Auburn Knights Orchestra

The Auburn Knights Orchestra is a big band founded at Auburn University in 1930. They perform jazz music, among other genres, at locations throughout the southeastern United States.[1]

The Auburn Knights Orchestra
FormationSeptember 1930; 94 years ago (1930-09)
TypeBig Band
Location

History

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The group was founded in 1930 during the Great Depression in the United States.[1] The members travelled by tour bus to performance locations.[2]

In 1959, then Auburn University student Toni Tennille performed in the group. Her father Frank Tenille was one of its founding members.[3][4]

In 1991, former members organized a reunion that featured multiple bands with members from each decade of the group's existence, with each decade's band performing music from that time.[5][6][7] The effort grew into an annual event hosted and presented by the Auburn Knights Alumni Association, a nonprofit founded in 1986.[8]

The group was given tax exempt status by the IRS in 2009.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Auburn Knights". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Auburn Knights and Tour Bus". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  3. ^ "1959: Toni Tennille sings with the Auburn Knights". Auburn University Digital Collections. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Toni Tennille and the Auburn Knights". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Auburn Knights Orchestra to host 93rd anniversary concert". Opelika-Auburn News. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Auburn musicians get re-u-Knight-ed". The Gadsden Times. 28 July 2005. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Auburn Knights Reunion". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Auburn Knights Alumni Association". Guidestar. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Auburn Knights Orchestra Inc". GuideStar. Retrieved 23 May 2024.