Lauren Miller

Name: Lauren Miller
Office: President
Hometown: Barrington, Illinois
Instrument: Flute
Major: Pharmacy
Year:
Senior
Initiation Class: Gamma Nu
Status: Active

E-mail: lemille1@butler.edu

Big Brother: Eric Gilliam
Big Sister: Christina Papillon
Little Brother(s): Alex Smith,
Zak Tschiniak
Little Sister(s): Jordan Pflum

Favorite Quote: "We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us." - Phil 4:13

Favorite Cheese:
Brie
Alex Smith
Name: Alex Smith
Office: Vice President of Membership
Hometown: Carmel, Indiana
Instrument: Percussion
Major: Music
Performance
Year:
Junior
Initiation Class: Gamma Xi
Status: Active
E-mail: ajsmith1@butler.edu
Big Brother: Lauren Miller
Big Sister: Emily Reeser
Little Brother(s):
Christina Lear
Little Sister(s): Kelcie Yarbor

Favorite Quote: "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return."

Favorite Cheese: Brie
Anna Michel
Name: Anna Michel
Office: Vice President of Programs
Hometown: Fort Branch, Indiana
Instrument: Clarinet, Color Guard
Major: Music Education
Year:
Sophomore
Initiation Class: Gamma Omicron
Status: Active
E-mail: amichel@butler.edu
Big Brother: Val Grudzien
Big Sister: Angela Floyd
Little Brother(s):
Little Sister(s):
Kaylie Cheeseman

Favorite Quote: "First, determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then... find the way." - Abraham Lincoln

Favorite Cheese: Baby Swiss
Tim Maurer
Name: Tim Maurer
Office: Treasurer
Hometown: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Instrument: Baritone
Major:
Math Education
Year:
Junior
Initiation Class: Gamma Xi
Status: Active

E-mail: tjmaurer@butler.edu
Big Brother: Becca Combs-Cawley
Big Sister: Doug Gaking
Little Brother(s): Austin Byl
Little Sister(s): Wil Horton

Favorite Quote: "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." - John Kennedy

Favorite Cheese: Munster
Sondra Jeske
Name: Sondra Jeske
Office: Secretary
Hometown:
Rolling Prairie, Indiana
Instrument:
Saxophone
Major:
Music Education
Year:
Freshman
Initiation Class: Gamma
Pi
Status:
Active
E-mail:
sjeske@butler.edu
Big Brother: Austin Byl
Big Sister: Adrianne Henderson
Little Brother(s):
Little Sister(s):

Favorite Quote: "Be who you are say what you feel because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss

Favorite Cheese: It's impossible to choose

 

Austin Blue
Name: Austin Blue
Hometown:
Elkhart, Indiana
Instrument:
Bari/Alto saxophone, Bassoon
Major:
Chemsitry
Year:
Freshman
Initiation Class: Gamma
Pi
Status: Active
Position:
Symphonic Band Liaison
E-mail:
alblue@butler.edu
Big Brother: Danielle Hebel
Big Sister: Cassie McDonald
Little Brother(s):
Little Sister(s):

Favorite Quote: "Heaven's not a place that you go when you die, it's that moment in life when you actually feel alive." The Spill Canvas (from "The Tide")

Favorite Cheese: Swiss
Name: Courtney Bonfils
Hometown: Fishers, Indiana
Instrument: Mellophone, Flute
Major: Music Education / French
Year:
Senior
Initiation Class: Gamma Nu
Status: Conditional
E-mail: cbonfils@butler.edu
Big Brother: Laura McIntyre
Big Sister: Stacie McGuire
Little Brother(s): Cora Davidson
Little Sister(s):

Favorite Quote: "There are times when music isn't just extra, it's absolutely necessary. When the situation is far beyond words, music is the language we can use." - Jaclyn Myers

Favorite Cheese: Blue Cheese
Name: Austin Byl
Hometown: Carmel, Indiana
Instrument: Tuba
Major: Music Education
Year:
Junior
Initiation Class: Gamma Omicron
Status: Active
E-mail: abyl@butler.edu
Big Brother: Tim Maurer
Big Sister: Elaina Sutton
Little Brother(s): Sondra Jeske
Little Sister(s):

