Oregon Marching Band

The Director of Bands is in charge of the Department of Bands at the university, teaches/conducts the Oregon Wind Ensemble, and assists with all of the bands in the department. Dr. Dennis Llinás served as an Associate Professor of Music and the Associate Director of Bands at Louisiana State University. He was also the director of the Tiger Band before accepting his position at the Oregon School of Music. Dr. Llinás will be conducting the Star Spangled Banner at home football games.

The Director of Athletic Bands administrates the athletic band program by leading and teaching students, supervising graduate teaching fellows and other assistants, and working with the university and athletic department. This position also serves as an Assistant Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Instrumental Music Education. The position is held by Dr. Eric Wiltshire, an alumnus of the University of Washington. Along with the athletic bands, Dr. Wiltshire teaches and conducts the Oregon Campus Band.

The Oregon Marching Band employs several instructors and Graduate Teaching Fellows (GTFs) to assist in the teaching and administration of the band.

The OMB is largely run by its many student leaders. These include drum majors, section leaders, uniform manager, equipment (truck) crew, garter band members, and the Oregon Athletic Bands Council.

"Fine For BBQ's", usually referred to as simply "BBQs", is a collection of short stands tunes. Usually played by the band in the stands, some of the longer BBQs, such as "Come on Eileen" and "Walking on Sunshine", are used during pregame, battle of the bands and other performances. The specific songs included have changed over the years as new songs have been added and old ones have been removed. Many of the BBQs are based on popular music. Some recent additions include "Till the World Ends" and "Party Rock Anthem"

"Prime Cuts" is a newer collection of short stand tunes. Usually the band plays these when certain football players make good plays. For example: Marcus Mariota's theme song was "Hawaii Five-O," Vernon Adam's theme song was "California Love," and Justin Herbert's theme song was "300 Violin Orchestra". Other notable songs in the collection include "Shots", "Menance", and "School's Out"

2009

• Guitar Hero: Livin' On A Prayer, More Than A Feeling, Carry On Wayward Son
• Back To The Future

2010

• Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody, Don't Stop Me Now, We Are The Champions
• Music from Avatar

2011

• Van Halen: Jump, Panama, Runnin' With The Devil, Hot For Teacher
• Aladdin: Arabian Nights, Friend Like Me, A Whole New World, Finale
• Pop Show: All Of The Lights, Party Rock Anthem, You Make Me Feel...

2012

• Rock Of Ages: Juke Box Hero/I Love Rock 'N Roll, Pour Some Sugar On Me, We Built This City/We're Not Gonna Take It
• West Side Story
• Gangnam Style

2013

• Fantasmic!
• Maroon 5: This Love, Payphone, Love Somebody, Moves Like Jagger

2014

• Huey Lewis & The News: Hip To Be Square, The Heart Of Rock And Roll, Couple Days Off
• Bruno Mars: Treasure, Marry You, Grenade, Runaway Baby
• Evolution of Dance: Medley of popular dance tunes

2015

• Tribute to Stevie Wonder: Superstition, Uptight, Signed Sealed Delivered, Sir Duke and Isn't She Lovely
• Classical Metal Show: Carmina Burana, Montagues and Capulets, and the Finale to Dvorak's 9th Symphony
• Latin show based on Blue Devils tunes: Legend of the One Eyed Sailor and La Fiesta

2016

• Music from the band Styx
• Tribute to Jimi Hendrix

2017

• The Marvel Cinematic Universe featuring the Marvel Fanfare Theme, Captain America, The Avengers, Thor and Thor The Dark World, Iron Man, and Marvel Recap
• Music of American Composers

2018

• Funk music: Let's Groove by Earth Wind and Fire, Kiss the Sky by Jason Derulo, Love Stoned by Justin Timberlake
• Contemporary Divas: Bang Bang by Ariana Grande, Chandelier by Sia, Destiny's Child Medley featuring Jumpin' Jumpin' and Survivor
• Epic Video Game Themes: Final Fantasy VII: Opening-Bombing Mission, Halo Theme, God of War

