Ryan Pinard

2022 Equipment Chair
2023 Horn Section Leader
Fall 2024 Pep Conductor

Class: 2025

Hometown: Copley, OH

College: Arts & Sciences

Major: Chemistry

Hi! I'm Ryan, a senior in the horn section. I'm super excited for my final season of marching band and to conduct the pep band this semester!

Beyan Kesselly

2024 DEI Committee
2023 Head Manager
2022 Horn Section Leader

Class: 2024

Hometown: Newark, DE

College: CALS

Major: Biological Sciences

I am a horny trumpet from the greastest state ever. I love Waluigi and hate pickles but love pickling also what's wrong with Beyan?

Caroline Herzog

2021 Section Leader

Class: 2023

Hometown: Wakefield, Massachusetts

College: Engineering

Major: Environmental Engineering

Outside of playing horn, Caroline loves camping throughout New England, hanging out with her pets (especially her dove named Mouse!), and playing viola, flute, and trumpet. Fun fact: she picked up horn freshman year of high school since her band director didn't allow flutes in marching band!

Chris Desir

Proud member of rank star 🤩 & lovr of BOBA 😍

Class: 2023

Hometown: I guess I'm from (Dover) Delaware, but if you ask me in person I'll say Florida

College: ENGINEERING BABYYYY

Major: Computer Science (I hold knowledge of the fifth loopy question)

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Olive Faber

2020 Equipment Chair
2021 & 2022 Section Leader
Spring 2023 Pep Conductor

Class: 2023

Hometown: Livingston, NJ

College: Engineering

Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Olive is a French horn player, but she played trombone in the Cornell Symphony Orchestra. Known for wearing a leaf in her hair at home games, Olive loves to scream really high notes -- sometimes even through her horn!

Max Mendoza

2019 Rank Leader

Class: 2022

Hometown: Anaheim, California

College: Engineering

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Still looking for a drummer for my band, hmu if you can swing sticks rhythmically

I like music, basketball, and taking long walks on the beach. I think I’m a stereotypical Californian, bruh.

Della Keahna Uran

Class: 2022

Hometown: Hayward, WI

College: CALS

Major: Environment and Sustainability

Della is a midwestern rez baby turned musician turned model turned cowgirl. A teen mom of three nieces and two dogs, she is a professional multitasker. She is a former cheerleader and current archer. Do not accept her challenge to a plank-off.

Carrie Rucker

2019 & 2020 Co-Section Leader
2019 Pep Band Historian
2018 Pep Band Chair
2018 Uniform Chair

Class: ZOZI

Hometown: Warren, NJ

College: Engineering

Major: Operations Research and Information Engineering Engineering

Bios are hard so instead of being original here are some highlights from my horn bio emails for the last three years:

"I really like to crochet"
"I ate a mealworm during bio lab" (would do this again given sufficient motivation)
"I bought 10 NJ flags on amazon
"I have very strong opinions on Appel vs. RPCC Sunday brunch"
"I still don't understand how the TCAT system works" (have never taken a TCAT alone)
"My eyebrows are so blonde that sometimes it looks like I don't have eyebrows"
"I spill a lot of food on myself"

Carrie "Krusty Krab I eat it up" Rucker

Daniel Cardenas

2020 Co-Section Leader

Class: 2021

Hometown: Little Elm, TX

College: Engineering

Major: Computer Science

Born in a foreign land, Daniel learned English by absorbing American TV and culture from a very young age. Ask him to speak his mother tongue, and be amazed at how the sounds coming out of his mouth definitely don't sound American. In 2019, Daniel became a US citizen!

Daniel's been on the course staff for CS 2110 for over 2 years, and he'd love to answer any of your CS questions! He was also a Student Supervisor at two dining halls simultaneously, just so he could brag about it. He quit once he realized it really wasn't worth it.

Finally, Daniel's main role in the section is to produce cringe.

