Bands

Ensembles Offered

Wind Ensemble

• Course number: MUEN 1140 / 3140  001   
• Rehearsal Schedule: Monday/Wednesday/Friday 2:30 pm-3:55 pm

 

Symphonic Band

• Course number: MUEN 1140 / 3140  003   
• Rehearsal Schedule: Monday/Wednesday/Friday  12:20-1:15 pm

 

UT Tyler Pep Band

Contact Dr. Tyree Hastings about Fall 2026 Auditions!

 

Fall 2026 Auditions

What: Auditions for the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band

When: Saturday, August 22, 2026 and Sunday, August 23, 2026. 

How to schedule: Email Dr. Scott at alexanderscott@uttyler.edu to schedule your audition.

What do I play? All audition music is linked below. Utilize your UT Tyler credentials to access the music for your instrument.

Flute          Oboe          Clarinet          Bassoon          Saxophone          Horn          Percussion

Trumpet          Tenor Trombone          Bass Trombone          Euphonium          Tuba

 

Meet our Director of Bands, Dr. Scott

Assistant Professor of Music & Director of Bands
ALEXANDER SCOTT is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting, Band & Wind Ensemble at the University of Michigan, where he currently serves as a graduate student instructor. 

An experienced educator, Scott taught for nine years at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in Maryland public schools. For seven years, he was the Music Department Chair and Director of Instrumental Music at Meade Senior High School in Fort Meade, Maryland, where he was responsible for conducting the Concert Band, String Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Steelband, and Pit Orchestra, as well as instructing International Baccalaureate (IB) Music, Advanced Placement (AP) Music Theory, and Guitar courses. Additionally, he served as the school’s advisor for the Tri-M Music Honors Society.

While teaching at Meade Senior High School, Scott’s bands and orchestras consistently earned excellent and superior ratings at county and state adjudication festivals and his marching band earned 2nd place at the 2018 USBands Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships. Scott was a semifinalist for Music and Arts’ national Music Educator of the Year award (2016) and the Maryland winner for School Band and Orchestra Magazine’s 50 Directors Who Make a Difference Award (2018). His departmental leadership was twice recognized by the NAMM foundation with a Best Communities in Music Education designation (2018, 2019).

Scott earned his M.M. in Music Education from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, his M.M. in Instrumental Conducting at the University of Maryland, and his B.A. in Music Education from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). While at UMBC, Scott served as the inaugural undergraduate conducting fellow with the Wind Ensemble. Scott is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, World Association for Symphonic Bands & Ensembles, National Association for Music Education, and the Maryland Music Educators Association.