Name: Matt Barenie
Hometown:
Instrument: Alto Saxophone
Major: Music Education
Year: Sophomore
Initiation Class: Gamma Tau
E-mail:
Big Brother: Kelsey Coy
Little Brother(s):
Big Sister: Mike McFall
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote:
Favorite Cheese:
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Name: Rachel Gerwig
Hometown: Richmond, IN
Instrument: Percussion
Major: Music History/Anthropology Double Major
Year: Junior
Initiation Class: Gamma Sigma
E-mail: rgerwig@butler.com
Big Brother: Liz Stouder
Little Brother(s): Alyssa Jenkins
Big Sister: Sarah Parasky
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote: “Be yourself. Be a listener. Be a giver. Make magic.” -Julie Spencer
Favorite Cheese: Nacho Cheese
Name: James Cortright
Hometown: South Bend, IN
Instrument: Percussion, Baritone, Piano
Major: Music Education
Year: Sophomore
Initiation Class: Gamma Tau
E-mail: jcortrig@butler.edu
Big Brother: Grant Pfifer
Little Brother(s):
Big Sister: Adam Weaver
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote: “Don’t be bitter, be better.”
Favorite Cheese:
Name: Kelsey Coy
Office: Treasurer
Hometown: Bloomington, IN
Instrument: Flute
Major: Biology, Chemistry, and Spanish
Year: Junior
Initiation Class: Gamma Sigma
E-mail: kccoy@butler.edu
Big Brother: Anna Michel
Little Brother(s): Matt Barenie
Big Sister: Zach Lovall
Little Sister(s): Jacob Wade
Favorite Quote: "Nothing shocks me. I'm a scientist." Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones
Favorite Cheese: Colby Jack
Name: Sean Everingham
Hometown: Rolling Prairie, IN
Instrument: Alto Saxophone
Major: Music Education
Year: Sophomore
Initiation Class: Gamma Tau
E-mail: severingha@butler.edu
Big Brother: Chris Sterner
Little Brother(s): Matthew Blandford
Big Sister: Lucas Shafer
Little Sister(s): Daniel Lange
Favorite Quote: “Two little mice fell in a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned. The second mouse, wouldn’t quit. He struggled so hard that eventually he churned that cream into butter and crawled out. Gentlemen, as of this moment, I am that second mouse.”
Favorite Cheese: Pepper Jack
Name: Nathan Fellerman
Office: Vice President of Programs
Hometown: Greenfield, IN
Instrument: Percussion, Piano
Major: Music Education
Year: Sophomore
Initiation Class: Gamma Tau
E-mail: nfellerm@butler.edu
Big Brother: Brian Skinner
Little Brother(s):Paul Belleville
Big Sister: Cassie DeFoe
Little Sister(s): Kelsey Hurm
Favorite Quote: “Music cleanses the understanding; inspires it, and lifts it into a realm which it would not reach if it were left to itself.” Henry Ward Beecher
Favorite Cheese:Provolone
Name: Chelsea Hughey
Hometown: Franklin, IN
Instrument: Percussion
Major: Percussion Performance with Jazz Studies Concentration
Year: Junior
Initiation Class: Gamma Sigma
E-mail: chughey@butler.edu
Big Brother: Chris Hammer
Little Brother(s): Ryan Mason
Big Sister: Cassie Mac
Little Sister(s): Katie Bolinger
Favorite Quote:
Favorite Cheese: Pepper Jack
Name: Alyssa Jenkins
Hometown: Winamac, IN
Instrument: Guard
Major: Pre-Pharmacy
Year: Sophomore
Initiation Class: Gamma Tau
E-mail: akjenkin@butler.edu
Big Brother: Rachel Gerwig
Little Brother(s):
Big Sister: Anna Tirman
Little Sister(s): Klara Zierk
Favorite Quote: “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Ghandi
Favorite Cheese: Pepper Jack
Name: Jen Kugler
Hometown: LaPorte, IN
Instrument: Clarinet, Guard
Major: Psychology
Year: Junior
Initiation Class: Gamma Sigma
E-mail: jkugler@butler.edu
Big Brother: Katie McDermitt
Little Brother(s):Robin Gagnon
Big Sister: Kate Farmer
Little Sister(s): Megan Wood
Favorite Quote: “Life isn't measure by the amount of breaths we take, but by the amount of things that take our breath away.”
Favorite Cheese: Provolone
Big Brother: Lyndley Clarkson
Little Brother: Jen Kugler, Katie Palmer (Ainsley Paton)
Big Sister(s): Katie Fodness
Little Sister(s): Brett Morgan
Favorite Quote: "For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool by making his world a little colder." The Beatles "Hey Jude"
Favorite Cheese: Colby Jack
Big Brother: Chelsea Hughey
Little Brother(s):Mackenzie Smith
Big Sister: Anna Havala
Little Sister(s):Allison Fecher
Favorite Quote: “Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt.” Kurt Vonnegut
Favorite Cheese: Swiss
Name: Ciera Oshodi
Hometown: Evansville, IN
Instrument: Flute
Major: Chemistry, Pre-Med
Year: Junior
Initiation Class: Gamma Tau
E-mail:
Big Brother: Sondra Jeske
Little Brother(s):Victoria Embry
Big Sister: Susan Bratton
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote:
Favorite Cheese:
Big Brother: Haley Owens (Katie McDermitt)
Little Brother(s): Greg Porter
Big Sister: Kayla St. Clair
Little Sister(s): Jeni Gustafson
Favorite Quote: “You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the stage, forget all that and just play your heart out.”
