Cornhusker Marching Band boasts 290 members in 2012

Lincoln, Neb., October 5th, 2012 —

            The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's 290-member Cornhusker Marching Band made its 2012 debut Sept. 1 at Memorial Stadium with pregame and halftime performances at Nebraska's football season opener against the University of Southern Mississippi.

            In addition to performancess at all Nebraska home football games, the full Cornhusker Marching Band will perform on Nov. 3 at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Mich., when the Cornhuskers take on Michigan State in a Big Ten matchup. Fifty-member pep bands will also travel to perform at the Huskers' games at Ohio State on Oct. 6 and Northwestern on Oct. 20.

            This year's band includes representatives from nearly every region of the country, but 84 percent of the students are from Nebraska. Twenty-six percent of the students are music majors. The rest are studying in more than 65 other degree programs across campus. Each band member passed two auditions to gain admittance to the group.

            Anthony M. Falcone, associate director of bands in the UNL School of Music, is the director of the Cornhusker Marching Band. Douglas W. Bush is the assistant director of bands and assistant marching band director. Carolyn Barber, associate professor of music, is director of bands. Other band staff members are graduate teaching assistants Eric Chrostoski, James Dreiling and Rachel Smith. Ben Coleman is the band's percussion instructor and Ashlea Jurgens-Woitzel is the color guard instructor. Rose Johnson is the administrative technician for the band program, Jan Deaton is the office associate and Nolan Schmit is the "Voice" of the Cornhusker Marching Band.

            The drum majors for 2012 are senior Andrew Kroeger of Omaha, senior Hannah Lambert of Lincoln and senior Ali Malik of Lincoln. The twirler is senior Rachel Foehlinger of Omaha.

            The Cornhusker Marching Band was founded in 1879 as an ROTC unit and is one of the oldest marching bands in the nation. The Marching Red has received many honors throughout its 133-year history, including a Distinguished Recognition Trophy presented by John Philip Sousa in 1927 and the John Philip Sousa Foundation's Sudler Trophy in 1996 for high musical standards and innovative marching routines. The Sudler Trophy is the highest honor given to collegiate bands.

            The Marching Red has been seen by millions of viewers on television including in 2005, when the band was featured on the NBC prime-time series, "Tommy Lee Goes to College," in 2007 on ABC's "Extreme Home Makeover: Home Edition," and in 2008 in the motion picture "Yes Man," starring Jim Carrey. The band was the first collegiate ensemble to perform at all the major football bowl games (Rose, Orange, Fiesta, Sugar and Cotton).

            Following is a list of band members by hometown. Information includes the student's instrument or role in the band, year in school and academic major(s).

NEBRASKA

            Aurora: Alexandria Cerveny, flag, senior, management, marketing, Spanish; Julia Harvey, piccolo, junior, food science and technology.

            Bayard: Michael Coolidge, alto saxophone, junior, pre-elementary education.

            Beatrice: Kelsi Boesiger, percussion, sophomore, communication studies and Spanish; Keygan Boesiger, percussion, senior, music education; Amber Detter, flag, senior, speech language pathology; Carrie Niemeier, trumpet, junior, pre-language arts.

            Bee: Douglas Simpson, tuba, freshman, broadcasting.

            Bellevue: Ashley Bigge, clarinet, junior, veterinary science; Sarah Bigge, piccolo, freshman, music education; Daniel Holtmeyer, trombone, senior, psychology and journalism; Ben Hutchinson, percussion, junior, music education; Ricky Loftis, trombone, senior, nutrition and health sciences; Samantha Menard, clarinet, freshman, animal science; Alyssa Meyer, piccolo, sophomore, humanities in medicine and Spanish; Remy Pepper, alto saxophone, junior, music education; Megan Pryor, tenor saxophone, junior, pre-elementary education; Emily Snell, baritone, junior, chemistry; Ryan Splichal, tuba, junior, chemical engineering; Dean Whitfield, trombone, freshman, civil engineering.

            Bellwood: Vincent Tomcak, trumpet, sophomore, business administration.

            Columbus: Caleb Klatt, percussion, sophomore, finance.

            Cortland: Sam Murray, tenor saxophone, freshman, electrical engineering.

            Crete: Emily Manning, trombone, freshman, undeclared; Lukas Renker, percussion, freshman, mechanical engineering.

            Davey: Brian Richard, baritone, sophomore, biochemistry, chemistry and Spanish.

            David City: Philip Palomaki, trumpet, junior, accounting.

            Denton: Joshua Neumann, alto saxophone, sophomore, music education.

