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Blue Band is open to all students at the University Park campus by audition. The Blue Band accepts 290–300 student members annually. The Blue Band is a select ensemble with talented musicians and band front performers auditioning in all sections. Not everyone who auditions is accepted.band auditions

Any Penn State (University Park) student can band auditions for Blue Band. Talented instrumentalists and band front performers are needed annually. NOTE: Schedule Blue Band (MUSIC 081) prior to the Fall audition. New students can schedule at FTCAP registration. New and returning students can schedule using the Web or in person.

The Penn State Marching Blue Band has appeared at 31 bowl games including multiple appearances in the Orange, Cotton, Sugar, Fiesta, and Citrus Bowls. The band has also performed at the Outback, Blockbuster, Holiday, and Rose Bowls and for the Buffalo Bills on Monday Night Football. In addition to marching in several Orange Bowl, Citrus Bowl, and Fiesta Bowl parades, the Blue Band marched in the Bicentennial Constitution Celebration Parade held in Philadelphia in 1987 and made its first appearance on January 2, 1995, in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena. The Penn State Blue Band band auditions also appeared at the 2006 FexEx Orange Bowl.

In 2005, the Penn State Blue Band was honored with the Sudler Trophy. The Trophy, which has been presented by the John Philip Sousa Foundation since 1982, is regarded as the nation's highest accolade for collegiate band auditions.