Learn more about our active members!
Herbie
TBS Mascot
What's your favorite Band memory?
Going to the 2022 Midwest District Convention and meeting all the other mascots
Favorite musician or band?
Herbie and the Heartbeats
Favorite Songs:
Taxi Cab by the Naked Brother Band
Fun Fact:
I was found in the Des Moines Airport in 1999 during the Midwest District Convention. The convention was called the Corny Convention.
Shelby Arrigo - Ways and Means Chair
Alpha Zeta
Major: Civil Engineering
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
Marching Band
What interests you about TBΣ?
Being able to help the band and being a part of a community.
What's your favorite Band memory?
Going to Florida for the bowl game.
Favorite musician or band?
Ben Platt
Favorite Songs:
Grow as we go
Jacob Blaskey - Treasurer
Alpha Eta
Major: Accounting
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
Marching band!
What's your favorite Band memory?
All the misadventures that occurred during the Cheez It Bowl.
Favorite musician or band?
Rage Against the Machine
Favorite Songs:
Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
Fun Fact:
I have two cats and they're both very cute and fluffy :)
Abigail Bovenkamp
Alpha Eta
Major: Mechanical Engineering
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
Marching Band
What's your favorite Band memory?
Sitting next to Bridget in symphonic band last semester and watching her write down all of the funny things Mr. Carichner said.
Favorite musician or band?
Straight No Chaser
Favorite Songs:
Cinderella By Steven Curtis Chapman
Fun Fact:
I have three cats all names after Disney characters!
Emma Brady
Alpha Epsilon
Major: Geology
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
Marching Band
What interests you about TBΣ?
I like how I'm able to meet new people outside of my section/major while also being able to serve the band program and gain leadership experience.
What's your favorite Band memory?
Going to Orlando twice for bowl games and the bus rides getting there
Favorite musician or band?
ABBA
Favorite Songs:
Hypotheticals - Lake Street Dive, Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin, The Flower Garden - Joe Hisaishi
Maris Cameron
Alpha Eta
Major: Journalism/Mass Communication
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
It always makes me feel something on a whole different level
What's your favorite Band memory?
Missing my first dot of my first pregame :)-
Favorite musician or band?
Queen
Favorite Songs:
Lightswitch - Charlie Puth haha
Fun Fact:
I like to tap dance and pet fluffy puppies
Cassidy Carolan
Alpha Epsilon
Major: Mechanical Engineering
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
ISUCF'V'MB!
What interests you about TBΣ?
Getting to hang out with people outside of rehearsal.
What's your favorite Band memory?
Meeting my best friend during band camp freshman year because we couldn't find the forks in Seasons.
Favorite musician or band?
Yiruma
Favorite Songs:
Angels from the Realms of Glory - The Piano Guys
Jenna Curry - Service Chair
Alpha Eta
Major: Music Education, Instrumental, Saxophone Emphasis
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
I love working towards a bigger goal, and being able to really dive in deep to the music and figure out why the music is the way it is and how its performed. I also love the connections made through music
What's your favorite Band memory?
Exploring Diagon Alley in Universal Studios on the Bowl Trip last winter. I got chosen to do Olivander's Wand Experience and i was geeking out as I tested different wands. Afterwards I took my new wand and tried different spells around the alley and drank butter beer with great friends :) <3
Favorite musician or band?
Paramore, Ed Sheeran, Fall Out Boy, KISS (you can't make me choose one)
Favorite Songs:
Dirty Paws by Of Monsters and Men
Fun Fact:
I am allergic to the sun
I have a blobfish tattoo in memory of my cousin
Lukas DeHaan
Alpha Zeta
Major: Psychology
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
Marching Band
What interests you about TBΣ?
I love being able to support the band, and being in TBΣ had made that a very easy thing to do. I also love being part of a group of people where I feel so welcomed and loved by everyone!
What's your favorite Band memory?
My favorite band memory would have to be winning the Euchre tournament on the bus ride home from Florida after the bowl game, with my phenomenal Euchre partner Sydney Larson (truly a force to be reckoned with when it comes to cards).
Favorite musician or band?
Andrew Prahlow (Composer of the Outer Wilds OST)
Favorite Songs:
Timber Hearth by Andrew Prahlow and Fantasy by Earth, Wind, and Fire
Fun Fact:
I'm a Dungeon Master for a D&D game!
Melanie Fuhrmann
Major: Computer Engineering and German
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
ISUCF'V'MB
What interests you about TBΣ?
Being in a community to serve the bands
What's your favorite Band memory?
Night Games!
Favorite Musician or Band?
Day6
Anna Hackbarth - Parliamentarian
Alpha Epsilon
Major: Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
I love being a part of pep band and marching band, I love the atmosphere and energy.
What's your favorite Band memory?
My first marching band no case :)
Favorite Musician or Band?
Bob Dylan
Favorite Songs:
Currently vibing to The Barbarians by Greta Van Fleet
Fun Fact:
My favorite animal is the Portia fringed jumping spider!!
Julia Havlik
Alpha Eta
Major: Industrial Design with a minor in Classical Studies
What's your favorite Band memory?
Laying on the cement with the sousas while waiting for the budget truck after game days.
Favorite Musician or Band?
If were talking like composers - Hans Zimmer, James Horner, and John Williams. If its like pop music - Little Mix no doubt
Favorite Songs:
I'm a big fan of movie theme music
Ashley Hipnar
Alpha Zeta
Major: Environmental Science and Global Resource Systems
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
Dancing
What's your favorite Band memory?
Going to the dining centers with my fellow guardies after practice
Favorite Musician or Band?
