LINCOLN - The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's 300-member Corn - husker Marching Band makes its 2025 football season debut Sept. 6 at Me -
morial Stadium with pregame and halftime performances during Nebraska's home opener against Akron.
This year’s band includes representatives from nearly every region of the country, with 79% hailing from Nebraska communities. Twenty-three per cent of the members are students in the Glenn Korff School of Music, while the remainder represent more than 70 other academic programs across the university. Each student completed two auditions to earn a spot in the band.
Drum majors for the 2025 marching band are senior Travis Cloyd of Omaha; graduate student Jake Green of Lincoln; senior Tanner Maas of Gretna; and senior Gretchen Muth of Hastings. The twirler is senior Britney Berry of Omaha.
Tony Falcone, associate director of bands in the Korff School, is the direc- tor of the Cornhusker Marching Band. Doug Bush is the assistant director of bands and assistant marching band director. Carolyn Barber, Ron and Carol Cope Professor of Music, is director of bands. Other band staff members are graduate teaching assistants Sarah Aymond, Andrea Mack and Colton Schaefer..
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 Korff School, 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 146-year 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.
The "Pride of All Nebraska" has been seen by millions of viewers on television. The band was the first collegiate ensemble to perform at all the major football bowl games: Rose, Orange, Fiesta, Sugar and Cotton. For more information, visit https://arts.unl.edu/music/CMB.
Among the 2025 Cornhusker Marching Band members is Kaden Polt of Osmond, who plays the trumpet. He is a junior in the fisheries and wildlife program. Kaden is a 2022 graduate of Osmond High School and the son of Kurt and Sarah Polt.