            Doniphan: Jacob Swanson, horn, sophomore, business and pre-architecture.

            Dunbar: Kayla Dozier, flag, sophomore, pre-health.

            Eagle: Sarah Campbell, baritone, freshman, chemical engineering; Haley Lawrence, flag, freshman, undeclared; Amanda Schmohr, flag, freshman, veterinary science; Jacob Tegler, trombone, sophomore, psychology; Zachary Tegler, trombone, junior, history and journalism.

            Elkhorn: Daniel Blaker, trumpet, junior, business administration; Caroline Haase, horn, senior, biological sciences; Gabrielle Rave, percussion, freshman, music education; Sarah Schlegelmilch, horn, freshman, pre-architecture; Brock Thompson, trumpet, freshman, pre-architecture.

            Falls City: Clinton Bartek, tuba, junior, meteorology-climatology; William Neubauer, trombone, junior, music education; Rachel Stevens, tuba, sophomore, horticulture.

            Fremont: Spencer Brown, trumpet, senior, chemistry, food science technology and Spanish; Allison Hanen, alto saxophone, senior, education, speech-language pathology; Brittney Pruss, flag, sophomore, nutrition and health sciences.

            Gering: James Schwartzkopf, tenor saxophone, junior, undeclared.

            Grand Island: Chance Christensen, tenor saxophone, junior, chemistry; Lucas Elsbernd, percussion, sophomore, English; Bryce Hesterman, trombone, freshman, music; Katie Manley, alto saxophone, senior, anthropology, history, Native American studies; Karlie Nelson, flag, sophomore, early childhood education; Kevin Palu, trumpet, junior, music education.

            Gretna: Zachary Boyer, percussion, sophomore, mechanical engineering; Katherine Cooley, horn, freshman, English and music; Kevin Cooley, trombone, junior, German and music education; Brittany Jeary, flag, sophomore, child, youth and family studies; Brandon Purintun, trumpet, freshman, civil engineering; Tate Rittenberger, trombone, freshman, pre-architecture and music; Jessica Tejral, flag, freshman, undeclared.

            Hallam: Sara Hinds, percussion, sophomore, journalism.

            Hastings: Jaime DeTour, percussion, junior, English, humanities in medicine and Spanish; Matt Fry, alto saxophone, junior, civil engineering; Christopher Ganshert, alto saxophone, sophomore, biological sciences and psychology; Laura Koch, flag, freshman, biological systems engineering; Amy Pettit, piccolo, junior, business administration; Julia Warrick, clarinet, freshman, music education.

            Hickman: Elise Trauernicht, trumpet, freshman, music education.

            Hooper: Tommy Geisler, trumpet, freshman, agronomy.

            Kearney: Allison Brady, clarinet, senior, music education; Sophia Loveless, clarinet, sophomore, ethnic studies, global studies, history, human rights and human affairs, and political science.

            La Vista: Nathan Demarais, trumpet, sophomore, communication studies; Elliot Knoell, tuba, sophomore, biological sciences.

            Lexington: Phoebe Gydesen, alto saxophone, junior, history and political science; Isabel Salas, clarinet, freshman, undeclared.

