Leadership

The Band Board is a six-member elected delegation of band members who manage both the behind-the-scenes and public day to day operations of the Band. The Band Board is elected for a one-year term that begins and ends at halftime at the last football game in November. If a position becomes vacant mid-term, that position is filled via a special election as soon as it is feasible. Specifics on election policy can be found in our bland yet informative constitution. Please feel free to email the appropriate Band Board member by clicking on their name. If you’re not sure which Band Board member is appropriate, you may simply email the President, or all of Band Board. If your band is traveling to Brown, or if you have specific questions about band activities or events, the person to contact is the Corresponding Secretary. For general comments, suggestions, etc. please feel free to mail any member of the Band Board.

Band Board Officers

For the term ending November 2026

President: Coral Roost Rothenburg ’27

The President is responsible for scheduling and running Band Board meetings, running elections, planning commencement, and officially representing the Band to the University administration, UFB, UCS, and other acronyms.

Coral is a rabbit-fanatic from Menlo Park, CA–the most silicon of valleys, where avocado toast is essential to life. Yes, she has two pet rabbits, and she will show you pictures of them at any given chance. If you ever see a woman having late-night conversations with the wild rabbits on campus while walking back to her dorm, it’s probably just Coral. In Band, you might hear her “melodious” screeching on the piccolo. Coral is studying Electrical Engineering, mostly because of her love for the letter E. Outside of Band, she doesn’t do anything. Just kidding! She also enjoys playing Club Water Polo, swimming, destroying her friends in every single board game, attending various concerts both on and off campus, and shamelessly plugging the Band.

Vice President: Ella Giampietro ’28

The Vice President yells at the Band runs field rehearsals, serves as a liaison to the athletic department, and performs other administrative tasks throughout the year.

Ella is from Barrington, Rhode Island, which is fondly recognized by the Brown student body for that one beach you go to freshman year and then never again. Seriously, guys. Barrington Beach is not all that. In band, she can be found playing the cymbals and pretending she isn’t making parts up on the fly. Ella studies Geochemistry, which she swears isn’t an excuse to play with shiny rocks. When not lurking in the Geochem basement, you might spot her rowing on the Seekonk (yes, she’s a coxswain, what gave it away?), camping the Ratty in wait for Jello Night, or playing Roblox horror games with her friends. Ask her about umbrellas.

General Manager: Anastasia (Anya) Brunker ’29

The General Manager is responsible for working with the Section Leaders and presenting their needs to Band Board, for managing instruments and uniforms, and for keeping the band on its feet (or skates depending on the season).

Anya is from the little town of Boxborough, Massachusetts but she usually just says ‘the suburbs of Boston.’ Like any good new englander, Anya loves hiking, dunkin, and complaining loudly about driving in Boston. In Band, Anya plays the clarinet, and is definitely really good at it, and all her mistakes are the reed’s fault. Anya is studying Earth, Climate, and Biology with naive and hopeful dreams of saving us all from the wrath of big oil. She would also love to be an art history major but also wants a job in the future, so maybe her career choices need work. Outside of band, Anya plays bass clarinet in Brown's wind symphony, just joined the ballroom dance team, and loves backpacking even though it has already destroyed her knees.

Business Manager: Sophie Winaker ’28

The Business Manager is in charge of the finances, expenses, income, and budgetary and/or swag-related matters of the Band.

Sophie is from the incredibly populous state of Delaware, where at least one other student at Brown probably also calls home. She was told to play the tuba in sixth grade and has enjoyed playing an instrument that makes her feel very tall ever since. She is studying Materials Engineering because she loves concrete. She has strong feelings about traffic infrastructure and pedestrian crossings and would like to share them with you. Sophie has a lot of love in her heart. Sophie can recite certain poems and always does the NYT Monday crossword. When she’s not at band, you can find Sophie on the phone with her brothers, in the kitchen making “recipes”, or touching grass.