Favorite Cheese: Mac and Cheese
Big Brother: Chris Sterner
Little Brother(s): Corey Shover, James Cortright
Big Sister: Matt “Hans” Karnstedt
Little Sister(s): Heather Himes
Favorite Quote: “Music is the language of God.” Ludwig van Beethoven
Favorite Cheese: Aged Parmesan
Big Brother: Kevin Weingartner
Little Brother(s):
Big Sister: Matt Karnstedt
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote:
Favorite Cheese: Swiss
Big Brother: Ainsley Paton
Little Brother(s):William Alexander Liddell
Big Sister: Andrew Hostetler
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote: “The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.” Buddha
Favorite Cheese: Cheddar
Big Brother: Randa Mason
Little Brother(s):Devon Custer
Big Sister: Kelli McCubbins
Little Sister(s): Kyle Sparks
Favorite Quote: “We shed as we pick up, like travellers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind.” Tom Stoppard, Arcadia
Favorite Cheese: Lots of it!
Big Brother: Sondra Jeske
Little Brother(s): Annie Luc
Big Sister: Jay Czys
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote:
Favorite Cheese: Gouda
Big Brother: Anna Michel
Little Brother(s):
Big Sister: Mary Moats
Little Sister(s): Lucas Shafer
Favorite Quote: “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”
Favorite Cheese: Pepper Jack
Big Brother: Alexa Piatek
Little Brother(s): Rachel Polkow
Big Sister: Adam Weaver
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote: “I have superhuman upper body strength from using my wheelchair." -Artie Abrams (Glee)
Favorite Cheese: American
Officers
Name: Adi Palmer
Office: President
Hometown: Wadesville, IN
Instrument: Percussion
Major: Music Education
Year: Sophomore
Initiation Class: Gamma Tau
E-mail: apalmer@butler.edu
Big Brother: Katherine Adams
Little Brother(s):
Big Sister: Laura Alonzo
Little Sister(s): Mackenzie Ziegler
Favorite Quote: “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight. It’s the size of the fight in the dog.” Anonymous
Favorite Cheese: Sharp Cheddar String Cheese
Name: Katelyn Manion
Office: Vice President of Membership
Hometown: Covington, IN
Instrument: Clarinet, Percussion
Major: Social Studies Education
Year: Junior
Initiation Class: Gamma Sigma
E-mail: kmanion@butler.edu
Big Brother: Christina Lear
Little Brother(s):
Big Sister: Cassie DeFoe
Little Sister(s): Dan Klipper
Favorite Quote: “The bravest thing of all is always hope.” Brave Saint Saturn
Favorite Cheese: Swiss
Name: Matthew Blandford
Office: Secretary
Hometown: Indianapolis, IN
Instrument: Trumpet
Major: Music Composition, Mathematics
Year: Freshman
Initiation Class: Gamma Upsilon
Email: mblandfo@butler.edu
Big Brother: Sean Everingham
Little Brother(s):
Big Sister: Matt Hacker
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote: "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." Oscar Wilde
Favorite Cheese: Pepperjack
Name: Ashley Dixon
Hometown: Bolingbrook, IL
Instrument: French Horn
Major: Music Education
Year: Sophomore
Initiation Class: Gamma Tau
E-mail: amdixon@butler.edu
Big Brother: Aaron Kelley
Little Brother(s):Julianne Leibold
Big Sister: Emily Buker
Little Sister(s): Kelly Melton
Favorite Quote:
Favorite Cheese: Grilled
Name: Katherine Adams
Hometown: Zionsville, IN
Instrument: Saxophone
Major: Psychology
Year: Junior
Initiation Class: Gamma Sigma
E-mail: keadams@butler.edu
Big Brother: Lyndley Clarkson
Little Brother(s): Adi Palmer
Big Sister: Laura Alonzo
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote: “Whether you think that you can, or you think that you can’t, you’re right.”- Henry Ford
Favorite Cheese: Pepper Jack
Name: Aaron Kelley
Hometown: Cary, NC
Instrument: Percussion
Major: Recording Industry Studies
Year: Junior
Initiation Class: Gamma Sigma
E-mail: arkelley@butler.edu
Big Brother: Eric Buenger
Little Brother(s): Ashley Dixon
Big Sister: Jay Cyzs
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote: “For we are nothing
without brotherhood, and brotherhood
is nothing without your brothers.”