            Lincoln: Joseph Abebe, alto saxophone, freshman, history; Seth Bashford, trombone, sophomore, music; John Brandt, horn, senior, mechanical engineering; Marilyn Buresh, percussion, junior, communication studies and management; Robert Carlson, trombone, sophomore, undeclared; Haylee Carpenter, horn, sophomore, advertising and public relations; Rebecca Carr, piccolo, junior, advertising and public relations; Reid Christensen, baritone, senior, business administration and history; Laura Clark, clarinet, senior, elementary education; Benjamin Coatney, tenor saxophone, sophomore, undeclared; Hannah Coatney, piccolo, freshman, communication studies; Taylor Cobb, trumpet, junior, music education; Bailey Crowl, flag, freshman, undeclared; Skyler Crowl, trumpet, sophomore, Spanish; Michaela DeGagne, trumpet, freshman, hospitality, restaurant and tourism management; Jacob Denniston, trumpet, freshman, global studies; Nick Doty, tenor saxophone, junior, computer engineering; Bryan Dulaney, trumpet, sophomore, history; Matthew Dussault, trombone, senior, history; Alyssa Eitzmann, piccolo, freshman, nutrition and health sciences; Alex Fall, alto saxophone, senior, music education; Anna Fangmeier, tenor saxophone, junior, biochemistry and music; Hayden Florom, percussion, junior, music and sociology; Sean Grosshans, tuba, junior, theatre; Chase Hartman, baritone, freshman, chemical engineering; Emily Hartman, trumpet, senior, fisheries and wildlife; Andy He, trombone, freshman, electrical engineering; Hannah Heiser, flag, senior, criminology and criminal justice; Taylor Hiemer, trumpet, sophomore, pre-interior design; Ryan Hildreth, trumpet, freshman, undeclared; Alex Hinton, trumpet, freshman, electrical engineering; Colton Hunzeker, percussion, freshman, biological sciences; Derek Hupp, alto saxophone, senior, global studies, humanities in medicine and Spanish; Larissa Irvin, horn, freshman, music education; Ramsey Jaber, trumpet, sophomore, biochemistry and humanities in medicine; John Jasa, trombone, junior, mechanical engineering; Abbey Jones, clarinet, freshman, advertising and public relations; Amanda Jones, tenor saxophone, sophomore, chemistry; Nathan Jungck, tuba, sophomore, computer engineering; Tae-Woo Kim, tenor saxophone, freshman, nutrition and health sciences; Kasey Klucas, alto saxophone, freshman, child, youth and family studies; Victoria Knoche, flag, sophomore, psychology; John Kosch, percussion, freshman, music education; Kayla Krueger, clarinet, freshman, music education; Kaitlin Kruse, piccolo, sophomore, pre-health; Paul Kubitschek, baritone, junior, computer engineering; Amy Kula, piccolo, freshman, undeclared; Celeste Labedz, percussion, sophomore, geology and physics; Hannah Lambert, drum major, senior, communication studies, music education and psychology; Ashley Lott, tuba, junior, political science and Spanish; Ali Malik, drum major, senior, accounting; Jani Martinez, alto saxophone, junior, political science; Aaron Mathis, percussion, junior, music education; Nathanial Matz, horn, junior, mechanical engineering; Aaron Matzke, percussion, sophomore, biological systems engineering; Anne Merchant, piccolo, junior, psychology and sociology; Nick Meysenburg, alto saxophone, junior, agribusiness and veterinary science; Steven Montgomery, trumpet, junior, pre-natural science; Taylor Montgomery, alto saxophone, freshman, pre-health; Kathryn Moore, piccolo, senior, fisheries and wildlife; Ryan Murphy, baritone, sophomore, music education; Alec Mutum, trombone, freshman, chemical engineering; Andrew Nguyen, trombone, senior, biochemistry; Michael Nguyen, alto saxophone, sophomore, music education; Ethan Parks, tuba, senior, theatre; Brittany Paul, clarinet, junior, agronomy and music; Marissa Payne, flag, freshman, pre-physical therapy; Andrew Peters, trombone, freshman, music; Julia Peterson, horn, junior, journalism; Rachel Pieloch, trumpet, junior, pre-elementary education and Spanish; Alexander Pribil, horn, senior, European studies, French, German, global studies and political science; Tyler Randazzo, baritone, junior, pre-social science education; Hannah Rice, horn, freshman, music education; Mike Richards, trombone, freshman, computer engineering; Baileigh Rodgers, clarinet, senior, business administration and Spanish; Taylor Rosenbaum, alto saxophone, junior, criminology and criminal science; Bailey Ryan, percussion, senior, finance and sociology; Abigail Sanders, flag, sophomore, undeclared; Amber Savidge, clarinet, freshman, undeclared; Devin Schroeder, trumpet, freshman, undeclared; Madeline Shomos, tenor saxophone, junior, English and French; Jeremiah Sievers, alto saxophone, senior, music, psychology and sociology; Ramsey Steinkamp, tuba, junior, hospitality, restaurant and tourism management, and leadership and communication; Chris Stepanek, trumpet, senior, theatre; Frank Stroup, trumpet, junior, music education and technology; Karissa Van Liew, piccolo, sophomore, music education; Sydney Van Pelt, flag, freshman, pre-health; Brian Vuu, alto saxophone, junior, music education; Sara Werner, tenor saxophone, senior, ethnic studies, global studies, history, political science and Spanish; Colleen White, tenor saxophone, junior, business administration; Brandi Zwiener, horn, senior, English and film studies.

            Louisville: Austin White, trumpet, junior, civil engineering.

            Nebraska City: Dylan Heng, alto saxophone, junior, marketing.

            Norfolk: Andrew Borer, percussion, sophomore, business administration and music; Elizabeth Fritton, percussion, senior, music education; Jenny Kirkpatrick, piccolo, sophomore, pre-health.