BTS
Favorite Songs:
Boy with Luv by BTS ft. Halsey
Fun Fact:
Estudié en Costa Rica el semestre pasado
Sofia Kumpula
Alpha Eta
Major: Interior Design
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
Marching Band
What's your favorite Band memory?
When I used Whirly Tubes in my High School band.
Favorite Musician or Band?
Twin Forks
Favorite Songs:
Cherry Wine (Live) by Hozier
Sydney Larson - Sisterhood Chair
Alpha Zeta
Major: Geology
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
Marching Band
What's your favorite Band memory?
Going on a Sisterhood event to the apple orchard and sitting in CORN <3
Favorite Musician or Band?
Jon Bellion
Favorite Songs:
Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson
Fun Fact:
I have a twin sister named Emily!
Emma Linde
Major: Civil Engineering
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
Marching Band
What interests you about TBΣ?
Being able to meet people of different band backgrounds and give back to the bands, which have done so much for me.
What's your favorite Band memory?
Feeling the energy before doing pregame in the Alamo dome. The whole Alamo bowl trip was an amazing experience, and the perfect way to end my first college marching season.
Sophia Low - Vice President
Alpha Epsilon
Major: Criminal Justice
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
Marching Band
What interests you about TBΣ?
I think what is the most interesting thing about TBS is how supportive we are to one another. We are one big family and you see those relationships grow over the years. It is really amazing to see as well that we are all people who care about the band and go out of our way to serve all the bands.
What's your favorite Band memory?
My favorite Band memory would have to be when we played SpongeBob's Sweet Victory at a football game. I remember looking up and it was the opener to the episode playing on the jumbotron and the crowd went crazy.
Favorite Songs:
Butterflies (MAX, Ali Gatie), Witch Doctor (Alvin & the Chipmunks), At My Worst (Pink Sweat$, Kehlani), Be Around Me (Will Joseph Cook), Latch (Disclosure, Sam Smith)
Jordan Neer
Alpha Epsilon
Major: Construction Engineering
What's your favorite Band memory?
Meeting new freshmen marching band members during DIS and being able to catch up with them throughout the season!
Favorite Songs:
golden hour by JVKE
Fun Fact:
I like bees!
Alix Noble - Webmaster
Alpha Eta
Major: Software Engineering
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
Concert band (yes I love marching band but I have asthma okay)
What's your favorite Band memory?
woodie dinner :)
Favorite musician or band?
The Amazing Devil
Favorite Songs:
Pomegranate Seeds - Julian Moon
Fun Fact:
I learned to knit when I was four
Elena Rafson - Recognition
Alpha Zeta
Major: Integrated Studio Arts
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
Color guard
What interests you about TBΣ?
Being able to serve the band and meet people from other sections.
What's your favorite Band memory?
Cheese It Bowl trip
Favorite musician or band?
Ed Sheeran or Cody Fry
Favorite Songs:
Too many to pick one:/
Fun Fact:
Turtles are my favorite animal:)
Ava Roach
Alpha Eta
Major: Biochemistry
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
I love to sing
What's your favorite Band memory?
Sharing a room with Emma Brady, Mack Bodell, and Emmalynn Rossmiller on the bowl trip
Favorite musician or band?
Sabrina Carpenter
Favorite Songs:
Already Over (by Sabrina Carpenter)
Fun Fact:
I play ukulele
Kaitlyn Sievers
Alpha Zeta
Major: Psychology
Favorite musician or band?
Taylor Swift
Fun Fact:
I studied abroad in Wales in Spring 2022.
Jenna Skow
Alpha Eta
Major: Horticulture
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
Marching band
What's your favorite Band memory?
Bowl trip
Favorite musician or band?
For King and Country
Favorite Songs:
The Blessing- Kari Jobe
Fun Fact:
I’m tall
Andrew Stapleton - Musicianship
Alpha Eta
Major: Civil Engineering
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
Marching/Pep Band
Fun Fact:
I have measured the heights of multiple fire hydrants around campus
Madison Strait - President
Alpha Zeta
Major: Chemistry and Mathematics
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
Wind Ensemble
What interests you about TBΣ?
The connections you make with other members of the bands at ISU.
What's your favorite Band memory?
The first football game I performed at. Even though it was during Covid and we couldn't march on the field, it was still a whole new experience playing at a college football game.
Favorite musician or band?
Imagine Dragons is top tier.
Favorite Songs:
Wilderness by Rossano Galante, Wrecked by Imagine Dragons, Your Lie in April Soundtrack
Evan Uhlmeyer
Alpha Epsilon
Major: Computer Engineering
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
Pep Band
What interests you about TBΣ?
I like being able to give back to the band since it has had such a positive impact on my experience at ISU.
What's your favorite Band memory?
Getting to go to Orlando for the bowl game twice.
Favorite musician or band?
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
Favorite Songs:
Soma - The Strokes, Loyalty - King Gizzard, Vitamin D - Pearl & The Oysters
Sarah Wick - Secretary
Alpha Epsilon
Major: Agricultural Engineering
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
State Storm
What interests you about TBΣ?
When I started coming to meetings freshman year, it was the first place I felt like I was really getting close friends and it made me appreciate band even more.
What's your favorite Band memory?
My first degree ceremony
Favorite musician or band?
Fall Out Boy
Favorite Songs:
Lost Boy by Ruth B.
Fun Fact:
I learned how to say the alphabet backwards because I saw that Demi Lovato knew how to
Megan Wolfe
Alpha Epsilon
Major: Chemical Engineering
What is your favorite area of musical involvement?
Marching Band
What interests you about TBΣ?
Getting to know other members of the band program better.
What's your favorite Band memory?
Discovering the hidden location of the forks in Seasons (woodie dinners).
Favorite musician or band?
The Piano Guys
Favorite Songs:
Blue Shades