Corresponding Secretary: Owen “Shipley-Dean” Shipley-Dean ’27

The Corresponding Secretary acts as a representative to other bands, providing information on housing, practice fields, directions, etc. when other bands visit us and likewise procuring this information when we go to away games. The CorSec also reserves hotel rooms and provides directions and itineraries on roadtrips. Do not ask the CorSec if we are there yet.

Owen is from the sleepy Providence suburb of New York City, and has thus wasted much of his one precious life watching the Giants lose on TV. He makes up for it by pounding out mostly accurate quarter notes on the bass drum without even looking at the conductor. Owen studies creative writing and linguistics, the latter of which has taught him that “Please play quieter” is an infelicitous speech act that can safely be ignored. Outside of the Band, you can find Owen singing bass in the Brown University “No Cymbals Allowed” Chorus, getting lost on the 30-second commute from King House to Fulton, and contracting tetanus from his vintage Band buttons.

Recording Secretary: Shunsuke Sakagami ’27

The Recording Secretary (better known as RecSec and better spelled as WreckSec) takes attendance at rehearsals and on roadtrips, maintains databases of band alumni and contributors, keeps Band Board meeting notes, sends weekly band notices, and picks up the slack.

Shun is a California-resident gremlin who hates anyone from LA and the word “bay-area.” Chances are, you might see him using a meal swipe to take 5 ice teas back to his dorm, because his bloodstream is practically half sugar. In the band, you will observe this strange creature congregating around the clarinet section and holding a strange black instrument in his hands. While out of the band, he studies biochemistry for his future goal of creating a super disease, then profitting off of creating its vaccine. His hobbies include calling people with glasses “four-eyes,” kicking elevator doors to make Coral nervous, and games of the board/video kind.

Conductors

Head Student Conductor: Everton Prospere ’27

Everton is a PROUD New Yorker…and no, he isn’t from the city! He grew up in a town on Long Island called Valley Stream, which isn’t located in a valley and only has a teeny tiny creek. Besides conducting, in the band, you can find him attempting to hold a sousa, which is especially a sight to see during field and ice shows. Everton began his conducting journey in front of a mirror while listening to anime intros, but fervently enjoys waving his hands in front of an actual band! Outside of music, he is concentrating in Political Science and Hispanic Studies. You can often find Everton playing tennis at the courts on campus, procrastinating on his phone in the Rock Stacks/SciLi upper floors, or binging a show on Hulu/Netflix (he always needs a good recommendation!!!)

Assistant Student Conductor: Sarah Kramer ’28

Sarah hails from good ol’ Levittown, Pennsylvania, the suburbiest of Philadelphia suburbs! Speaking of Philadelphia, Go Birds! In band, you may find Sarah playing mellophone trumpet, laughing at her own jokes, or crashing out over the football team. Sarah is planning to concentrate in Geochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, which is definitely not just an excuse to look at fun rocks all day. She also gets access to fun radioactive chemicals! When not trapped in Macmillan by this little thing called “employment,” you can find Sarah looking for a place to fuel her caffeine addiction (she yearns for a Dunkin on Thayer), listening to audiobooks, thrifting, or picking flowers like a whimsical child.

Assistant Student Conductor: Emah Shinall ’29

Emah comes from the swamps of Louisiana, and if you ask her, she'll tell you that she doesn’t have the Louisiana accent because she “ain’t from down da bayou.” In band, she plays the mellophone (#fellomello), but if you lose sight of her, just follow the trail of people with braided hair. You’ll find her braiding the hair of her next victim. Emah is planning on concentrating in Education Studies and Applied Mathematics to become a high school math teacher. Outside of academics, she loves to go to the drag strip because we like the cars, the cars that go vroom. If a “cool” car or motorcycle passes by, she’ll start rambling as if she knows anything about cars; however, she really only knows how to drive stick shift. And she’ll never let you forget that she has her motorcycle endorsement, as if those words mean anything when you don’t own a motorcycle.

Section Leaders

Appointed Positions

Advisor