BU Band Room

More Like This

Where Music, Spirit, and Community Meet

Photo by Natasha Moustache

Come by Rooms BAB140, 144, and 148 at 300W Babcock Street, Boston, and you’ll see rooms packed with students from all majors practicing for their next big performance on campus.

Boston University Bands program is dedicated to providing meaningful music-making opportunities to all BU students. That’s right, not all BU Bands’ members are music majors.

BU Bands ensembles perform at
150+
events each year
BU Bands perform for over
200K
people per year

The Band brings music and energy to spots all over campus and across our great City. It’s college band in an urban setting, it’s all types of music-making. The BU Band adds an audible spice to campus.

Aaron Goldberg, BU Director of Athletic Bands, Big Band Conductor, and CFA Senior Lecturer in Music

Bands and Ensembles

BU Bands offers 11 bands and ensembles, providing fun and exciting ways for non-music majors and music majors alike to have the band experience they’d like while pursuing degrees in their disciplines.

Athletic Bands include the Marching Band, Pep Band, Winter Drumline, and Winter Guard. Concert Ensembles include the All-Campus Orchestra and Concert Band. Jazz Ensembles include the Big Band, Jazz Combos, and Jazz Workshop. Chorus includes the BU Symphonic Chorus and Soprano-Alto Choir.

More on BU bands

Inside look at a BU Bands rehearsal!


I could be having the most stressful day, but the time I get to spend with my friends in BU Bands focused on making “clean beats” is like a hard reset, giving me the energy to make it through the rest of the day.
-Xander Stephan (CFA’22) BM Music Education grad, former member of Marching Band and Winter Drumline

cfa emergency resources

Explore More

News & Events