Kayla Shames

2019 Equipment Chair
2019-2021 Guard Jester

Class: ZOZI

Hometown: Upper Saddle River, NJ

College: A&S

Majors: Linguistics / Music

Ask me about the words to the 2017 thriller dance

Emma Jacob

2018 & 2019 Co-Section Leader
Spring 2019 & Fall 2019 Pep Band Conductor

Class: 2020

Hometown: Midland, MI

College: Engineering

Major: Chemical Engineering

Emma studied chemical engineering. On campus, she is involved in the marching band, pep band, AIChE and SWE. Additionally she plays the bells in McGraw Tower as a chimesmaster.

Kelly Grice

2019 Show Comm Chair
2018 Co-Section Leader
2018 Bandswoman of the Year
2018 Show Comm Comm

Class: 2020

Hometown: Celebration, FL

College: Engineering

Major: Civil Engineering

Kelly likes concrete a lot. And some other stuff too I guess.

Emily Waite

2019 Senior of the Year
2018 Pep Band Equipment Chair
2017 Marching Band Equipment Chair

Class: 2020

Hometown: Franklin, MA

College: Engineering

Major: Applied & Engineering Physics

After stumbling around on the field with the clarinets, saxes, and horns, Emily stumbled into the horn section, where she quickly found her stride. She also likes physics and collects way too many instruments.

Brandon Smith

2017 Horn Co-Section Leader

Class: 2019

Hometown: Boonville, NY

College: Arts and Sciences

Major: English

The realest Brandon in the Ivy League!

Lauren McBrearty

Side Hoe (Sophomore, Junior, Senior) lol

Class: 2019

Hometown: Rocky Point, NY

College: Arts & Sciences

Majors: History & Italian

Lauren is a lady of many interests! Outside of band, she played club water polo, served as an editor and writer for Guac Magazine, and volunteered at a local nursing home. Lauren can still be found on campus - she’s spending three more years here for law school! Also, ask her to pronounce "Saucy" for you.

Maria Komorowski

2017 Horn Co-Section Leader
2018 Alumni Relations Co-Chair
2016-2017 Pep Band Historian

Class: 2019

Hometown: North East, PA

College: Human Ecology

Major: Nutritional Sciences

Maria "Grape Queen" Komorowski hails from the hometown of Welch's grape juice and was a member of Less Than Three A Cappella while at Cornell. Since graduating she will be at Walt Disney World until further notice.

Snigdha Sharma

2015 Marching Band Uniform Chair
2016 Horn Co-Section Leader
2017 Spring Pep Band Conductor

Class: 2018

Hometown: Olathe, KS

College: Arts and Sciences

Major: English

Snigdha Sharma, Sniggie Smalls, Sniggu, Snigs: the woman, the myth, the legend. Born in Liverpool England, raised in Olathe, Kansas and current resident of Philadepliha, Snigdha is a woman of many talents. When she isn't rockin' it on the horn (which she didn't pick up till coming to Cornell, by the way) she can be found playing violin in Chateau's bluegrass band, being a writing tutor in a broom closet, volunteering with Alpha Phi Omega, or enjoying a nice, relaxing rap-along with the entire Hamiliton soundtrack.

Sachi Koide

2016 Horn Co-Section Leader

Class: 2018

Hometown: Los Gatos, CA

College: Arts and Sciences

Major: Biological Sciences

Sachi is an all around lover of cute animals, especially pandas.

Adam Davis

Class:2018

Hometown: Holland, PA

College: School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Major: Industrial and Labor Relations

Adam loves following sports, writes online blogs for the Cornell Daily Sun, and fascinated with certain a political figure.

