Director of Bands, Professor of Music email: goodric@auburn.edu telephone: (334) 844-4166. The marching band is very much a part of the game day atmosphere, for the band, for the fans, for the players, and for the Big Blue Nation. These scholarships are awarded to music majors and minors. Dangerous weather. Fayette calls off school Friday. In order to help this process, we ask that you prepare as much during the summer months as possible. Annaliese Adams, clarinet, fromWilmore, Kentuckyba, Olivia Allen,alto saxophone,from Birmingham, Alabama, Sara Anderlich, alto saxophone,fromLexington, Sebastian Astolfo, tenor saxophone, fromLexington, Will Baumann, alto saxophone, fromLexington, Gabby Bausano, piccolo,fromHuntington, New York, Kaitlynn Bayne, sousaphone, fromLexington, James Beckner Jr., drum major, fromRichmond, Kentucky, Sabrina Beiring,majorettes/twirlers, fromGrass Lake, Michigan, Aaron Benjamin, alto saxophone, from Mantua, Ohio, Anna Beno, majorettes/twirlers,from Davie, Florida, James Berend, trumpet,from Prospect, Kentucky, RJ Bernot, mellophone, from Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, Tricia Bertke, piccolo, fromPowell, Ohio, Dalys Bishop, trumpet, fromMorgantown, Kentucky, Paige Blackwell, majorettes/twirlers, from Bangor, Maine, Kaylee Bliss, color guard,fromLouisville, Kentucky, Grant Blondin, sousaphone,from Tinley Park, Illinois, Nathan Borders, alto saxophone,from Simpsonville, Kentucky, Jenna Boulden, piccolo, fromRichmond, Kentucky, Julianna Boulden, piccolo, fromRichmond, Kentucky, Zakaria Brame, clarinet, fromFlint, Michigan, Alex Branch, alto saxophone, fromShelbyville, Kentucky, Olivia Brooks, color guard, fromWinchester, Kentucky, Zac Brown, percussion, fromHopkinsville, Kentucky, Vic Brown, color guard, fromMansfield, Ohio, Alli Budd, majorettes/twirlers, from Canton, Ohio, Bryce Burgoyne, trumpet, fromRoanoke, Virginia, Roman Burke, clarinet, fromRichmond, Kentucky, Michael Buschle, trumpet, fromFortThomas, Kentucky, Sophia Cahill, mellophone, fromLouisville, Kentucky, Bryan Caldwell, alto saxophone, from Midway, Kentucky, Ricky Camacho, sousaphone, fromGrayson, Kentucky, Eryk Carrillo,alto saxophone, fromFrankfort, Kentucky, Eli Christian, baritone saxophone, fromMount Washington, Kentucky, Reggie Christian, percussion, fromGeorgetown, Kentucky, Dakota Clancy, color guard, fromCharlotte, North Carolina, Michael Click, baritone saxophone, fromLexington, Grant Clifford, mellophone, fromLexington, Maddy Cohen, alto saxophone, fromLexington, Cooper Cohron, alto saxophone, fromLexington, Will Comerford,trumpet,fromCrescent Springs, Kentucky, Mel Contreras Martinez, trumpet, fromShelbyville, Kentucky, Brynn Cooper,piccolo, from Taylorsville, Kentucky, Taylor Cooper, color guard, from Louisville, Kentucky, Cooper Correa, tenor saxophone, fromBowling Green, Kentucky, Elizabeth Corry,trumpet, fromLedbetter, Kentucky, Kamilo Davila,trombone, fromBeaver Dam, Kentucky, River Davis, trumpet, fromRichmond, Kentucky, Levi Dickey, tenor saxophone, fromGlasgow, Kentucky, Brandon Dorn, trumpet, from Parksville, Kentucky, Reese Dudeck, majorettes/twirlers, fromBeverly Hills, Michigan, Parker Dunaway, percussion, fromLouisville, Kentucky, Brayden Dykes, percussion, fromGeorgetown, Kentucky, Nathan Ellis, trombone, from Franklin, Kentucky, Jessica Elson, clarinet, fromElkville, Illinois, Jacob Falconbury, tenor saxophone, fromLexington, Garrett Feck, mellophone, fromNicholasville, Kentucky, Glory Fisher Ferrell,piccolo, fromWinchester, Kentucky, Morgan Fitzpatrick, color guard, fromVersailles, Kentucky, Milo Flannery,alto saxophone, fromLexington, Jillian