            North Platte: Taylor Delp, horn, senior, music and Spanish; Tianna Delp, tuba, junior, biological science and music.

            Ogallala: Jakeb Geisert, trumpet, junior, architectural studies.

            Omaha: Joshua Albright, percussion, junior, business administration; Madeline Amenta, percussion, sophomore, music education; Alex Araya, trombone, sophomore, political science; Laura Armitage, clarinet, senior, biological sciences and music; D.J. Arthur, trumpet, freshman, music education; Kristin Bainbridge, horn, junior, speech language pathology; Isabella Brown, piccolo, sophomore, music education; Aaron Calderon, clarinet, senior, mathematics; Ryan Coughlin, percussion, sophomore, mechanical engineering; Christopher Davidson, trombone, sophomore, biological systems engineering; Matthew DeVeney, trombone, senior, biological systems engineering; Hannah Fahrlander, trumpet, freshman, finance; Joseph Farley, trumpet, senior, mechanical engineering; Rachel Foehlinger, twirler, junior, advertising and public relations; Connor Gibson, tenor saxophone, freshman, economics; Austin Haase, percussion, sophomore, civil engineering; Kevin Halvorson, percussion, senior, music and psychology; Michael Harper, tuba, senior, electrical engineering; Brett Hessel, clarinet, junior, mechanical engineering; Patrick Iverson, piccolo, freshman, chemical engineering; Sean James, trumpet, junior, pre-criminology and criminal justice; Colleen Jareske, flag, freshman, accounting; Ellen Kresha, trumpet, freshman, music; Andrew Kroeger, drum major, senior, nutrition and health sciences; Trevor Krzyzanowski, tenor saxophone, freshman, marketing; Sean Kurfman, baritone, junior, music education; Seth Kurfman, trumpet, freshman, music technology and physics; Rachel Lechtenberger, clarinet, freshman, nutrition and health sciences; Jordan Leever, percussion, freshman, business administration; Whitney Leichner, percussion, sophomore, pre-health; Patrick Luddy, alto saxophone, sophomore, mechanical engineering; Hannah Martin, clarinet, junior, undeclared; Megan McKenzie, flag, freshman, textiles, merchandising and fashion design; Ruby Mussman, piccolo, freshman, psychology; Andrew M. Nelson, trumpet, freshman, electrical engineering; Cassandra Rathman, piccolo, freshman, music education; Jacob Richardson, percussion, freshman, accounting; Andrew Ritchie, alto saxophone, sophomore, music education; Kylie Scheetz, clarinet, freshman, accounting; Sasha Schneider, piccolo, freshman, music education; Tyler Schulze, baritone, freshman, music education; Ethan Seyl, percussion, junior, business administration, music and music technology; Courtney Smith, clarinet, sophomore, pre-elementary education; Matthew Smoot, tuba, sophomore, music education; Michael Taylor, trumpet, senior, chemical engineering; Katy Weak, piccolo, junior, marketing and music; Benjamin Wilson, trombone, junior, environmental studies.

            Palmyra: Jared Brinkman, tenor saxophone, sophomore, music technology.

            Papillion: Eric Bierbrauer, percussion, senior, mechanical engineering; Andrew Bro, alto saxophone, sophomore, chemical engineering; Amalia Dejka, flag, freshman, undeclared; Jennifer Eagin, horn, senior, animal and biological sciences; Emily Earith, flag, sophomore, pre-physical therapy; Nathan Feldmann, alto saxophone, sophomore, biological sciences; Andrea Kordik, trombone, freshman, psychology; Eric Martens, baritone, freshman, music; Cristina Woodworth, horn, junior, journalism.

            Plattsmouth: Ashley Bolton, flag, sophomore, animal science and music; Nathan Hudson, trumpet, freshman, physics; Alex Steinke, percussion, junior, music education; Brady Swope, trumpet, junior, actuarial science and mathematics.

            Prague: Kara Sousek, trumpet, freshman, horticulture.

            Ralston: Ryan Grazier, tuba, senior, hospitality, restaurant and tourism management.

            Riverdale: Jacob Petr, alto saxophone, sophomore, African studies, French, global studies and meteorology-climatology.

            Scottsbluff: Michael Miller, trumpet, freshman, broadcasting.

            Seward: Anne Kamprath, flag, senior, animal science, fisheries and wildlife; Brandon O’Dell, trumpet, freshman, electrical engineering; Eric Turner, tenor saxophone, freshman, computer science; Morgan Wachal, flag, junior, animal science and veterinary science.