Favorite Quote: "Yeah, I remember one time when I made a mistake... I thought I was wrong but I wasn't." -Cal Byl

Favorite Cheese: 7-10 year aged Wisconsin Extra Sharp Cheddar
Name: Lyndley Clarkson
Hometown: Griffith, Indiana
Instrument: Flute
Major: Music Education
Year:
Sophomore
Initiation Class: Gamma Omicron
Status: Active
Position: Webmaster
E-mail: lclarkso@butler.edu
Big Brother: Andrew Gillen
Big Sister: Justin Brady
Little Brother(s):
Little Sister(s):

Favorite Quote: "I know it’s scarier finding your own way than doing what’s expected."

Favorite Cheese: Mozarella
Cora Davidson

Name: Cora Davidson
Hometown: Tipp City, Ohio
Instrument: Horn
Major: Music Education
Year:
Sophomore

Initiation Class: Gamma Omicron
Status: Active
E-mail: cdavidso@butler.edu

Big Brother: Courtney Bonfils
Big Sister: Emily Reeser
Little Brother(s): Kimberly Spartz
Little Sister(s):

Favorite Quote: "Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime's
work, but it's worth the wait and the effort."
-
Mr. Rogers

Favorite Cheese: Land of Lakes American... mmm

Name: Jill Devine
Hometown: Indianapolis, IN
Instrument: Mellophone
Major: Biology
Year:
Junior
Initiation Class: Gamma Omicron
Status: Active
Position:
Historian
E-mail: jcdevine@butler.edu
Big Brother: Di Cox
Big Sister: Katie Fodness
Little Brother(s):
Little Sister(s): Adam Weaver

Favorite Quote: "Not to love is not to live." -William H. Coppedge

Favorite Cheese:
JamesGilkey
Name: James Gilkey
Hometown:
Centerville, Ohio
Instrument:
Percussion
Major:
Music Performance
Year:
Freshman
Initiation Class: Gamma
Pi
Status:
Active
E-mail:
jgilkey@butler.edu
Big Brother: Christina Lear
Big Sister: Brett Caragher
Little Brother(s):
Little Sister(s):

Favorite Quote: "This too shall pass..."

Favorite Cheese: Provalone
Andrew Gillen
Name: Andrew Gillen
Hometown: Fishers, Indiana
Instrument: Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
Major:
Religion
Year:
Junior
Initiation Class: Gamma Xi
Status: Active
E-mail: agillen@butler.edu
Big Brother: Kobi Walden
Big Sister: Tim Slattery
Little Brother(s): Lyndley Clarkson
Little Sister(s): Anna Fagan

Favorite Quote: "Enjoy this day while you have it because you'll never see it again."

Favorite Cheese: Colby Jack
Bethany Godar
Name: Bethany Godar
Hometown: Marion, Iowa
Instrument: Flute
Major:
Pharmacy
Year:
Senior
Initiation Class: Gamma Nu
Status: Active
E-mail: bgodar@butler.edu
Big Brother: Sarah Meisinger
Big Sister: Kristin Kraus
Little Brother(s): Jeremy Bucy
Little Sister(s): Brett Reard
on

Favorite Quote: "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."

Favorite Cheese: It's impossible to choose...

Name: Joanna Golando
Hometown: Chesterton, Indiana
Instrument: Bass Trombone
Major: Music Education
Year: Senior
Initiation Class: Gamma Nu
Status: Conditional
E-mail: jgolando@butler.edu

Big Brother: Drew Smith
Big Sister: Marcy Wilhelm
Little Brother(s): Cara Nowling
Little Sister(s): Kate Farmer

Favorite Quote: "Friends are worth dying for, good friends are worth killing for, Best friends are worth living for."

Favorite Cheese: Provolone (except when people say Pro-vo-lone-e)
Val Grudzien
Name: Val Grudzien
Hometown: Oswego, Illinois
Instrument: Clarinet
Major: Public Relations, Spanish
Year:
Junior
Initiation Class: Gamma Xi
Status: Active
Pos
ition: Sergeant-at-Arms
E-mail: vgrudzie@butler.edu
Big Brother: Kristi Temple
Big Sister: Angela Floyd
Little Brother(s): Anna Michel
Little Sister(s):

Favorite Quote: "It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you, it's what you leave behind you when you go."

