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 (1930-09)
TypeBig Band
Location

History

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
  1. "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.
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