Freeman, majorettes/twirlers,from Huntington, West Virginia, Kara French,color guard, from Hamilton, Ohio, Keaton Fuller, trombone, from Smithfield, Kentucky, Caroline Galbraith, color guard, fromHenderson, Kentucky, Owen Galligan, percussion,fromJasper, Georgia, Max Gambrell,piccolo, from Louisville, Kentucky, Tyler Geis, trombone, fromBelleville, Illinois, Andrew Gilbert, trumpet, fromGrayslake, Illinois, Audrie Gilin, piccolo,from Goodrich,Michigan, Alyssa Givens, color guard, fromLexington, Steven Glaneman, percussion, from Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, Matthew Goodrich, clarinet, fromLexington, Dorian Gordon, sousaphone, fromElizabethtown, Kentucky, Elijah Gray, tenor saxophone, fromLexington, Kayla Green, sousaphone, fromMorgantown, Kentucky, Adin Hagans, mellophone, fromDanville, Kentucky, Matt Hancock, mellophone, fromColumbia, Kentucky, Kortney Harney, trumpet, fromCynthiana, Kentucky, Kiley Hawk, majorettes/twirlers,fromLouisville, Ohio, Lauren Hayes,color guard, fromLexington, Emily Hellmueller, color guard, fromLouisville, Kentucky, Rachel Herrin, percussion, fromLexington, Zach Hewlett, percussion, fromGeorgetown, Kentucky, Gwendolyn Hinkle, piccolo, fromLexington, Gabe Holman, alto saxophone, fromRichmond, Kentucky, Aaiden Holmes, trumpet, fromNew Albany, Ohio, Jacob Horton, trumpet, fromGreenfield, Ohio, Tara Howard, majorettes/twirlers, fromRichmond, Kentucky, Piper Huffman, clarinet, fromHinsdale, Illinois, Eli Hughes, alto saxophone, fromCarlisle, Kentucky, Evelyn Huth, alto saxophone, fromFort Thomas, Kentucky, Zack Huwalt, trombone, from South Park, Pennsylvania, Mattye Jackson, trombone, fromLouisville, Kentucky, Ashleigh Jones, clarinet, fromTaylorsville, Kentucky, Lindsey Jones, piccolo, fromSomerset, Kentucky, Victoria Jones, alto saxophone, from Hazard, Kentucky, Madison Jones, trombone, fromLorain, Ohio, Julia Keisling, majorettes/twirlers, fromGermantown, Tennessee, Eli Kidd, sousaphone, fromLouisville, Kentucky, Andrew Kincaid, trumpet, from Versailles, Kentucky, Elizabeth King, piccolo, fromGeorgetown, Kentucky, Lucas Kinzer, trombone, from Georgetown, Kentucky, Carmen Klapheke, clarinet, fromPekin, Indiana, Julia Kollitz, trombone, fromKirkwood, Missouri, Nina Kovach, color guard, from Paducah, Kentucky, Jess LaBrie, trumpet, from Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, Ally Landgraf, color guard, from New Albany, Indiana, Ella Lavy, color guard, fromSeverna Park, Maryland, Tanner Leadingham, percussion, from South Portsmouth, Kentucky, Joshua LeBlanc, trumpet, fromKennesaw, Georgia, Kali Lewis, alto saxophone, fromAlvin, Texas, Will Lucky, trumpet, fromCynthiana, Kentucky, Zach Lutes, trumpet, fromCynthiana, Kentucky, Andy Mallamaci, alto saxophone, Uniontown, Ohio, Alex Malone, clarinet, fromGeorgetown, Kentucky, Jesus Marin, tenor saxophone, fromRichmond, Kentucky, Brandon Marshburn, mellophone, fromPowell, Tennessee, Emily Maxey, color guard, fromLouisville, Kentucky, Sara Mays, drum major,from Cecilia, Kentucky, Zain McCoy, tenor saxophone, fromLexington, Void Mckinney, mellophone, fromLexington, Mia Meeks, baritone saxophone, from Fairdale, Kentucky, Ben Meyer, trumpet, fromNaperville, Illinois, Chase Michaels, trombone, Arlington Heights,Illinois, Gavin Milby, percussion, from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Aaron Moeller, percussion, fromLouisville, Kentucky, Emilie Molina, majorettes/twirlers, fromPewaukee, Wisconsin, Isaac Morrelles, trombone, from South Shore,Kentucky, Rachel Moscona, alto saxophone, from Florence, Kentucky, Shelby Mullins, piccolo, from