ACU Bands

06/17/2026

pt. 2 of 2 !
yay leadership team! ybp!

06/17/2026

pt. 1 of 2 !!
Introducing your 2026 Big Purple Leadership Team! We are all SO excited for this upcoming school year! stay tuned to see the rest of your wonderful leaders. 💜🐾🏈

06/13/2026

If you need any help or additional information, reach out to the contacts mentioned in the Newsletter, other email correspondence, or DM us! We want to help you be successful.
The Newsletter and Big Purple Form were sent out at the end of May, and if you haven't filled out the form, you should've received an email reminder last week.
We can't wait to see you in August, and YBP!

05/02/2026

Congratulations to the student conductors and the Wind Ensemble on a wonderful Brown Bag concert! Thanks to all who came and especially the students, teachers, and friends from St. John's Episcopal School!

04/15/2026

Wonderful post from ACU. A reminder as part of the ACU Bands concert this Friday evening we will perform Grainger’s “Colonial Song” in honor of Ed and Kathy.

We are grateful for the distinguished teaching career and legacy of musician, director and arranger Dr. Ed George (’61), professor emeritus of music who died recently at age 89.

Read more about his life here: https://bit.ly/4tMJ0hX

03/28/2026

The ACU Bands join in celebrating the life of Dr. Ed George. His impact on the ACU Bands, the ACU Department of Music, the city of Abilene, students, colleagues, friends, and all he touched is immeasurable. The ACU Wind Ensemble will dedicate our performance of Percy Grainger's "Colonial Song" to his memory, and the memory of Kathy George (who passed last year). Our hearts go out to the George family, are full of wonderful memories and joy that we knew them, and how their influence will live on.

03/13/2026

We are busy cheering on our basketball teams at the WAC Conference Tournament in Las Vegas this week!

02/24/2026

UNT HOSTS CBDNA DIVISION CONFERENCE: Getting underway next Wednesday, the Southwestern Division conference of the College Band Directors National Association includes a series of FREE PUBLIC concerts and presentations. Included in the concert offerings is the Andrew Trachsel conducted consortium premiere of composer Jake Runestad’s, "Vincent's Sky," with text by Vincent van Gogh and Walt Whitman performed by UNT’s Wind Orchestra, University Singers and Concert Choir. Runestad will be present for the performance. See the conference four-day schedule at https://music.unt.edu/windstudies/cbdna-sw/schedule.html and see Jake Runestad speak to his composition at https://tinyurl.com/UNTConsortium2026.

02/21/2026

If you can't join us on campus for our concerts this weekend, you can catch the livestreams here on Facebook! Spring Collage concert featuring the Concert Band and chamber ensembles tonight (Sat) at 7:30p, and tomorrow (Sun) afternoon the Wind Ensemble gives our preview concert before leaving for tour and our performance at CBDNA next Thursday at 2p and UNT.

02/18/2026

https://acuoptimist.com/2026/02/concert-band-wind-ensemble-prepare-for-packed-week-of-concerts/

Now that the marching season has come to a close, students in the Concert Band and Wind Ensemble have begun preparing for a series of concerts to begin the season. The first of these will be Saturday, featuring the Concert Band in Boone Family Theatre. The band is open to anyone, whether or not they...