{"id":4895,"date":"2024-04-15T10:46:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T15:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/?page_id=4895"},"modified":"2026-03-05T23:47:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T05:47:53","slug":"specialty-ensembles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/bands-and-ensembles\/specialty-ensembles\/","title":{"rendered":"Specialty Ensembles"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4895\" class=\"elementor elementor-4895\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57de416 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57de416\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a4bb373\" data-id=\"a4bb373\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cf4489 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6cf4489\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Specialty Ensembles<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b62de46 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b62de46\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6109b5d elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"6109b5d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db23ada elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"db23ada\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rider Sound Basketball Band<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e6673d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e6673d6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4b5ee4\" data-id=\"e4b5ee4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f97d4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f97d4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In addition to the other large ensembles, Southern Arkansas University Bands also has the Rider Sound, which performs at all men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s basketball home games. Auditions are held for the group in the fall semester and scholarships are available to students who participate.<\/p><p>The Rider Sound is directed by Dr. <a style=\"color: #ffd700\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/contact\/ortega-andrew\/\">Andrew Ortega<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8b2ceb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e8b2ceb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/files\/2026\/02\/SAU-vs.-HSU_20-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6585\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/files\/2026\/02\/SAU-vs.-HSU_20-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/files\/2026\/02\/SAU-vs.-HSU_20-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/files\/2026\/02\/SAU-vs.-HSU_20-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/files\/2026\/02\/SAU-vs.-HSU_20-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/files\/2026\/02\/SAU-vs.-HSU_20-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-729a413\" data-id=\"729a413\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-309da1d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"309da1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"1120\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/files\/2026\/02\/mascot.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6584\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/files\/2026\/02\/mascot.jpg 827w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/files\/2026\/02\/mascot-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/files\/2026\/02\/mascot-756x1024.jpg 756w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/files\/2026\/02\/mascot-768x1040.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bfed04e elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bfed04e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6136318 elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"6136318\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbd92eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cbd92eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Small Ensembles<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daa16f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"daa16f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Southern Arkansas University Bands also hosts a variety of small instrumental ensembles that students may participate in. These ensembles include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trumpet Ensemble<\/li>\n<li>French Horn Quartet<\/li>\n<li>Trombone Choir<\/li>\n<li>Flute Choir<\/li>\n<li>Saxophone Quartet<\/li>\n<li>Tuba Euphonium Choir<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e75fea\" data-id=\"1e75fea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cee28f elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4cee28f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" 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Auditions are held for the group in the fall semester and scholarships are available to students who participate. The Rider Sound is directed&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/bands-and-ensembles\/specialty-ensembles\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1678,"featured_media":0,"parent":4737,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-4895","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4895"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6854,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4895\/revisions\/6854"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}