2019

• Summer of 1969: Proud Mary by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Evil Ways by Santana, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In by The 5th Dimension
• The Music of Yes: Owner of a Lonely Heart, Changes, Roundabout
• Tribute of to the Moon Landing: Rocket Man by Elton John, Space Oddity by David Bowie, Eclipse by Pink Floyd
• The Oregon Marching Band also participated in a combined halftime show with the University of Washington Husky Marching Band which included the music from the Summer of 1969 show and added I Want You Back by The Jackson 5

• Piccolos
• Flutes
• 1+2 Clarinets
• 1+2 Alto Saxophones
• Tenor Saxophones
• 1+2+3 Trumpets
• Mellophones in F
• Horn in Bb
• 1+2 Trombones
• Baritone Horns
• Sousaphones

• Snare Drums
• Bass Drums
• Tenor Drums
• Cymbals

• Marimba
• Xylophone
• Rack-Mounted Tom Drums
• Timpani
• Bells
• Vibraphone
• Gong (tam-tam)
• Chimes
• Keyboard Synthesizer
• Electric Bass
• Bass Drum
• Cymbals
• Various other percussion instruments

Like that of the Oregon football team, the marching band's uniform has many levels of customization by pairing different all-Nike equipment together, such as:

• Pants: Black Nike athletic pants with a silver mesh stripe down the sides
• Shirts: Green Nike Drifit long sleeve and a green Nike Drifit long sleeve turtle neck (for cold weather, worn under other Drifit), both worn under vest
• Vest: Yellow/White reversible vest with carbon-fiber "O" on the front
• Jacket: Nike black travel jacket with carbon-fiber "O" on the front
• Hats: a variety of green, yellow hats, worn during different quarters of the game
• Shoes: custom black Nike Free running shoes with the Nike+ capabilities
• T-shirts: green "Oregon Marching Band" T-shirts (additional shirts received for bowl games)
• Polos: green Nike "Oregon Marching Band" polo
• OBB, GGB and YGB get their own polos.
• Students must provide their own slacks and black socks.

The green helmets, which the band retired after the 2005 season, are currently being sold to raise money for the band.[4]

The Oregon Basketball Band (OBB) is a group of 80-100 OMB members who perform at all University of Oregon Men's and Women's Basketball home games. The group is auditioned from members of the OMB at the end of marching band season. Prior to January 2011, the OBB played in McArthur Court, better known as "The Pit". On January 13, 2011, the OBB, along with the rest of the OMB, the Oregon Cheerleaders and the Pit Crew, participated in the opening ceremony for the newly opened Matthew Knight Arena before the men's basketball game against USC.[9] In addition to home games, the OBB travels with both the men's and women's teams to the Pac-12 tournaments in Seattle, Washington and Las Vegas, Nevada, respectively, as well as March Madness tournaments.

The Green Garter Band tailgating before the start of a football game at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, OR

The Green Garter Band (GGB) is a select group of twelve players that plays at numerous additional events for the University of Oregon.[10] From funk to rock to hip hop, the GGB plays hundreds of high-energy student-arranged songs to entertain the hundreds of thousands they perform to every year. The group has a faculty advisor, the Director of Athletic Bands, but for the most part is entirely run by its student members. The Green Garter Band performs for all UO Women's Volleyball home games, UO Women's Basketball home games, many UO Softball home games and serves as the core unit of the OBB and OMB. Each year, the GGB also gives approximately 20-25 performances at special Athletic Department events, for the UO School of Music and Dance, for the University at large, and at various special events within the community. In return for their large commitment, Green Garter Band members are awarded scholarships equal to about 12 in-state credits. The demand for the GGB is so high that in 2002 the Yellow Garter Band (YGB) was created to help fulfill the number of requests coming in. The Yellow Garter Band is identical to its Green counterpart in most regards, but has a slightly smaller commitment. In return for their commitment, members of the YGB receive a large book scholarship every term. Together, the Green and Yellow Garter Bands have gained recognition and acclaim on campus, in the community and even nationally.[11]