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American college athletic band

For the band that performs at football games, see The Ohio State University Marching Band.

The Ohio State University Athletic Band is a non-audition band for any student, faculty, or staff of Ohio State University with prior instrumental experience.

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Many students who perform in the Athletic Band also perform in the Ohio State University Marching Band. Each Athletic Band features full contemporary concert band instrumentation, including woodwinds. It performs throughout the year at various athletic and goodwill functions across campus.

Members of the Athletic Band receive course credit for their band participation.^[1]

History

Military band

Military training was an important part of the early curriculum at Ohio State, and a band was formed to provide music for the cadets to drill to.

The first appearance of a marching band was in 1878, as a 12 piece fife and drum corps. The first marching band i