Narrows, Virginia, Gabe Neff, alto saxophone, of Bow, New Hampshire, Karys Nelson, color guard, fromKnoxville, Tennessee, JT Newkirk, alto saxophone, from Maceo, Kentucky, Autumn Norton, sousaphone, from Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, Luke Nuzzo, baritone saxophone, fromLexington, Joshua OBanion, mellophone, fromLawrenceburg, Kentucky, Karl Oswald, trumpet, fromBallwin, Missouri, Kenzie Parsons, majorettes/twirlers, from Lake Orion, Michigan, Cory Partin, tenor saxophone, from Flat Lick, Kentucky, Lilly Penird, trombone, fromShortsville, New York, Yankier Perez, trombone, fromLouisville, Kentucky, Ben Perry, trombone, fromVersailles, Kentucky, Sydney Peters, color guard, fromLexington, Mitchell Pieper, percussion, fromFort Thomas, Kentucky, Robby Pratt, sousaphone, fromBloomington, Illinois, Destiny Price, piccolo, fromBardstown, Kentucky, Laura Quire, trumpet, from Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, Eli Ratliff, mellophone, from Louisville, Kentucky, Nick Rawlings, baritone saxophone, from Crestwood, Kentucky, Bryanmarc Ray, trombone, from Kenova, West Virginia, Sydney Ray, color guard, fromHustonville, Kentucky, Laura Reese, piccolo, from Lombard, Illinois, Dillon Richburg, trumpet, fromFayetteville, Georgia, Rebecca Rieck, color guard, fromRichmond, Kentucky, Abigail Ritchie, tenor saxophone, fromLouisville, Kentucky, Laz Robinson, sousaphone, fromNicholasville, Kentucky, Jordan Sallee, percussion, from Lexington, Megan Satterwhite, alto saxophone, fromShelbyville, Kentucky, Nova Schack, percussion, from Eminence, Kentucky, Casey Schallert, mellophone, fromBowling Green, Kentucky, Avery Schanbacher, clarinet, fromVersailles, Kentucky, Jonathan Schares, trombone, fromChesapeake, Virginia, Noelle Schulkers, color guard, fromFort Thomas, Kentucky, Caleb Shimko, alto saxophone, fromWilliamsport, Pennsylvania, Morgan Shipley, majorettes/twirlers, fromFrankfort, Kentucky, Emily Sisson, piccolo, from Burlington, Kentucky, Lauren Sommer, color guard, fromLexington, Brayden Sosa, trombone, from Winchester, Kentucky, Rebecca Stacy, piccolo, fromFortMitchell, Kentucky, Kyla Stevens, tenor saxophone, fromAledo, Texas, Nate Stombaugh, trumpet, fromNicholasville, Kentucky, Kayla Story, mellophone, from Calvert City, Kentucky, Aria Summers, majorettes/twirlers, fromLebanon, Indiana, Carson Sweeney, clarinet, fromMason, Ohio, Ian Tarter, clarinet, fromGeorgetown, Kentucky, Jacob Taylor, mellophone, fromShebyville, Kentucky, Colin Teague, sousaphone, fromVersailles, Kentucky, Emalias Terry, mellophone, from Ocala, Florida, Alex Thomas, trumpet, fromRussell Springs, Kentucky, Chey Thomas, color guard, fromNicholasville, Kentucky, Ryan Thompson, mellophone, fromLouisville, Kentucky, William Thompson, mellophone, fromSpringfield, Kentucky, Sheldon Throckmorton, clarinet, fromGeorgetown, Kentucky, Alix Tibbs, alto saxophone, from Fort Thomas, Kentucky, Bennett Titus, baritone saxophone, fromCrestwood, Kentucky, Randall Tomlinson, percussion, from Alvaton, Kentucky, Liam Tourinho, baritone saxophone, fromLouisville, Kentucky, Nile Trice, color guard, fromMaryland Heights, Missouri, Paige Tryon, baritone saxophone, from Mount Washington, Kentucky, Mitchell Urban, mellophone, fromCarmel, Indiana, JoJo Verrett Jr., trombone, fromElizabethtown, Kentucky, Becky Viscusi,mellophone, from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Josh Vitai, sousaphone, fromWinchester, Kentucky, Jesse Vite, clarinet, from Parksville, Kentucky, Liv Wagoner, color guard, fromCincinnati, Ohio, Nick Walden, percussion, fromHarrodsburg, Kentucky, Caleb Weber, clarinet, from