  {"id":390,"date":"2021-11-13T10:03:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T16:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/?page_id=390"},"modified":"2025-08-04T13:10:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T18:10:40","slug":"bands","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/ensembles\/bands\/","title":{"rendered":"Bands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">The bands at BSU are passionate about music and encompass all instruments and music genres.<\/p>\n<h2>Blue Ice Jazz Band<\/h2>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-390 gallery-size-small-image row row-cols-2 row-cols-md-2 my-4'><figure class='gallery-item text-center col'><a href="https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-1.jpg"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-1-570x380.jpg\" class=\"in-gallery-1 img-fluid shadow-1\" alt=\"Bemidji State student playing a saxophone solo in the 2022 Blue Ice Jazz band concert\" columns=\"2\" ids=\"755,754,753,752\" orderby=\"post__in\" include=\"755,754,753,752\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-1.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-1-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-1-767x511.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-1-991x661.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-1-1365x910.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item text-center col'><a href="https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-2.jpg"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-2-570x380.jpg\" class=\"in-gallery-1 img-fluid shadow-1\" alt=\"Bemidji State Blue Ice Jazz band performing in the 2022 concert\" columns=\"2\" ids=\"755,754,753,752\" orderby=\"post__in\" include=\"755,754,753,752\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-2.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-2-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-2-767x511.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-2-991x661.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-2-1365x910.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item text-center col'><a href="https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-3.jpg"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-3-570x380.jpg\" class=\"in-gallery-1 img-fluid shadow-1\" alt=\"Bemidji State Blue Ice Jazz band performing in the 2022 concert\" columns=\"2\" ids=\"755,754,753,752\" orderby=\"post__in\" include=\"755,754,753,752\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-3.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-3-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-3-767x511.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-3-991x661.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-3-1365x910.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item text-center col'><a href="https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-4.jpg"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-4-570x380.jpg\" class=\"in-gallery-1 img-fluid shadow-1\" alt=\"Scott Guidry, the conductor of Bemidji State&#039;s Blue Ice Jazz band, speaking before the 2022 performance\" columns=\"2\" ids=\"755,754,753,752\" orderby=\"post__in\" include=\"755,754,753,752\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-4.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-4-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-4-767x511.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-4-991x661.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/11\/BSU-Blue-Ice-Jazz-2022-4-1365x910.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>The Blue Ice Jazz Band, established over 30 years ago, is a group of Bemidji State students with a passion for jazz. The band hosts 91探花 Jazz Fest annually. Blue Ice also performs at many community events such as dances and weddings.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Scott Guidry <a href=\"mailto:scott.guidry@bemidjistate.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">scott.guidry@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Pep Band<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-303 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2021\/11\/27533L.jpeg\" alt=\"BSU pep band\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2021\/11\/27533L.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2021\/11\/27533L.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2021\/11\/27533L-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2021\/11\/27533L-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The BSU Pep Band pumps up the crowd at sporting events at 91探花. The band plays fun music that excites the crowd creating an electric game-day atmosphere. This ensemble requires no audition and is open to all BSU students.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Tristen Heller <a href=\"mailto:tristen.heller@bemidjistate.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">tristen.heller@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Symphonic Band<\/h2>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-390 gallery-size-small-image row row-cols-2 row-cols-md-2 my-4'><figure class='gallery-item text-center col'><a href="https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2021\/11\/19JazzFestival_0021.jpeg"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2021\/11\/19JazzFestival_0021-570x380.jpeg\" class=\"in-gallery-2 img-fluid shadow-1\" alt=\"91探花 Jazz festvial\" columns=\"2\" ids=\"300,573,574,575\" orderby=\"post__in\" include=\"300,573,574,575\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2021\/11\/19JazzFestival_0021.jpeg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2021\/11\/19JazzFestival_0021-570x380.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2021\/11\/19JazzFestival_0021-767x511.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2021\/11\/19JazzFestival_0021-991x661.jpeg 991w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2021\/11\/19JazzFestival_0021-1365x910.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item text-center col'><a href="https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/Symph2-scaled.jpg"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/Symph2-570x380.jpg\" class=\"in-gallery-2 img-fluid shadow-1\" alt=\"Symphonic Band\" columns=\"2\" ids=\"300,573,574,575\" orderby=\"post__in\" include=\"300,573,574,575\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/Symph2.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/Symph2-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/Symph2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/Symph2-767x511.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/Symph2-991x661.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/Symph2-1365x910.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item text-center col'><a href="https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/symph3-scaled.jpg"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/symph3-570x380.jpg\" class=\"in-gallery-2 img-fluid shadow-1\" alt=\"Symphonic Band\" columns=\"2\" ids=\"300,573,574,575\" orderby=\"post__in\" include=\"300,573,574,575\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/symph3.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/symph3-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/symph3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/symph3-767x511.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/symph3-991x661.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/symph3-1365x910.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item text-center col'><a href="https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/Symphonic.jpg"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/Symphonic-570x380.jpg\" class=\"in-gallery-2 img-fluid shadow-1\" alt=\"Symphonic Band\" columns=\"2\" ids=\"300,573,574,575\" orderby=\"post__in\" include=\"300,573,574,575\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/Symphonic.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/Symphonic-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/Symphonic-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/Symphonic-767x511.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/Symphonic-991x661.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/05\/Symphonic-1365x910.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>The Symphonic Band&rsquo;s favorite sounds are from the traditional band classics of the twentieth century. The band is comprised of music majors, non-music majors and community members.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Ryan Webber<a href=\"mailto:ryan.webber@bemidjistate.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> ryan.webber@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Wind Ensemble<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-466 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/02\/Band-3-595x397-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jazz Band Saxophone\" width=\"1111\" height=\"741\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/02\/Band-3-595x397-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/02\/Band-3-595x397-1.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2022\/02\/Band-3-595x397-1-570x380.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1111px) 100vw, 1111px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Wind Ensemble at BSU has a long history of being recognized as one of the finest programs in the region. The ensemble performs twentieth-century pieces as well as contemporary works. The Wind Ensemble hosts the 91探花 Honor band annually.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Scott Guidry <a href=\"mailto:scott.guidry@bemidjistate.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">scott.guidry@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bands at BSU are passionate about music and encompass all instruments and music genres. Blue Ice Jazz Band The Blue Ice Jazz Band, established over 30 years ago, is a group of Bemidji State students with a passion for jazz. The band hosts 91探花 Jazz Fest annually. Blue Ice also performs at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-390","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1010,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/390\/revisions\/1010"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}