University of Northern Iowa Pep Band

University of Northern Iowa Pep Band The official page for news and information about the UNI Pep Bands! The UNI School of Music will present two exciting Pep Bands for the 2012-2013 school year!

The UNI Basketball Purple Band and Gold Bands will each perform at Men's and Women's home basketball games, beginning October 2012 and continuing through March 2013. These pep bands generate the musical excitement that fills the McLeod Center at Panther athletic events. Under the administrative supervision of Dr. Danny Galyen and directed by graduate assistants Ashley Smith and Cory Schmitt, these

ensembles are an important part of UNI's school spirit at men's and women's home basketball games. Select members of this ensemble travel to post season conference and NCAA tournaments.

Be sure to vote for your favorite cat tomorrow for the MVC Mascot Madness!Aww TC!
07/11/2013

Be sure to vote for your favorite cat tomorrow for the MVC Mascot Madness!
Aww TC!

I made it to the final round! Thank you for voting and lets win this thing tomorrow!

03/20/2013
03/18/2013

ALL BAND MEMBERS - please check your emails immediately regarding the opportunity to play in the CIT game tomorrow night, March 19, at 7 pm in the McLeod Center. I need to hear back from you ASAP if you can attend the game! Spread the word!

02/02/2013

Gold band at 3. 2:15 call

12/04/2012

Gold band game tonight! Be there at 6:15! Woo!

11/26/2012

Check your emails for important information regarding the end of the semester! Copied below:

1. Registering for pep band

As per your syllabus, all students must be registered for pep band before your first game in the Spring 2013 semester. Please register for the following sections:

Freshmen and sophomores: MUS ENS 1150 Basketball Pep Band Section 07-ENS(54423)
Juniors and seniors: MUS ENS 3150 Basketball Pep Band Section 07-ENS(54419)
Graduate students: MUS ENS 5150 Basketball Pep Band Section 07-ENS(54420)

You may register online for 1 credit.

If you are registering for participation credit (0 credits), you will need to sign up for this at our rehearsal on Sunday, January 13.

2. Instrument rental

If you are in marching band and will continue to use your instrument for Pep Band during Spring 2013, please do not return your instrument to us this week (unless it needs urgent repair).

All students renting instruments for the Spring 2013 semester will fill out a re-contract at our rehearsal on Sunday, January 13.

3. Extra-credit opportunities

There are now two extra-credit opportunities available in January 2013. We will be joining the pep bands at Wapsie Valley and Waverly high schools, and we highly encourage you to come to at least one of these trips (whether or not you need the extra credit!) They are tons of fun, and the high school students get very excited for us to come and play with them at one of their high school basketball games. Extra credit trips will be as follows:

Friday, January 25 (evening, probably 5pm-9pm) -- Wapsie Valley High School
Tuesday, January 29 (evening, probably 5pm-9pm) -- Waverly High School

More details will be given at our rehearsal on Sunday, January 13. Please plan to come to one of these events if at all possible!

4. Uniform Shirts

Our uniform shirts are finally in! These will be distributed at our next games in the band storage room on the second floor of the concourse. Please plan to arrive a few minutes early to pick up your shirt.

10/05/2012

Congratulations to everyone on an excellent week of scholarship auditions! We are thrilled to announce this year will be the largest UNI Panther Pep Band EVER (we think)! First rehearsal coming up on October 21!

09/27/2012

Already over forty-students signed up to join the Panther Pep Band, and auditions aren't even until next week! Looks like we're on track to be an even bigger band than last year. Can't wait!

Spread the word -- Information Meeting is next Weds, Sept. 26th at 8:30 p.m. in the Dome! If you're at all interested in...
09/19/2012

Spread the word -- Information Meeting is next Weds, Sept. 26th at 8:30 p.m. in the Dome! If you're at all interested in joining the Panther Pep Band, it's important to attend (attending the info meeting doesn't mean you have to commit to joining the band!)

09/08/2012

In case you haven't already, check out the Panther Pep Crew page! We'll be learning some of their cheers this season to help ramp up the spirit in the McLeod Center. Go Cats!

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