West Lafayette, Indiana, Hannah Wells, clarinet, fromShepherdsville, Kentucky, Tatyana West, color guard, fromIndianapolis, Indiana, Danielle Weyl, clarinet, from Newark, Delaware, Madison Wilcox, majorettes/twirlers, fromPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Wren Williams, majorettes/twirlers, from Evans, Georgia, Mikala Williams-Ellrodt, majorttes/twirlers, from Orlando, Florida, Sierra Williamson, trumpet, fromLouisville, Kentucky, Jacob Wilson, trumpet, fromPurcellville, Virginia, Sally Wilson, percussion,from Jamestown, Kentucky, Zach Wilson, trombone, fromRichmond, Kentucky. Mr. Alvin Level | Director of Bands | (502) 597-5815 | alvin.level@kysu.edu OR. By the end of Early Week, all members have learned their music and drill for Pre-game and the first Halftime performance. The CMB performs at all home football games at Cardinal Stadium, all postseason bowl games, and select away football games. Imagine the excitement of performing at major SEC events: performing at some of the largest nationally televised games, and traveling to various venues around the country. Sara Mays, a fourth-year drum major and arts administration student from Cecilia, Kentucky, is one of the 230 giving her all. The musical staff has reached out to over 150 graduating seniors to join the Band. An important piece of UKs marching band history is William Harry Clarke, associate professor emeritus at the UK School of Music, and longest living band director to date. Members who are assigned to a residence hall for the academic year can move into their room during this period at no charge! In addition to his performance . No Jewelry, jeans, or sandals. Band members do not need to fundraise! As the states flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. Kentucky Marching Band Contest Lineups; Current Contest Results; Contest Scores Archive; State Marching Band Championship Archive; State Marching Band Championship Statistics; Kentucky Marching Band Repertoires; Kentucky Marching Band History; Murray State University - Festival of Champions; KMEA Information; . Contact DrumlineInstructorsDr. Joshua Smithfor any questions. Stahl also impressed me, members of the search committee, and our students with her ability to connect quickly and authentically with students as a teacher and conductor. Directors of the University Band were all graduate assistants. For more information, see the UK Aumni Band page. I had always been impressed that you could see and hear the energy that the students brought to each marching and pep band performance. Any UK and BCTC student is eligible to participate, regardless of major. Below are some of the benefits of participating in the Marching Colonels. While our mission looks different in many ways than it did in 1865, the vision of service to our Commonwealth and the world remains the same. Robert Dee Bishop became Director of Bands at Lafayette High School in 2021 after joining the program as associate director in 2016. Expenses such as lodging, transportation, and meals are provided by the University of Kentucky. The Thorobred Marching Band performs at all home football games, selected away games during the fall semester, and selected . Though not all are music majors, theyve played instruments and played in high school bands before coming to UK, and they want to keep that going because it is such an important part of their lives.. Biggs engaged in a personal relationship with and sent unwanted text messages of a sexual nature to someone who was dependent on Biggs for a grade and a scholarship, a letter sent to Biggs in early October by UKs