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 2024

President: Jimmy Zhang ’25

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.

Jimmy is from Middletown, RI (despite the numerous times he has said he’s from Newport), and as a proud Rhode Islander, Jimmy is always quick to address haters of the state. In Band, he plays tenor sax and dabbles in soprano sax when he wants to channel his inner Kenny G. Jimmy studies Mathematics and Computer Science so he’s destined to be a sellout or a struggling academic. When not in Band, trying to count imaginary numbers or stressing about life after school, Jimmy is an avid soup and caffeine enjoyer and can occasionally be found in the ratty with a bowl of soup, but is more likely than not sipping on some highly caffeinated drink.

Vice President: Eitan Frank ’26

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.

Eitan is from NYC, which has prepared him well for moving large groups of people and talking very loudly. He usually plays snare (roll off, 2, 3, 4!) although this term may be the start of a new era of cymbals. Eitan currently studies Music, along with a constant variety of potential second concentrations. Outside of the Band, he’s also on the board for the Fermata Composer’s Collective, occasionally scores films for Brown Motion Pictures, and plays percussion in BUCO and AVGE! When not making large amounts of noise, you might find him pretending to still be an English major (trying to finally finish writing this book draft), enjoying a quiet afternoon with friends at the Vdub, or watching another movie at 1:00am.

General Manager: Coral Roost Rothenberg ’27

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).

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 (and give you insights into her unnecessarily vast depth of rabbit knowledge) 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 barely be able to hear her on the flute, desperately playing passages an octave higher in an effort to be heard. While not entirely decided on a concentration, she hopes to study engineering at Brown. Outside of Band, Coral doesn’t do anything. Just kidding! She also plays in the Brown University Chamber Orchestra, swims with Brown’s club team, and destroys her friends in every single board game at Brown Table. Additionally, she enjoys doing NYT crossword puzzles and word games, listening to classical music (alongside many other genres), partying with friends, and shamelessly plugging the Band.

Business Manager: Alison Zeng ’27

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

Alison is from Missouri City, Texas (advertised as a land of genial sunshine and eternal summer, but really just a suburb of Houston). Please ask her about Buc-ee’s. She “plays” the cymbals, after first picking them up with the bribe of ice cream and the idea of hitting things. She plans to concentrate in Computer Science and Linguistics (and either be super rich or underlyingly employed. #sellout). In her free time, Alison naps in ungodly amounts, carries on the Swiftie Band Board legacy, and writes poetry for funsies.

Corresponding Secretary: Owen Landry ’26

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 North Providence, RI, which is a separate town from Providence, despite the fact that he lets those who are none the wiser think he’s from Providence. In Band, he plays Bari Sax, which much like North Providence’s status as a separate town, receives a “What? That’s a thing?” as a response from the ill informed. Outside of Band, Owen studies Biomedical Engineering, with plans to build weapons of mass destruction and take over the world. That was a joke. Maybe(Raytheon jobs look real nice for an engineer down on his luck). Owen spends his free time mostly split between playing electric bass for Brown’s Anime Video Game Ensemble, and serving as the Projects Manager for Tech House(recruitment starts spring semester!!!). If you happen to see Owen out in the wild, odds are he probably won’t recognize you, due to not having consumed his 5th cup of coffee of the day yet, and having stayed up till 3 A.M. doing a combination of Japanese and Engineering homework.

Recording Secretary: Mia Kamisato ’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.

Mia is from the tropics of Honolulu, Hawai‘i, but likes to refer to herself as a “city girl” because there’s more than 20 buildings within a 100-mile radius of her house. Despite constantly roasting Rhode Island for its depressing gray beaches, when at home, she would rather stay inside watching Criminal Minds than make a five-minute trek down to the beach. In Band, Mia plays the Euphonium as part of the “low brass besties.” Outside of music, she is thinking about concentrating in some type of engineering (for BDW 3D-printing privileges, respectfully). You might find Mia pondering life by the Providence River or napping on her pset in a Page-Rob seminar room. If not, she’s probably curled up in a ball on a random lounge chair, also taking a nap.

Conductors

Head Student Conductor: Kanayo Duru ’25

Kanayo is proud to call the great state of Maryland home, and lives in a pineapple under the sea in a city called Silver Spring. Like any true Marylander he loves crabs (both watching and eating) and desires to put Old Bay seasoning on every food item he consumes. Kanayo is only a wee freshman but has already fallen in love with the band and its amazing spirit. He loves conducting and is very excited to be a baby conductor for the next few years! When not conducting you can find him playing the mellophone, French horn, or a variety of other brass instruments. If you’re lucky, you may also find him pulling his hair out in a dark room because he’s concentrating in Biochemistry (which he does love despite his lack of hair). If you are very lucky you may find him secretly pursuing his other passion of baseball on the club baseball team!

Assistant Student Conductor: Aly Rajwani ’27

Aly hails from the Great White North, and will vehemently defend his homeland from all who challenge it. In Band, he plays the melodica and is desperately trying to classify the section as distinct from the flutes. Aly plans on studying Mathematics, because he loves numbers, and Computer Science, so that he always has the option of selling out. Other than that, here are some quick facts: he once drew swans on a lake and his mother asked him why the sheep were swimming; he never gets bored of rewatching the Kung Fu Panda trilogy (soon to be tetralogy); he thinks sudoku and 2048 are the greatest games ever created; and he loves being part of the Brown Band.

Assistant Student Conductor: Everton Prospere ’27

Everton is from Valley Stream, NY, a town that isn’t actually located in a valley and only has a teeny tiny creek. In the band, you can find him struggling to hold up the sousaphone; however, he plans on learning a lighter instrument…the piano. Everton began his conducting journey by waving his hands in front of a mirror while listening to anime intros, but he is ready to continue with an actual band as a baby conductor! Outside of music, he is interested in concentrating in Political Science and, possibly, Hispanic Studies. You can often find Everton playing tennis at the courts on campus or procrastinating on his phone in the SciLi basement.

Section Leaders

Appointed Positions

Advisor