No! We have over 40 different majors in our ensembles. We welcome students of all majors and degree levels (graduate/undergraduate). In fact, non-majors can have the Pep Band, Spirit Drumline, or Fife and Drum Corps count as their fine arts requirement for the general education studies in their degrees if they participate and register for the 1 credit course associated with each ensemble.

The Green Machine Pep Band plays academic events, admissions events, men and women’s home basketball games, DC Sports games, as well as other various sporting, charity, and community events. We travel with the Mason basketball teams to their post-season tournaments and also travel in support of additional tournaments as funding becomes available. Our competitive ensembles – GMUID & Mason World Winterguard – typically perform February-April across the country at AIA and WGI performances. Dirty Gold Brass Band, 8th GM Regiment Band, Green Machine Spirit Drumline, Green & Gold Soul, and Patriots Fife & Drum Corps perform at various University & community events throughout the year. Emerald Desire performs primarily alongside the Pep Band at Mason basketball games, but also performs in many other University and community events. The District Drummers currently perform exclusively at Wizard's home games. You can also connect with our ensembles via our digital content library, available at https://greenmachine.tv All Green Machine Ensembles are available to book via requests, which will be fulfilled as time and instrumentation allows. You can request a Green Machine ensemble using the Request Form found under the Contact tab.

Please visit PatriotWeb to add Pep Band (MUSI 280) as a class. Pep Band (MUSI 280) is a 1 credit course and counts as a chamber ensemble credit for music majors and an elective credit or fine arts general education requirement for non-music majors. The class meets on Tuesday nights from 7:20-10:00 p.m. Although PatriotWeb lists the class space as deLaski 3001, most class meetings are in the EagleBank Arena, as schedule allows; however, the meeting space may change. When this changes, communication to this effect will be sent out in advance. Additionally, Patriots Fife & Drum Corps and Green Machine Spirit Drumline offer course credit through other sections of MUSI 280.

Scholarship recipients and students seeking credit for the course are required to register. If neither of these apply to you, but you are passionate about coming to rehearsals and games, we ask you to register if you have the 1 credit hour space in your schedule. Exceptions can and will be made for students who want to play but have a full schedule. Please email greenmachine@gmu.edu if you cannot register for the 1 credit course.

In order to receive a scholarship you must be a registered Mason student, taking the Pep Band course for credit, and fill out the Scholarship Interest Form sent out each Fall and Spring. Instrumentation, service to the band and seniority are all taken into consideration when reviewing applications. Scholarship requirements vary from semester to semester, but include a required amount of Mason basketball games to be attended, attending all rehearsals, and attending a set amount of additional events per semester. The scholarship specifics will be outlined in the scholarship contract that the Green Machine Ensembles Admin team will send out each semester.

General questions/not sure where to go? All questions can be sent to greenmachine@gmu.edu!

**Please note – the informaiton in this section may not apply during our organization's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Contact us at greenmachine@gmu.edu for the latest updates.** There’s no formal audition for most instruments in the Green Machine Pep Band, all you have to do is register for the 1 credit course (MUSI 280) that is offered through the University. We ask all participants to register for the 1 credit course. If you have reached your credit limit for the semester, or have questions about registering for the class, please email greenmachine@gmu.edu. All rhythm section instruments, however, do have informal, song-by-song auditions during rehearsals to help place members on songs that best fit their skill level.

**Please note – the informaiton in this section may not apply during our organization's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Contact us at greenmachine@gmu.edu for the latest updates.** To audition for the GMU Indoor Drumline, you must attend one of three audition camps held during the Fall. Anyone between the ages of 18-24 is welcome to audition, we just ask that you bring your own sticks/mallets, practice pads, and pay your audition fee. More information available at: https://drumline.gmu.edu/auditions

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