North Star Campus Band
Ensemble Manager: Jonathan Chao
Major: Instrumental Music Education
Year: 4th year student
Hometown: Bloomington, Minnesota
What do you like most about being a campus band manager?
Aside from figuring out logistics, I thoroughly enjoy making genuine and meaningful relationships with all members of the band. We build a community on a system of trust, where I can rely on them and they can rely on me. There's something about that connection that makes the overall experience worth being there.

Gold Campus Band
Ensemble Manager: Alec Paquin
Major: Instrumental Music Education
Year: Senior
Hometown: Blaine, MN
What do you like most about being a campus band manager?
It's so wonderful to work with students who continue playing their instruments into adulthood. It makes my goal of inspiring lifelong music-making in my future students seem much more attainable than it would have had I not taken advantage of this opportunity.