Kristen Rose

2015 Marching Band Publicity Co-Chair
2016 & 2017 Alumni Relations Co-Chair

Class: 2017.5

Hometown: Gibsonia, PA

College: CALS

Major: Biological Sciences

KR spent most of her childhood being brainwashed into Joining Band (TM) - her parents, also BRMB alumni, raised her on a steady diet of stories from their glory days. When she came to Cornell she was a little hesitant to join such a loud, eccentric, and stupidly friendly group of people, but she went to auditions ... and the rest is history!!
KR initially joined the band as a flute/piccolo but she was quickly recruited by Lil Em '16 to learn to play the horn. From then on, she split her time between the flute section and the horn section, and she never looked back! Like many other bandies, she fell in love with the band and spent countless hours at Schoellkopf and Lynah. With the massive amount of time left in her schedule, she honed her fly-counting skills and earned a B.S. in Biological Sciences with a concentration in Genetics, Genomics, and Development.
KR now lives in Pittsburgh where she is pursuing a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Chatham University. She treasures all of her memories from those good old days on the hill, and her times with the band will always hold a very special place in her heart!

Sean Shell

2015 Horn Co-Section Leader
2014-2015 Marching Band Uniform Chair

Class: 2017

Hometown: Fredericksburg, VA

College: Agriculture and Life Sciences

Major: Animal Science

Sean "The Humor Judge" Shell is an obsessed fan of Igor Stravinsky's Firebird, is an awesome baker of rainbow cakes, and kinda likes animals I guess.

Alex Schord

2014 Co-Section Leader

Class: 2016

Hometown: San Jose, California

College: Agriculture & Life Sciences

Major: Biological Sciences

Alex, known to us fondly as Simba, is a Jurassic Park and folk/fairy tale junkie.

Stephen Salerno

Class: 2016

Hometown: Cobleskill, New York

College: Arts & Sciences

Major: Biometry and Statistics

Steve may possibly spend more time working in the Staler than any "hotelie" in exsistnce.

Katie Green

2015 Co-Section Leader
2014 Pep Band Historian

Class: 2016

Hometown: Oxford, MA

College: Agriculture and Life Sciences

Major: Animal Science

Favorite field shows: Les Mis (2013) and Dragon (2015)

She is a life long New Englander, who loves cows, hockey, teaching, yoga, and BAND! Currently residing in Dover NH, she is living the dream teaching teens about livestock, exotic pets, and animal health and nutrition.

The Big Red Bands and the Horns were her happy place at Cornell! She has fond memories of being the mom friend at "events" and the crazy football weather.

Jordan Gless

2013-2015 Uniform Chair

Class: 2016

Hometown: Fort Collins, CO

College: CALS

Major: Environmental and Sustainability Science

Jordan identifies as a ‘cool aunt’ of the horn section. Along with band she also was on Cornell’s women’s polo team for a year and those matches are super fun to watch so check them out! She has a horse, Rocco, a cat, Newt, and a proclivity for clever word association. Hit her up if you’re ever in the mountain west and she’ll show you some good nature and TexMex food!

Ethan Burwell

Class: 2016

Hometown: Kingston, NY

College: Agriculture and Life Sciences

Major: Atmospheric Science

I prefer winter over summer. I like remote control cars. I prefer red over blue; maroon to be specific. I haven't eaten meat since 2007. Crab-walking is cool. Well formed clouds are hot. I've never been skydiving, but I'd consider it. I've never been surfing, but I'd like to. I like to run. . . when I feel like it. Naps are golden. Pluto is a planet.

Emily Isenstein

2015 Marching Band Head Manager
2014 Marching Band Treasurer
2013 Marching Band Fundraising Chair

Class: 2016

Hometown: Sandy Springs, GA

College: Human Ecology

Major: Human Development

Emily is a second generation horny-flute, meaning that she plays flute in Marching Band and horn in Pep Band! After playing flute for 10 years, she was invited by the original horny-flutes to learn horn at the very first Pep Band rehearsal of her freshman year, and hasn't looked back! Emily also enjoys riding horses, exploring, and general frolicking shenanigans.