Favorite Cheese: Cheddar
Name: Nate Hamilton
Hometown: Tinley Park, Illinois
Instrument: Euphonium
Major: Music Education
Year:
Sophomore
Initiation Class: Gamma Omicron
Status: Active
Position: Jazz Band Liaison
E-mail: nehamilt@butler.edu
Big Brother: Stephanie Reynolds
Big Sister: Marcy Wilhelm
Little Brother(s):
Little Sister(s): Paula LeBlanc

Favorite Quote: "If I live, I live to the Lord; and if I die, I die to the Lord. So whether I live or die, I belong to the Lord."
-Romans 14:8 (paraphrased)

Favorite Cheese:
Chris Hammer
Name: Chris Hammer
Hometown: Brownsburg, Indiana
Instrument:
Alto saxophone
Major:
Music Education
Year:
Freshman
Initiation Class: Gamma
Pi
Status:
Active
Position
: Athletic Bands Liaison
E-mail:
@butler.edu
Big Brother: Zak Tschiniak
Big Sister: Jay Czys
Little Brother(s):
Little Sister(s):

Favorite Quote: "The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper." -Pablo Casals

Favorite Cheese: Nacho
Name: Danielle Hebel
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Instrument: Clarinet
Major: Pharmacy
Year:
Sophomore
Initiation Class: Gamma Omicron
Status: Active
E-mail: dhebel@butler.edu
Big Brother: Nora Phelan
Big Sister: Jamie Parvis
Little Brother(s): Austin Blue
Little Sister(s):

Favorite Quote: "Chocolate always loves you back."

Favorite Cheese: Cheddar

Name: Jeremy Horner
Hometown: Mitchell, Indiana
Instrument: Clarinet
Major: Chemistry Education
Year: Senior
Initiation Class: Gamma Nu
Status: Active
E-mail: jhorner@butler.edu

Big Brother: Jon Flodder
Big Sister: Justin Brady
Little Brother(s):
Little Sister(s):

Favorite Quote:

Favorite Cheese: Swiss and Cheddar.... Together!

Name: Julie Ihlenfeldt
Hometown: Grayslake, Illinois
Instrument: Percussion
Major: Media Arts
Year:
Senior
Initiation Class: Gamma Xi
Status:
Active
E-mail: jihlenfe@butler.edu
Big Brother: Brant Sloan
Big Sister: Tricia Arturi
Little Brother(s):
Kathy Niswander
Little Sister(s): Michael Tirman

Favorite Quote: "Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results."

Favorite Cheese: Kraft's Mexican Taco Cheese-Finely Shredded
Name: Christina Lear
Hometown: Naperville, Illinois
Instrument: Clarinet
Major: English
Year:
Sophomore
Initiation Class: Gamma Omicron
Status: Active

E-mail: clear@butler.edu

Big Brother: Alex Smith
Big Sister: Katie Fodness
Little Brother(s): James Gilkey
Little Sister(s):

Favorite Quote: "Ask not what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive… then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." - Howard Thurman

Favorite Cheese: White Cheddar

Name: Laurel Lucore
Hometown: Fairview, Pennsylvania
Instrument: Trumpet
Major: Pharmacy
Year:
Senior
Initiation Class: Gamma Nu
Status: Active
E-mail: llucore@butler.edu
Big Brother: Di Cox
Big Sister: Stacie Kapciak
Little Brother(s): Stephanie Reynolds
Little Sister(s): Cassie McDonald

Favorite Quote: "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a greater battle." "Look at the nations and watch-and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told." - Habakkuk 1:5

Favorite Cheese: Smoked Gouda
Name: Randa Mason
Hometown: Sheridan, Indiana
Instrument: Tu
ba
Major: Music Education
Year:
Sophomore
Initiation Class: Gamma Omicron
Status: Active
E-mail: rmason@butler.edu
Big Brother: Kobi Walden
Big Sister: Elaina Sutton
Little Brother(s):
Little Sister(s):

