TCU Bands

06/02/2025

High School Campers! The TCU High School Music and Leadership Camp is ONE WEEK AWAY! Flex your spirit by dressing up for Spirit Days!

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🟡 Neon 🟢

04/24/2025

Join us for the final Wind Symphony Concert of the year as our Graduate Student Conductors share the stage with the TCU Wind Symphony one final time.

Conductors Heath Bain and Emily Keliher

Admission is free!

Program includes:
Army of the Nile - Alford
Rocky Point Holiday - Nelson
Nessun Dorma - Puccini
The Seeker - Maslanka
La Chancla - Llinas
~Brief Intermission~
Engulfed Cathedral - Debussy
Lincolnshire Posy - Grainger
March of the Horned Frog Battalion - MacKenzie
Come Sunday - Thomas

04/23/2025

Join us tomorrow night at 7 PM for the final Wind Symphony concert of the year!

Please join the School of Music for the conducting recital of Heath Bain and Emily Keliher, featuring TCU Wind Symphony. Mr. Bain and Ms. Keliher are studen...

04/16/2025

Please join us tomorrow, April 17th at 7:00, for the TCU Symphonic Band and Concert Band’s final concert titled “Celebrations.” Streaming link in bio!

04/11/2025

We are excited to announce the addition of Dr. Drew Dickey to the TCU Band Faculty as Assistant Director of Bands and Director of Athletic Bands!

Dr. Dickey comes to TCU from the University of Texas at Austin, where he currently serves as Associate Director of the Longhorn Band and Assistant Director of Bands at the Butler School of Music. In addition to his appointment at TCU, Dr. Dickey serves as the Music Design Coordinator with the Pacific Crest Drum and Bugle Corps in Diamond Bar, California, and as the brass educational lead with The Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps in Canton, Ohio.

04/09/2025

The TCU School of Music is excited to announce that Dr. Thomas Singletary will join our faculty in August as our new Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in Music Education.

Read more about Dr. Singletary:
Dr. Thomas Singletary is an active conductor, composer, clinician, and music educator. As a music arranger and transcriber for winds, he is highly regarded for his custom arrangements for high school and collegiate marching bands around the nation. A Georgia native, Singletary holds degrees in Music Education from Florida State University and the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana. He earned a Ph.D. in Music Education and Wind Conducting from Florida State University, where he served as a teaching assistant for the university bands. Dr. Singletary currently serves as Chair of the Visual & Performing Arts Department at North Central Texas College where he conducts the North Central Texas Winds, a wind ensemble of college students, music educators, and community musicians.

Prior to his doctoral studies, Singletary taught music at Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne, Florida for seventeen years, where he led a team of teachers committed to musical excellence through concert band, marching band, jazz ensemble, and chamber music. Under his direction, the Eau Gallie Band gave highly acclaimed performances at many district, state and national festivals. In recognition of his achievements, Dr. Singletary received the Oliver Hobbs Award from the Florida Bandmasters Association and the Citation of Excellence from the National Band Association. His principal teachers include James Croft, Robert Sheldon, Clifford Madsen, Donald Schleicher, and Patrick Dunnigan.

04/06/2025

From its creation in 1904 through today the TCU Band has had a storied existence. In honor of its 100th Anniversary and for the first time ever, the band's history comes alive through the telling of some of its most memorable moments. Featuring interviews with Leon Breeden, James A. Jacobsen, John Giorndano, Curt Wilson, Bobby Francis and Brian Youngblood, you get to hear the band's history first-hand.

From its creation in 1904 through today the TCU Band has had a storied existence. In honor of its 100th Anniversary and for the first time ever, the band's h...

03/30/2025

Congratulations to the TCU Wind Symphony and Conductor, Bobby R. Francis on a performance for a standing room only audience on Friday evening!

Thank you to all of the TCU volunteers who made CBDNA the amazing experience it was - your dedication to TCU Bands and the university as a whole was outstanding!

Congratulations to all of the performing ensembles on an amazing weekend of music!

03/26/2025

🎵Texas Christian University is proud to welcome attendees of the 2025 CBDNA National Conference to Fort Worth, Texas! Many of the nations top college ensembles and educators will take part in a week of great wind band camaraderie.

03/25/2025

🎼 The TCU Wind Symphony and Conductor, Bobby Francis, are honored to be performing as part of the CBDNA National Conference. TCU is proud to serve as host for the one of the largest wind band events in the country. We hope to see you at our performance! Live stream info in bio!

📅 Friday, March 28th
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 Van Cliburn Concert Hall, TCU

02/05/2025

Composer Jim Stephenson visited TCU in preparation for the world premiere of his Fifth Symphony, which will be performed by the TCU Wind Symphony at the upcoming national CBDNA convention in Fort Worth this March. During his visit, Stephenson spent time working with the ensemble and conducting class, offering insights into his compositional process and fine tuning various aspects of the work.

The premiere of Stephenson’s Fifth Symphony will be a highlight of this year’s CBDNA, showcasing the university’s exceptional wind program and Stephenson’s continued contributions to contemporary wind band repertoire.

02/04/2025

The TCU Wind Symphony will present a featured concert on Friday, March 28 at 6:00pm CDT as we host the CBDNA’s national conference. Director of Bands Bobby R. Francis will lead the wind symphony through three world premieres in the Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU.

Performing at the CBDNA national conference is one of the most significant honors a college wind band can receive, and we are honored to additionally host our colleagues from across the country at our beautiful campus here in Fort Worth. We hope to see everyone attend our free concert as we celebrate this significant achievement through great music and our students’ outstanding artistry!