Audition required for drumline only. Review the provided Pre-Season Packet and Performance Schedule.
About
The Spartan Marching Band (SMB) is built on pride, spirit, musicianship, and dedication. By attending to these components, we can achieve unity in the mission to support our student athletes as well as represent our school in a way that is both impressive and inspiring.
- Pride: admiration and reverence of Case Western Reserve University
- Spirit: enthusiasm and energy to represent the home institution
- Musicianship: knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music
- Dedication: responsibility for attendance, preparation, and supporting each other
SMB meets for pre-season rehearsals prior to orientation week (late August) and throughout the fall semester every TuTh, 4:30-6:30 PM. A full schedule and course materials will be distributed at the first meeting. SMB performs at every home football game, Homecoming, and special events around campus.
Pep Band | A student organization affiliated with the Spartan Marching Band devoted to playing music and spreading spirit at events around campus, including basketball and hockey games, and CWRU Live. All students are welcome! Questions: pepbandexec@case.edu
Director: Dr. Benjamin Helton
Fall 2025 Course Details
Documents and Schedule
Please review these documents and mark your calendar to avoid conflicts:
Student Leadership
- Drum Major: Tyler Zupfer
- Flute/Picc Section Leader: Cora Donoghue
- Clarinet Section Leader: Kennedy Brehm
- Saxophone Section Leader: Charlotte Post
- Trumpet Section Leader: Ari Jacobson
- Mello Section Leader: Eva Niemen
- Low Brass Section Leaders: Lucy Biliunas & Gus Matkov
- Drumline Captains: Luke Sharp & Nathan Link
- Color Guard Captain: Eva Keresztesy
- Equipment Supervisors: to be filled
- Social Media Chair (Photographer): to be filled
Placement and Participation
There is no audition to join the Spartan Marching Band. Musicians and color guard members of all abilities are encouraged to join. Drumline members will have a placement audition at the beginning of the pre-season camp every year to best meet the needs of individual students as well as optimize the quality of the drumline as a whole. The drumline placement will be based on rudiment fundamentals and sight-reading ability.
Contact Dr. Benjamin Helton for more information.
Registration
Students should log in to their SIS account to register in the appropriate MUEN course before the Drop/Add Period ends. The Drop/Add Period ends on the 2nd Friday of each semester.
MUEN 384: Spartan Marching Band (Fall semester only)
TuTh 4:30-6:30 PM
0-1 units
All students must complete two full semesters of physical education courses at zero credit-hours. Students may choose to use marching band to fulfill this requirement. Read more about Physical Education and Athletics in the General Bulletin.
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