It’s showtime as the Cornhusker Marching Band returns to the Lied Center for Performing Arts for its annual Season Highlights Concert at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3. Come experience the sights and sounds of "The Pride of All Nebraska."
“The concert features all seven halftime shows from the 2024 season, along with our pregame spectacular,” said Tony Falcone, senior lecturer, associate director of bands and director of the Cornhusker Marching Band. “You’ll hear the sounds of our talented musicians and witness the visual artistry of our Color Guard and Twirlers.”
Falcone said the band has had a great season.
“We powered through the opening volley of five games in six weeks and have settled into a groove since then,” Falcone said.
This year’s 300-member band includes representatives from nearly every region of the country, though 77 percent of the students are from Nebraska. Twenty-four percent of the students had majors in the Glenn Korff School of Music. The rest are studying in 70-plus other degree programs across campus.
Drum majors this year are junior Vilynn Decker of Stapelhurst, junior Tanner Maas of Gretna, senior Jason Manzitto of Lincoln and senior Annie von Kampen of North Platte.
Tickets for the concert are $20 for adults and $10 for students/seniors and can be purchased in advance through the Lied Center for Performing Arts Box Office at 402-472-4747 or online.
Doug Bush is the assistant director of bands and assistant marching band director. Carolyn Barber, the Ron and Carol Cope Professor of Music, is director of bands. Other band staff members include graduate teaching assistants Foteini Angeli, Eric Elker and Andrea Mack. Jacob Wrobel is the percussion instructor, and Samantha Houston Brown is the color guard instructor. Rose Johnson is the administrative technician, Jan Deaton is the office associate, and Nolan Schmit is the “voice” of the band.
The Cornhusker Marching Band, which resides in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Glenn Korff School of Music, was founded in 1879 as an ROTC unit and is one of the oldest marching bands in the nation. The band has received many honors throughout its history, including a Distinguished Recognition Trophy presented by John Philip Sousa in 1927 and the John Philip Sousa Foundation’s Sudler Trophy in 1996. The Sudler Trophy is the highest honor given to collegiate bands.
For a full listing of this year’s band members, visit the Cornhusker Marching Band's website.