Office of Institutional Equity and Equal Opportunity the office responsible for investigating Title IX complaints. Stahl will also serve as director of the UK Pep Bands and as the conductor of the UK Concert Band. Band leadership, band classroom instruction, marching band . Stahl is doing an excellent job recruiting and will make great improvements, he said. In addition to regular rehearsals, there are lots of social activities planned throughout the week to give members a chance to relax, become acclimated to campus, and meet their new band family. Stevens is a longtime tuba performer and composer in Wisconsin and professor emeritus of music at UW-Madison. According to a separation agreement, Biggs was put on administrative leave after Aug. 17. Eligibility. Students were visibly moved, linking arms and joining with him to sing "Varsity.". Enrollment is open to all University of Colorado students regardless of major who have had previous instrumental music and/or colorguard experience. Fill out our interest formto receive moreinformation about our programs! Amy Acklin serves as the Associate Director of Bands and Professor of Music at the University of Louisville where she directs the UofL Cardinal Marching Band, Pep Band, and Symphonic Band and teaches courses in undergraduate conducting and music education. Snow served as Director of Bands at the University of Missouri where he directed the 350-member Marching Mizzou, conducted the University Wind Ensemble and taught basic conducting, band repertoire, advanced band methods, and graduate conducting. The Sound of the Wildcats, the largest and most visible student experience at the University of Kentucky! Big Red Marching Band (BRMB) Wind Ensemble Symphonic Band Jazz Band Campus Community Band The "Spirit" Pep Band. The WMB's repertoire ranges from contemporary jazz to classical favorites. Freshmen and new members of the marching band are eligible to try out for these positions after completing one year in the WMB. Anticipation and excitement build as fans blend into the colorful landscape of . We are looking forward to a great freshman class in the fall. It is a tremendous honor to be invited to join the faculty as the assistant director of Bands/director of Athletic Bands, Stahl said. We are the heart and soul of USC, for the students . Thus the Auburn University Bands trace their beginning to 1897, director M. Thomas Fullan, a tenor horn named "Jenny Lind," and a single bass drum. Stahlwill become the first woman to serveas the director of theWildcat Marching Band. 465 Rose Street Stahl is an experienced director of athletic bands who has worked with Division I athletic bands for the past 15 years. This credit may be used as an elective in any degree program. Visiting Assistant Director of Bands/Associate Director of The Hawkeye Marching Band. . Under Clarke's mentorship, three inexperienced young trainees went on to become band directors for University of California, Los Angeles, Florida State University and University of Arkansas. I love the instant gratification of putting on the uniform on game day and then performing for thousands of diehard Kentucky fans and watching them sing and dance along with our performances, Mays said. Selection is based on experience, rehearsal discipline, conducting ability, and leadership potential. Ensembles are open to all students. The moment you hear some of the most recognizable music in the Bluegrass, such as On, On U of K, (written by Carl Lampert in the 1920s), you are listening to music heavily influenced by Clarke which is no doubt a cornerstone of UKs marching band history.