Andrew Distler

2014 Co-Section Leader

Class: 2015

Hometown: New York City

College: Arts & Sciences

Major: Sociology

Andrew loves sports, breakfast foods and classical music (and not necessarily in that order). While at Cornell, his horniness wasn't confined to band, as he also played french horn in the Cornell Symphony Orchestra. Since graduating, he has worked at ESPN, where he has made it his goal to get SportsCenter to show as many highlights from Cornell sports as humanly possible (particularly from the men's and women's hockey teams).

Jess Landis

2013 Marching Band Historian
2012-2013 Horn Co-Section Leader
2011-2012 Marching Band Uniform Chair

Class: 2014

Hometown: Kingston, NY

College: Agriculture and Life Sciences

Major: Biology

Jess is a curly blonde with a large nose. She can often be seen wearing bright nail polish and an armful of macrame. While not studying for biology (because let's be honest, she doesn't study that much), she can be found watching survivor or singing along to Taylor Swift. She will also out-burp you anytime, anywhere.

Nicole "Bardy" Bardabelias

2013 Fall Pep Band Conductor
2012-2013 Horn Co-Section Leader

Class: 2014

Hometown: Valley Stream, NY

College: Arts and Sciences

Major: Science of Earth Systems (Planetary Science)

Nicole Bardabelias really loves space. She has been playing French Horn for over 10 years but has grown to love the mellophone. In her spare time, she enjoys hanging out with her fellow bandies and looking at Mars rocks with space robots. She would like to thank her HORN-y section buddies for picking her up off the street as a freshman and letting her join the only REAL horn section in the Ivy League!

Megan Roblee

Class: 2014

Hometown: Fonda, NY

College: Agriculture and Life Sciences

Major: Animal Science

Meghan transferred to Cornell in the fall of 2012. She is also the inventor of the pickle dance. Ask her about bugs!

Peter Galbo

2011 Marching Band Uniform Chair

Class: 2014

Hometown: Buffalo, NY

College: Agriculture and Life Sciences

Major: Applied Economics and Management

Peter is an AEM major and therefore never does any work. Like Nicole, he played French Horn for years and had a hard time converting to mellophone. He likes running, Jess's back massages, and can be found doing Tai-Chi on the top of Libe Slope as the sun rises. Oh yeah... and don't be afraid to ask him about his big idea.

Amanda Steckel

Class: 2014

Hometown: Rockville, MD

College: Engineering

One time, Amanda peed in the Charles River.

John "Clifto" Clifton

Class: 2014

College: Ithaca College

Major: Film

Yo, I'm Clifto.

Alex Simpson

2012 Marching Band Historian
2011 Horn Section Leader
2011 Marching Band Secretary
2010 Marching Band Publicity Chair

Class: 2013

Hometown: Encinitas, California

College: Engineering

Major: Science of Earth Systems

Alex is an alum of the school of engineering. When she isn't parading across campus in an incredibly sexy marching band uniform, she might be found hiking, surfing, listening to Paul Simon, working on a project team aiming to build a preschool in South Africa this summer, or daydreaming about her favorite animal (try to guess what it is - shouldn't take you longer than 5 minutes of talking to her). She likes fast cars, tight jeans, bubble baths, burritos, and long sunset walks on the beach.

Gillian "Nemo" Trimber

Class: 2013

College: Agriculture and Life Sciences

Major: Viticulture and Enology

Gillian likes to feel grapes squish between her toes.

Rob Mingey

Class: 2013

College: Industrial and Labor Relations

Major: Industrial and Labor Relations

Rob dresses like a Republican.

Birgit Gassler

Class: Old

Hometown: Austria

College: Awesome

Major: Awesome

Birgit is super cool.

John Flanagan

2011 Marching Band Show Committee Chair
2010 Horn Section Leader
2009 Marching Band Publicity Chair

Class: <2012 /2015/h2>

Hometown: Greene, NY

College: Agriculture and Life Sciences

Major: Communications

J-Flanz likes to draw, make animations, and develop video games.

