The Lafayette-Oxford-University (LOU) Symphony Orchestra includes university students, community members, and highly qualified musical professionals and performs a wide variety of standard symphonic repertoire. Often the Music Department’s internationally celebrated faculty members join the LOU Symphony as soloists and take center stage with the ensemble.

The LOU Symphony performs as the pit orchestra with UM Opera Theatre, performing a vast selection of repertoire from the pit of the Ford Center. The LOU Symphony regularly collaborates with the University Choir on the Veterans Day Concert, Department-of-Music sponsored holiday concerts, and Black History Month concerts.