Favorite Quote: "Dream as if you'll live forever; live as if you'll die today." -James Dean

Favorite Cheese: Grilled Cheese!
Name: Kathy Niswander
Hometown: Mahomet, Illinois
Instrument: Percussion
Major: Psychology
Year:
Sophomore
Initiation Class: Gamma Omicron
Status: Active
E-mail: kniswand@butler.edu
Big Brother: Julie Ihlenfeldt
Big Sister: Tricia Arturi
Little Brother(s):
Little Sister(s):

Favorite Quote: "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Favorite Cheese: Cheddar
Name: Kevin Noble
Hometown: Robinson, Illinois
Instrument: Percussion
Major: Recording Industry Studies
Year:
Sophomore
Initiation Class: Gamma Omicron
Status: Active
E-mail: knoble@butler.edu
Big Brother: Bryan Frauhiger
Big Sister: Douglas Gaking
Little Brother(s):
Little Sister(s):

Favorite Quote: "Love is a religion worth dying for"

Favorite Cheese: Cheddar

Name: Cara Nowling
Hometown: Scottsburg, Indiana
Instrument: Trombone, Baritone
Major: Applied Voice
Year:
Junior
Initiation Class: Gamma Xi
Status:
Active
E-mail: cnowling@butler.edu

Big Brother: Joanna Golando
Big Sister: Ashlee Miller
Little Brother(s): Darren Williams
Little Sister(s): Jay Czys

Favorite Quote: "The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when [you're] uncool." - Lester Bangs, Almost Famous

Favorite Cheese: Brie
Kimberly Spartz
Name: Kimberly Spartz
Hometown: Lom
bard, Illinois
Instrument:
Flute
Major:
Exploratory Education
Year:
Freshman
Initiation Class: Gamma
Pi
Status:
Active
E-mail:
kspartz@butler.edu
Big Brother: Cora Davidson
Big Sister: Anna Fagan
Little Brother(s):
Little Sister(s):

Favorite Quote: "Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em." -Twelfth Night (II, v, 156-159)

Favorite Cheese: Provolone
Name: Kristi Temple
Hometown: Bloomington, Indiana
Instrument: Color Guard
Major: Integrated Communications
Year:
Senior
Initiation Class: Gamma Nu
Status:
Active
E-mail: ktemple@butler.edu
Big Brother: Andi Montgomery
Big Sister: Kara Green
Little Brother(s): Val Grudzien
Little Sister(s):

Favorite Quote: "Cry me a river, build a bridge, and get over it or jump off."

Favorite Cheese: Well... I can't eat cheese... but it used to be Brie
Name: Zak Tschiniak
Hometown: Peru, Indiana
Instrument: Trombone, Piano
Major: Music Education
Year:
Sophomore
Initiation Class: Gamma Omicron
Status: Active
Position: Alumni
Relations Officer
E-mail: ztschini@butler.edu
Big Brother: Lauren Miller
Big Sister: Emily Reeser
Little Brother(s): Chris Hammer
Little Sister(s):

Favorite Quote:

Favorite Cheese: Cheese
Zebulon Watkins

Name: Zebulon Watkins
Hometown: Lafayette, Indiana
Instrument: Bassoon, Saxophones
Major: Music Performance
Year:
Junior
Initiation Class: Gamma Xi
Status: Active

E-mail: zwatkins@butler.edu

Big Brother: Daniel Thompson
Big Sister: Kristin Kraus
Little Brother(s):
Little Sister(s):

Favorite Quote: "Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either." - Golda Mier

Favorite Cheese: Roquefort
Name: Darren Williams
Hometown: Kokomo, Indiana
Instrument: Trombone
Major: Music Education
Year:
Junior
Initiation Class: Gamma Omicron
Status: Active
Status: Wind Ensemble Liaison
E-mail: drwillia@butler.edu
Big Brother: Cara Nowling
Big Sister: Justin Brady
Little Brother(s):
Little Sister(s):

Favorite Quote: "All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us." -J.R.R. Tolkien

Favorite Cheese: American

Membership Candidates

None at this time.

Sponsor

Dr. Robert Gretchesky - Director of Bands /
                                   
Sponsor

E-mail: rgreches@butler.edu