Sam Dean

2011 Senior of the Year
2010, 2011 Uniform Chair

Class: 2012

Hometown: Gambrills, MD

College: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Major: Natural Resources

Sam did six years of competitive color guard, and started playing horn her freshman spring at Cornell. When she wasn't at band, she could be found in Eco House or on the third floor of #ClubMann writing her Daily Sun opinion column, Casual Wtfery.

Somehow, someway, she acquired a reputation for mischievousness.
Maybe it was paying the treasurer entirely in coins?
Was it that smiley face she doodled on a photo of the drum major's butt?
The surprise Furby she mailed the tubas? Unclear.
Even as an alum, she continues to send annual holiday (trolliday?) cards to all her band friends.

A wildlife biologist and turtle expert by training, her arsenal of weird animal facts is unparalleled. In her OLDness, she now coordinates college science labs and teaches biology and human anatomy. You should know she's not like those other professors, she's a ~cool~ professor.

Jessie Taft

2010 Colorguard Co-Captain

Class: 2012

Hometown: Bethany, CT

College:
Major: Informatoin Science
Jessie likes steak, beer, heavy metal, and looking at pictures of kittens on the internet.

Susie "Sushi" Lai

2010 Fall Pep Band Co-Conductor
2009 Horn Section Leader
2008/09 Marching Band Uniform Chair

Class: 2011

Hometown: Port Richey, Florida/Hong Kong

College: Engineering

Major: Civil Engineering

Horn Mama for all of eternity, Susie can't speak English, but we love her anyway.

Kevin Boyd

2008 Marching Band Historian

Class: 2011

Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

College: Engineering

Major: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

KEVIN BOYD was born on the stroke of midnight during a tornado in a spacious castle north of Edinburgh. Several less miraculous things also occurred that night, including three-inch hail with smelt frozen in the middle, the alignment of Mars with the star Thuban, and a brief reversal of gravity. He has played the mellophone since the dawn of time, with occasional breaks to sleep and to protect his lands from marauding bands of ninjas.

In the fall of 2007, he was warned by a wizened old man (in fact, his future self in a clever disguise) that the security of the Earth's timeline depended upon his joining the Cornell University Big Red Horn section. Moved by the passion of this venerable specter, he immediately uprooted his castle and shipped it via helicopter convoy to the South Hill of Ithaca.

Upon landing, he devoted himself with all his monstrous tenacity to the task at hand and, after single-handedly liberating the Cornell dining halls from the clutches of a six-fingered man, laid his horn and at the feet of Sir Brian "Walrusball" Adelman and pledged fealty to the Big Red Pep Band.

Liz Alden

Class: 2011

Hometown: LeRoy, IL

College: Human Ecology

Major: Human Biology, Health, and Society

Om nom nom wine. Also, Liz plays rugby.

Nika Pcsolyar

2009 Marching Band Fundraising Chair

Class: 2011

Hometown: Newtown Square, PA

College: Human Ecology

Major: Human Development

Harry Flager

Transferred to Columbia and still very much missed.

