School of Music Ensembles

The skills you will call upon most often as a professional musician are obtained outside the classroom walls. It is here, through Ensemble participation and play, where pedagogy and practice come together in a way that no lecture hall can replicate. Your artistry and individual style will come alive as you take part in one or more of our Ensemble offerings. We have a mix of audition-only and open Ensembles, each with extensive performance opportunities not only on campus but throughout the thriving arts scene and creative hub that surrounds us in the musically rich city of Memphis.

VOCAL

• University Singers
• Mazi - Soprano/ Alto Choir
• Tigerchor - Tenor / Bass Choir
• Collegiate Choir

Opera

• The University of Memphis Opera

INSTRUMENTAL

• The University of Memphis Symphony Orchestra

• The University of Memphis Wind Ensemble
• The University of Memphis Symphonic Band
• Mighty Sound of the South Marching Band
• The Mighty Sound of the South Pep Band 

• Collegium Musicum

• Contemporary Chamber Players

JAZZ + POPULAR MUSIC

• Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra
• 901 Jazz Band
• Jazz Singers
• Sound Fuzion
• ComboNation

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MUSIC BUSINESS

• Blue Tom Entertainment
• Highwater Records + Music River Publishing

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SMALL ENSEMBLES

• Horn Studio Memphis
• Memphis Saxophone Quartet
• Memphis Tuba Euphonium Ensemble
• The University of Memphis Trombone Choir
• Memphis Percussion Group
• University of Memphis Guitar Ensemble
• Blues City Bass Ensemble
• Bluff City Cello Ensemble

CHAMBER PLAYERS PROGRAM

Students selected for the Chamber Players Program provide leadership among their peers, hone their skills as performers, and serve as ambassadors for the School of Music. Students are most often top instrumental performers who, in addition to their regular academic and music curriculum, perform in a distinguished chamber ensemble for all four years of study. 

Undergraduate:

• Beale String Quartet
• Central Avenue Brass
• Magnolia Woodwind Quintet

Graduate:

• Bluff City Brass
• Lorraine String Quartet
• Pyramid Winds

FACULTY ENSEMBLES

• Ceruti String Quartet
• Memphis Brass Quintet
• Memphis Woodwind Quintet
• Birth of the Cool Faculty Jazz