The Band of Blue, also known as the MTSU Marching Band of Blue, is an organization on the campus of
Middle Tennessee State University
Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or MT) is a public university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Founded in 1911 as a normal school, the university consists of eight Undergraduate education, undergraduate colleges as well as a college of Postgr ...
that puts on regular half time shows during
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football program represents Middle Tennessee State University in the sport of American football. The Blue Raiders compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA ...
games, as well as performances in the community and several
marching band
A marching band is a group of musical instrument, instrumental musicians who perform while marching, often for entertainment or competition. Instrumentation typically includes brass instrument, brass, woodwind instrument, woodwind, and percus ...
exhibitions. The band is open to all students on campus who enroll in the associated class and can display fundamental proficiency on a
wind
Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting a few ho ...
or
percussion
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...
instrument and is versed in marching techniques. The band has been increasing in membership in recent years, with the band reaching its largest membership in the 2011 season. It strives to be a crowd-friendly, entertaining group. It is the largest student organization on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University and is composed of students from nearly every area of the university.
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Conference USA marching bands
Middle Tennessee State University
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