Favorite Cheese: Jack
Big Brother: Eric Buenger
Little Brother(s):
Big Sister: Matt “Hans” Karnstedt
Little Sister(s): Andrew Hostetler
Favorite Quote:
Favorite Cheese: Pepper Jack
Name: Brian Skinner
Hometown: Shelbyville, IN
Instrument: Percussion/Saxophone
Major: Pharmacy
Year: Junior
Initiation Class: Gamma Sigma
E-mail: bwskinne@butler.edu
Big Brother: Lyndley Clarkson
Little Brother(s): Nathan Fellerman, Andrew Phillips
Big Sister: Mike McFall
Little Sister(s): Emelia Abbe
Favorite Quote: “Life is like a roll of toilet paper. You use it and use it until you get down to the last two squares. Then you use it as carefully as possible. Instead of using your “roll” carelessly, use every “square” as if it were the last.”
Favorite Cheese: Swiss
Name: Paul Belleville
Hometown: Granger, IN
Instrument: Trumpet
Major: Music Education
Year: Freshman
Initiation Class: Gamma Upsilon
E-mail: pbellevi@butler.edu
Big Brother: Nathan Fellerman
Little Brother(s):
Big Sister: Dan Klipper
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote: “Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere are the same in heart and spirit” John Denver
Favorite Cheese: Swiss
Name: Devon Custer
Hometown: Pendleton, IN
Instrument: Clarinet, Saxophone, Percussion
Major: Music Education
Year: Freshman
Initiation Class: Gamma Upsilon
E-mail: dcuster047@yahoo.com
Big Brother: Amelia Schwandt
Little Brother(s):
Big Sister: Jacob Wade
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote: “Good friends are the most valuable thing you can find…the trouble is in the finding.”
Favorite Cheese: Mexican mix
Name: Victoria Embry
Hometown: New Washington, IN
Instrument: Trombone
Major: Music Education
Year: Freshman
Initiation Class: Gamma Upsilon
Email: vrembry@butler.edu
Big Brother: Ciera Oshodi
Little Brother(s):
Big Sister: Cassandra Austin
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote: "I know that the night must end and that the sun will rise." -Endless Night, The Lion King: Broadway
Favorite Cheese: Sharp Cheddar
Name: Robin Gagnon
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Instrument: Flute
Major: Biology
Year: Freshman
Initiation Class: Gamma Upsilon
Email: rgagnon@butler.edu
Big Brother: Jen Kugler
Little Brother(s):
Big Sister: Lindsay Moore
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." FDR
Favorite Cheese: Swiss
Name: Julianne Leibold
Hometown: Middleburg Hts, OH
Instrument: Percussion
Major: Pre-Pharmacy
Year: Freshman
Initiation Class: Gamma Upsilon
Email: jleibold@butler.edu
Big Brother: Ashley Dixon
Little Brother(s)
Big Sister: Katie Bolinger
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote: "Everyday is a gift, that’s why they call it the present."
Favorite Cheese: Pepper Jack
Name: William Alexander Liddell
Hometown: Rockford, Illinois
Instrument: Tuba, trumpet, French horn, violin
Major: Music Education
Year: Freshman
Initiation Class: Gamma Upsilon
Email: wliddell@butler.edu
Big Brother: Greg Porter
Little Brother(s):
Big Sister: Andi Kessler
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote: "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
Favorite Cheese: Pepper Jack
Big Brother: Christen Schwarz
Little Brother(s):
Big Sister: Melissa Bradbury
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote: "To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world."
Favorite Cheese: Provolone
Name: Annie Luc
Hometown: Northbrook, IL
Instrument(s): Trombone
Major: Elementary Education
Year: Freshman
Initiation Class: Gamma Upsilon
Email: aeluc@butler.edu
Name: Andrew Phillips
Hometown: Greenfield, IN
Instrument: Percussion
Major: Arts Administration Music
Year: Freshman
Initiation Class: Gamma Upsilon
Big Brother: Brian Skinner
Little Brother(s):
Big Sister: Andrew Hostetler
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote: “It’s not about the medal around your neck but about the work that brought you to it.”
Favorite Cheese: Pepperjack, Cheddar, White American
Name: Mackenzie Smith
Hometown: Newburgh, IN
Instrument: Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Major: Chemistry and French
Year: Freshman
Initiation Class: Gamma Upsilon
E-mail: masmith4@butler.edu
Name: Nathan Smith
Hometown: Rensselaer, IN
Instrument: French Horn
Major: Music Theory
Year: Freshman
Initiation Class: Gamma Upsilon
Email: nlsmith@butler.edu
Big Brother: Megan Fletcher
Little Brother(s):
Big Sister: Emily Bax
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote: "All that is real, is blurred by your notion of reality." August Burns Red
Favorite Cheese: Grilled
Big Brother: Ryan Mason
Little Brother(s):
Big Sister: Megan Wood
Little Sister(s):
Favorite Quote: “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” Victor Hugo
Favorite Cheese:
Name: Christen Schwarz
Hometown: Boulder, CO
Instrument: Saxophone
Major: International Studies
Year: Junior
Initiation Class: Gamma Sigma
E-mail: cschwarz@butler.edu
