| The Auburn Knights Orchestra | |
| Type: | Big Band |
| Location City: | Auburn, Alabama |
| Location Country: | United States |
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 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]