Summer Camp Registrations are OPEN!
2025 Summer Music Camp Registration Link
2025 Leadership & Auxiliary Camp Registration Link
105th Manhattan Municipal Band
The 105th season of the Manhattan Municipal Band is ready for the 2025 summer! See the links below for the 105th season schedule and the membership agreement.
105th Manhattan Municipal Band Season Schedule
105th Manhattan Municipal Band Membership Agreement
The Pride is Going to Ireland!
In August 2025, one hundred and six members of The Pride are bringing some PURPLE to Dublin, Ireland and helping our Cats bring home the Aer Lingus trophy to Manhattan! See below for the schedule of required rehearsals and events for the Ireland Band.
Detailed Schedule of Joint Rehearsal with Iowa State University
Summer 2025 Ireland Band Schedule
Summer: Newsletter
Summer: Advanced Instrumental Tune-Up
A one-day training ground of ideas and techniques for the successful band director.
We invite you to join us for a one-day practical seminar applicable to any secondary and middle school band director. You will enlarge your arsenal of tools and techniques to move you toward continuous improvement and an ever-expanding circle of competence. Our "hands-on" approach includes coming together to discover new rehearsal techniques and work with some wonderful repertoire suitable for secondary students.
Friday, June 13
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Tracz Family Band Hall
Cost: Free! -- But if you sign up and don't show up, it's $100
More info here
Manhattan Municipal Band Concert Update
A Note From Dr. Frank Tracz!
Dear returning members as well as new members, Due to many changes in the university system, we are starting registration and enrollment for the 2024 K-State Marching Band earlier than expected! You need to complete the QR Code as soon as possible to register for the 2025 Pride of Wildcat Land! Please read carefully, and complete the ENTIRE Google Form and submit. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Frank Tracz at ftracz@ksu.edu.
2025 K-STATE MARCHING BAND REGISTRATION COMING SOON
Spring 2025 Newsletter
Below is a digital print of the 2024 K-State Bands Summer Newsletter!
The 2025 Spring Newsletter will be posted soon!
Click HERE to open the newsletter in a new page!
2024 Summer Instrument Delivery
In addition, we are once again giving you the opportunity to rent an instrument for the summer and it be delivered to you within the state of Kansas. We will deliver instruments on Friday, June 21st. A reminder, you MUST be registered for the 2024 K-State Marching Band in order to receive an instrument on the summer instrument delivery route.
CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE THE SUMMER INSTRUMENT DELIVERY FORM
Route Schedule:
Manhattan: 7:30 - 8:00 am
Salina: 9:45 - 10:00 am
Wichita: 12:00 - 12:15 pm
Emporia: 2:30 - 2:45 pm
Kansas City: 5:00 - 5:15 pm
Topeka: 6:45 - 7:00 pm
We will deliver a clean, high quality instrument to you to prepare for auditions into the 2024 Pride of Wildcat Land! Once again, if you have any questions, please contact Dr. Frank Tracz at ftracz@ksu.edu.
Looking forward to meeting you all very soon and working together to create another great edition of the K-State Marching Band!
Band Camp 2025:
Attendance at all Band Camp activites is required by all members.
A 2025 Band Camp Schedule is coming soon!
| July 26 - 27 | Ireland Band Rehearsal @ TFBH |
| August 3 | KSU/ISU Ireland Joint Rehearsal @ Liberty North HS |
| August 8 - 9 | Staff, DM, Leadership Report for KSUMB Band Camp |
| August 10 | Staff, Drumline, Auxiliaries, Rookies Report for KSUMB Band Camp |
| August 11 | ALL KSUMB Members Report For KSUMB Band Camp |
| August 12 - 14 | KSUMB Band Camp |
| August 15 | KSUMB Band Camp/Aggieville Rally |
| August 18 - 19 | Ireland Band Rehearsal @ TFBH |
| August 20 | Ireland Band Meeting/Depart for Ireland |
| August 24 | Ireland Band Returns to Manhattan |
| August 25 | GO TO CLASS!!! |
2025 Summer/Fall Events
Save the date for our upcoming 2025 Summer and Fall Events! More information will be communicated soon via this website and on our social media pages!
| June 8 - 12 | K-State Summer Music Camp |
| June 28 | Marching Pride Classic Golf Tournament |
| July 13 - 16 | Leadership & Auxillary Camp |
| August 8 - 17 | KSUMB Band Camp |
| August 23 | KSU Football v ISU in Ireland |
| August 29 | Purple Power Play |
| August 30 | KSU Football v North Dakota - Alumni Band Day |
| September 6 | KSU Football v Army - Fort Riley Day |
| September 27 | KSU Football v UCF - ASMB Day |
| September 28 | Wabash on the Prarie |
| October 4 | Central States Marching Festival |
| October 10 | Homecoming Parade |
| October 11 | KSU Football v TCU - Homecoming |
| October 25 | KSU Football v KU in Lawerence |
| Novemeber 1 | KSU Football v Texas Tech |
| November 29 | KSU Football v Colorado - Senior Day |
| November 30 | Marching Band Concert |
| December 5 | Manhattan Spirit of the Holidays Lighted Parade |
| December 6 | Big XII Championship |
| December 14 | Band Banquet |
| December/January | Bowl Game - TBD |
Course Override Information
Course Enrollment Information:
All marching band members must be enrolled (listings below) for "zero" or "one" credit by Monday, August 25th.
- MUSIC 115 (freshman)
- MUSIC 411 (upperclassman)
- MUSIC 846 (graduate student)
2025 Drumline and Auxiliary Audition/Clinics
The Kansas State University Marching Band is excited to announce audition information for its 2025 Drumline, Colorguard, and Classy Cats! Audition information for each unit can be found by clicking the links below.
CLICK HERE for DRUMLINE Audition Information!
CLICK HERE for COLORGUARD Audition Information!
CLICK HERE for CLASSY CAT Audition Information!
2025 Concert Band Clinic with THE BOSTON BRASS!
Dear CBC XXXII Directors and Students,
Thank you so much for coming to K-State and attending our Band Clinic. This event has grown tremendously over three decades and is now coming back to the numbers we had before the pandemic shut things down. We hope you enjoyed being on our campus, had a great time, and learned a lot. Special congrats and thanks to the school Band Directors for investing an entire weekend of their precious time and energies for the benefit of band students - you teachers/musicians are the best and we truly appreciate you all! And all the administrators, bus drivers, and parent chaperones - you folks are number one in our book!!!
We hope you enjoyed the amazing privilege of having the world-renowned BOSTON BRASS at CBC!! They are an amazing group of musicians and we are so incredibly fortunate to have had them as our guests this year!
Special gratitude and respect for the K-State band staff and students. These folks make it all happen and are the unsung heroes of a great band weekend! Bravo and thank you!!
Please don't forget about our Summer Music Camp (June 8-12) and Summer Leadership/Auxiliary Camp (July 13-16). We’d love to have you back on our campus!
Be safe, keep playing, and GO BAND!
-KSU Band Staff
Band 'Cats Pantry Opens at the Tracz Family Band Hall
The mission of the Band 'Cats Pantry is to provide temporary, supplemental food, personal hygiene, and paper products to KSUMB members at not cost to them.
The Band Cats Pantry aspires to eliminate food insecurity for KSUMB students by providing readily available supplemental food before and after rehearsals, performances, and any other time that students need it. This will help ensure tat no student in our band program goes hungry because of a lack of income of access to food.
Noresident Tuition Discounts and Awards
Live out of state and want to join the K-State Band Program? Click here to learn more about the Wildcat Nonresident Award!
Come join the K-State Band Family!