            Springfield: Rachel O’Donnell, flag, freshman, undeclared.

            Stratton: Benjamin Fox, clarinet, freshman, mechanical engineering and music.

            Syracuse: Rachel Watermeier, flag, senior, education, speech-language pathology.

            Wahoo: Mitch Snyder, baritone, freshman, electrical engineering.

            Walton: Nicole Stott, piccolo, junior, food science and technology.

            Wayne: Sawyer Jager, trumpet, freshman, computer engineering.

            York: Michaela Fischer, piccolo, senior, biological systems engineering; Letitia Phan, flag, freshman, veterinary science.

            Yutan: Ryan Ambrose, trumpet, sophomore, nutrition and health sciences.

ARIZONA

            Gilbert: Elizabeth Keuter, piccolo, sophomore, animal science.

            Surprise: Tim Murphy, horn, junior, classical languages, criminology and criminal justice.

CALIFORNIA

            Pomona: Christian Hernandez, trombone, sophomore, English and music.

COLORADO

            Castle Rock: Mark Carney, percussion, senior, music and music technology; Jordan Kranse, trumpet, junior, journalism.

            Denver: Grace Brown, percussion, junior, political science.

            Fort Collins: Kelsey Adams, trombone, junior, psychology.

            Lone Tree: Matt Spencer, trombone, senior, biological sciences, computer science and mathematics.

IDAHO

            Pocatello: Rebekah Whitham, piccolo, sophomore, pre-natural science education.

ILLINOIS

            Aurora: Tessa Culbertson, clarinet, sophomore, pre-speech language pathology.

            Deerfield: Nicholas Raimondi, tenor saxophone, junior, music education and technology.

            Hoffman Estates: Jake Mastera, tuba, sophomore, criminology and criminal justice.

IOWA

            Ankeny: Kourtlin Churchman, alto saxophone, junior, music education.

            Council Bluffs: Shannon Holmes, tenor saxophone, freshman, music education; Luke Thallas, trombone, junior, music education; Kevin von Kampen, percussion, senior, music education.

            Davenport: Samantha Adrales, flag, sophomore, English.

            Elliott: Anna Mardesen, alto saxophone, junior, music.

            Glenwood: Marissa Ware, trumpet, junior, biological sciences, music and Spanish.

            Muscatine: Jenna Krueger, flag, junior, architectural studies.

            Norwalk: Nathan Baker, tenor saxophone, junior, economics and finance.

            Sioux City: Brian Ganzel, trumpet, senior, civil engineering.

            Urbandale: Casey Guillaume, piccolo, senior, nutrition and health sciences and psychology.

            West Des Moines: Cole Maly, percussion, freshman, computer science.

KANSAS

            Burrton: Elizabeth Simoneau, horn, freshman, undeclared.

            Leavenworth: Christina Ensign, clarinet, freshman, music education.

            Manhattan: Luke Messmer, trumpet, junior, biochemistry, chemistry and music.

            Shawnee: Cameron Eckardt, piccolo, sophomore, music education.

MINNESOTA

            Edina: Connor Sacks, trumpet, sophomore, pre-health.

            Mapleton: Betsy Schultz, piccolo, freshman, undeclared.

MISSOURI

            Columbia: Martha Hensel, trumpet, senior, pre inclusive early childhood education.

            Fenton: Justine LaViolette, trumpet, sophomore, forensic science and philosophy.

            Kansas City: Brianne DeBose, trumpet, sophomore, broadcasting and music technology; Christian Folsom, horn, freshman, pre-health.

            Lee's Summit: Aaron Ratigan, trombone, freshman, mechanical engineering.

            Oak Grove: Kathleen Hanson, piccolo, senior, anthropology, archaeology and Native American studies.

            Wentzville: Jonathan Frazier, piccolo, junior, music education.

PENNSYLVANIA

            Macungie: Carissa Vinovskis, percussion, junior, biological sciences and humanities in medicine.

SOUTH DAKOTA

            Madison: Michael Lindsay, percussion, senior, music.

            Sioux Falls: Jacob Bachman, tenor saxophone, sophomore, music education; Michael Keen, trumpet, freshman, music education; Matt Olson, alto saxophone, senior, chemistry and mathematics.

TEXAS

            Magnolia: Jade Lombard, flag, sophomore, pre-special education.

VIRGINIA

            Fairfax: Jennifer Harazin, clarinet, freshman, music education.

            Springfield: Taylor Whitney, piccolo, sophomore, meteorology-climatology.

WYOMING

            Casper: Darren Lojo, clarinet, sophomore, music education.