually to a college marching band program that has demonstrated particular excellence over a period of years. A ballot of all NCAA marching band directors selects the trophy recipient. The Marching Red has been seen by millions of viewers on television, and appeared on the Kennedy Center stage as part of the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony. In 2005 the band was featured on the NBC prime time series Tommy Lee Goes to College and in 2007 on ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
Auditions for the Cornhusker Marching Band consist of a playing audition in the spring and a marching audition in the fall. Students living outside of Nebraska's borders may submit a recorded audition for the first round.
The 2008 first round audition schedule: download an application form.
- Note that we will accept recorded (cassette tape or CD) playing auditions postmarked prior to June 30, 2008.
- Saturday, May 3 (brass, woodwind and percussion individual auditions)
- Saturday, May 24 (brass, woodwind and percussion individual auditions)
- Saturday, June 7 (brass and woodwind individual auditions)
- Saturday, June 7 (percussion mini camp)
- Saturday, June 7 (color guard auditions)
Another color guard audition session is yet to be scheduled. Auditions for the twirler position have not been scheduled.