Class: 2013

Hometown: Somewhere in Florida

College: Agriculture and Life Sciences

Major: Food Science

Debbie Feld

2008 Horn Section Leader

Class: 2010

Meagan Cooney

Class: 2009

Hometown: Long Island, NY

College: Agricultural and Life Sciences

Major: Animal Science

Jason Endriss

2007 Horn Section Leader
2006-07 Pep Band Manager

Class: 2008

Hometown: Stacy, MN

College: Industrial and Labor Relations

Major: Industrial and Labor Relations

Becca Foster

2006 Marching Band Head Manager
2005 Horn Section Leader

Class: IC 2007

Anna Richardson

2006 Horn Section Leader

Class: 2007

College: Hotel Administration

Major: Hotel Administration

George Jin

Class: 2006

Hometown: Hightstown, NJ

College: Engineering

Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Amanda Buehler

Class: 2006

Kaitlin Mallouk

Class: 2005

Hometown: Doyleston, PA

College: Engineering

Major: Chemical Engineering

Rachel Dunsmoor

Ryan Pinard

2022 Equipment Chair2023 Horn Section Leader Fall 2024 Pep Conductor

Class: 2025

Hometown: Copley, OH

College: Arts & Sciences

Major: Chemistry

Beyan Kesselly

2024 DEI Committee2023 Head Manager2022 Horn Section Leader

Class: 2024

Hometown: Newark, DE

College: CALS

Major: Biological Sciences

Caroline Herzog

2021 Section Leader

Class: 2023

Hometown: Wakefield, Massachusetts

College: Engineering

Major: Environmental Engineering

Chris Desir

Proud member of rank star 🤩 & lovr of BOBA 😍

Class: 2023

Hometown: I guess I'm from (Dover) Delaware, but if you ask me in person I'll say Florida

College: ENGINEERING BABYYYY

Major: Computer Science (I hold knowledge of the fifth loopy question)

Olive Faber

2020 Equipment Chair2021 & 2022 Section LeaderSpring 2023 Pep Conductor

Class: 2023

Hometown: Livingston, NJ

College: Engineering

Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Max Mendoza

2019 Rank Leader

Class: 2022

Hometown: Anaheim, California

College: Engineering

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Still looking for a drummer for my band, hmu if you can swing sticks rhythmically

Della Keahna Uran

Class: 2022

Hometown: Hayward, WI

College: CALS

Major: Environment and Sustainability

Carrie Rucker

2019 & 2020 Co-Section Leader2019 Pep Band Historian2018 Pep Band Chair2018 Uniform Chair

Class: ZOZI

Hometown: Warren, NJ

College: Engineering

Major: Operations Research and Information Engineering Engineering

Daniel Cardenas

2020 Co-Section Leader

Class: 2021

Hometown: Little Elm, TX

College: Engineering

Major: Computer Science

Kayla Shames

2019 Equipment Chair2019-2021 Guard Jester

Class: ZOZI

Hometown: Upper Saddle River, NJ

College: A&S

Majors: Linguistics / Music

Emma Jacob

2018 & 2019 Co-Section LeaderSpring 2019 & Fall 2019 Pep Band Conductor

Class: 2020

Hometown: Midland, MI

College: Engineering

Major: Chemical Engineering

Kelly Grice

2019 Show Comm Chair2018 Co-Section Leader2018 Bandswoman of the Year2018 Show Comm Comm

Class: 2020

Hometown: Celebration, FL

College: Engineering

Major: Civil Engineering

Emily Waite

2019 Senior of the Year2018 Pep Band Equipment Chair2017 Marching Band Equipment Chair

Class: 2020

Hometown: Franklin, MA

College: Engineering

Major: Applied & Engineering Physics

Brandon Smith

2017 Horn Co-Section Leader

2022 Equipment Chair
2023 Horn Section Leader
Fall 2024 Pep Conductor

2024 DEI Committee
2023 Head Manager
2022 Horn Section Leader

2020 Equipment Chair
2021 & 2022 Section Leader
Spring 2023 Pep Conductor

2019 & 2020 Co-Section Leader
2019 Pep Band Historian
2018 Pep Band Chair
2018 Uniform Chair

2019 Equipment Chair
2019-2021 Guard Jester

2018 & 2019 Co-Section Leader
Spring 2019 & Fall 2019 Pep Band Conductor

2019 Show Comm Chair
2018 Co-Section Leader
2018 Bandswoman of the Year
2018 Show Comm Comm

2019 Senior of the Year
2018 Pep Band Equipment Chair
2017 Marching Band Equipment Chair

2017 Horn Co-Section Leader
2018 Alumni Relations Co-Chair
2016-2017 Pep Band Historian

2015 Marching Band Uniform Chair
2016 Horn Co-Section Leader
2017 Spring Pep Band Conductor

2015 Marching Band Publicity Co-Chair
2016 & 2017 Alumni Relations Co-Chair

2015 Horn Co-Section Leader
2014-2015 Marching Band Uniform Chair

2015 Co-Section Leader
2014 Pep Band Historian