The University of Central Arkansas Bands is proud to announce that the UCA Wind Ensemble has been selected as a Featured Performing Ensemble for the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) National Conference at the University of Maryland, February 24â27, 2027! This will be the first appearance at the National CBDNA Conference in the university's history!
A huge congratulations goes out to our student musicians, faculty, staff, and alumni on this amazing achievement! Go Bears!
Presenting the 2026 Bear Marching Band leadership team! We are so excited for this amazing group of people, and canât wait to see what they accomplish this fall! Itâs going to be an awesome year in Estes Stadium and we canât wait to see you there! Go Bears! đ» #gobears
As we transition into the summer, we want to recognize and congratulate all of the members of the UCA class of 2026! We especially want to give a shout out to our members of the graduate band staff, who will be doing amazing things next year! Thank you to Brian Wyatt and Duke Kennedy for all of their work! We are so proud of you! Go Bears!! @brianwyattmusic@spookiedukey
Set your reminders: @noissaxophone is coming to the @uca_cahss for two performances!
Monday @ 7:30 pm - Recital in Snow Fine Arts
Tuesday @ 7:30 pm - Featured Performers with the UCA Wind Ensemble in the @windgateuca .
This will be the final concert of the semester for the UCA Wind Ensemble and will include works by @joelpuckett , @@vietcuongmusic (featuring ~Nois), Igor Stravinsky, and will conclude with a 75th-Anniversary performance of Paul Hindemith's Symphony in B-flat. Don't miss out on these special events in the @musicuca .
Join the UCA Campus and Symphonic Bands for their final performance of the 2025-26 Academic Year on Thursday, April 9, at 7:30 PM in the Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts! Both groups are doing amazing work, and you won't want to miss it! @windgateuca
Congratulations to the Epsilon Beta chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi and the Gamma Tau chapter of Tau Beta Sigma as the recipient of awards at the 2026 Southwest District convention in Dallas, Texas! KKY was awarded the outstanding musicianship pillar, and TBS was awarded the most outstanding larger chapter for the district. We are extremely proud of these wonderful organizations and all they do to help support and serve the UCA band program!
It was a pleasure to host the Cabot HS band today as they prepare for their performance in Indianapolis at the Music for All festival! There is some incredible teaching happening and all of the students and teachers should be proud of what they are accomplishing! Best wishes for a successful performance! @cabothsbands
These BEARS are out of this world! Congrats to UCA Music faculty - current (Blake Tyson, percussion & Lorraine Duso Kitts, double reeds) and former (Carolyn Brown, flute) as well as current students Evan Johnson (bassoon) and Patrick McKerlie (contrabass) on a fantastic âSymphonic Sci-Fiâ performance with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra last weekend!
Tonight's the night! Come out to hear the UCA Wind Ensemble in a performance that will feature members of our trombone studio as well as our 2026 Concerto Competition Winners, Duke Kennedy and Katie McManus in their performance of 'Run to the Light' by Ivan Trevino!
In-Person: 7:30 pm UCA Windgate Concert Hall
Livestream: /live/_ZARdtpAO30?si=eHnHvfMW3f1EYhMk
Preview: Jacob, Françaix, and Copley...oh my! Come out on Tuesday, March 10 at 7:30 pm to hear the UCA Wind Ensemble musicians play some chamber music AND some large ensemble works that will feature members of our fabulous trombone studio as well as our 2026 Concerto Competition Winners, Duke Kennedy and Katie McManus!
Congratulations to the members of the UCA Band program who participated in the 2026 Arkansas Intercollegiate Band! They performed brilliantly, and represented our university in the best possible way! There are great things going on in Arkansas!
Let's all congratulate Duke Kennedy and Katie McManus for winning the 2026 UCA Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition! They will perform Run to the Light by Ivan Trevino on March 10 at 7:30 pm. Mark your calendars!
