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Rho Tau Executive Board
President -
Will Brodman
Vice President - Will Rivers
Secretary - Matt Testa
Treasurer - Sean Andrade
​Fraternal Education Officer - Kenneth Schechter
Warden - Ian Hull
Historian - Aidan Treier
​Alumni Relations Officer -Gage Simmons
​Music Director -
Jack Wilhelm
Chapter Wellness Officer - Trevor Steward-Derqui

Faculty Advisors - Dr. Joby Bell, Dr. Adam Booker, Dr. Gennard Lombardozzi
Rho Tau Active Brothers
Executive Board
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Will Brodman
President
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Class: Delta Theta FA'21
— Major: Instrumental Music Education
— Instrument: Clarinet/Saxophone/Bassoon/Trombone
— "You know that when the truth is told, that you can get what you want or you can just get old" - Billy Joel
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Will Rivers
Vice President
— Class: Delta Theta FA'21
— Major: Instrumental Music Education
— Instrument: Trombone
— "The website said this restaurant didn't have chocolate chip waffles, so I decided to bring a bag of chocolate chips." -Will Rivers​
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Matthew Testa
Secretary
— Class: Delta Iota SP'22
— Major: Music Therapy
— Instrument: Piano/Alto Saxophone
— “Do good and good will come to you” -Unknown
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Sean Andrade
Treasurer
— Class: Delta Theta FA'21
— Major: Instrumental Music Education
— Instrument: French Horn
— “Don’t demand perfection. But insist on continuous improvement.“ - Unknown
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Kenneth Schechter
Fraternal Education Officer
— Class: Delta Iota SP'22
— Major: Trombone Performance
— Instruments: Trombone
— “Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.” - Master Yoda
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Ian Hull
Warden
— Class: Delta Eta SP'21
— Major: Physics Education
— Instrument: Euphonium/Trombone
— "Failure is the most important part of an artist's training, and one you cannot afford to do without." - Gustav Holst
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Aidan Treier
Historian

— Class: Delta Iota SP'22
— Major: Instrumental Music Education
— Instrument: Trombone
— “He who Serves his Fellows is, of all his Fellows, Greatest”- E. Urner Goodman
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Gage Simmons
​Alumni Relations Officer
— Class: Delta Kappa FA'22
— Major: Instrumental Music Education
— Instrument: Percussion
— “Music is the language of the heart without words.” -Shinichi Suzuki
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Jack Wilhelm
Music Director
— Class: Delta Iota SP'22
— Major: Vocal Performance
— Voice Part: Bass/Baritone
— “Storms make trees take deeper roots” - Dolly Parton
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Trevor Steward-Derqui
Chapter Wellness Officer​
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Class: Delta Zeta SP'20
— Double Major: Social Work & Psychology w/ Concentration in Human Services
— Instrument: Cello/Flute
— "Let your light shine so brightly that others can see their way out of the darkness"
    -Katrina Mayer​
Active Brothers
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Cris Bryant
— Class: Delta Kappa FA'22
— Major: Music Therapy
— Instrument: Clarinet/Guitar
— “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none” -William Shakespeare
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Nathan Cox
— Class: Delta Iota SP'22
— Major: Instrumental Music Education
— Instrument: Trumpet/Euphonium
— Fun Fact: "I played three sports in high school and was undefeated in tennis my senior year."
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Griffin Edwards
— Class: Delta Theta FA'21
— Major: Instrumental Music Education
— Instrument: Clarinet/Trombone/Guitar
— "              " - John Cage
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Caden Felts
— Class: Delta Iota SP'22
— Major: Instrumental Music Ed
— Instrument: Saxophone
​— "Ocean Spray CranGrape should sponsor Delta Iota" - Caden Bruce Felts
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Hermès Henry
— Class: Delta Iota SP'22
— Double Major: Computer Science|Music Industry Studies: Recording and Production
— Minor: Math
— Instrument: Euphonium
— Fun fact: "I was born in France and I am French"
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Spencer Hicks
— Class: Delta Iota SP'22
— Major: Music Industry Studies: Marketing and Promotion
— Instrument: Trumpet
— Fun Fact: "I like cornbread"
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Douglas P.L. Hoffman
— Class: Delta Eta SP'21
— Major: Music Composition & Theory
— Instrument: Clarinet
— "Every world has its end. I know that's kinda sad, but . . . that's why we gotta live life to the fullest in the time we have. At least, that's what I figure."
     - Sonic the Hedgehog​
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Jett Hurd
— Class: Delta Lambda SP'23
— Major: Choral Education
— Minor: Japanese
— Voice Part: Baritone
— Fun Fact: "I am an identical twin​
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Luke Judd
— Class: Delta Lambda SP'23
— Major: Instrumental Music Education
— Instrument: Trumpet, piano
— Fun Fact: I'm a self-taught pianist!"
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Michael Koster
— Class: Delta Zeta SP'20
— Major: Instrumental Music Education
— Instrument: Trombone
— "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." -​ Les Brown

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​​Jimmy McKenzie
— Class: Gamma Sigma SP'17 (Gamma Alpha Chapter)
— Major: Master of Music Performance in Instrumental Conducting
— Instrument: Clarinet
— Fun Fact: "I’ve had my cat, Finnegan, since he was only a month old!"
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Daniel McLeod
— Class: Delta Theta FA'21
— Major: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
— Instrument: Trombone
— “Have you checked your hood recently, Jack?” - Unknown
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Caleb Noerr
— Class: Delta Kappa FA'22
— Major: Instrumental Music Education
— Instrument: Trombone
— "You see. No shock. No engulfment. No tearing asunder. What you feared would come like an explosion is like a whisper. What you thought was the end is the beginning."- Rod Serling
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David Rolland
— Class: Delta Kappa FA'22
— Major: Instrumental Music Education
— Instrument: Trumpet
— "BOWOW" - David Rolland
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Mason Smith
— Class: Delta Theta FA'21
— Major: History
— Minor: Medieval Studies, Classical and Mediterranean Studies, Appalachian Studies, and Appalachian Music
— Instrument: Euphonium/Trumpet/Bass Vocals
— "Through suffering, greatness."
Faculty Advisors
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​Dr. Joby Bell
— Class: SP'87 (Rho Tau Chapter) 
— BM Organ & Piano Performance, MM Organ Performance, DMA Organ Performance
— Instrument: Organ
— University Organist and Professor of Music Coordinator, Sacred Music Curriculum​
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Dr. Adam Booker​
— Class: Delta Zeta (Gamma Phi Chapter) SP'97
— BM Jazz Studies, MM Composition, DMA Jazz Performance
— Instrument: Double Bass
— Associate Professor of Double Bass
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Dr. Gennard Lombardozzi
— Class: TBD
— BM Voice & Opera, MM Voice & Opera, DMA Voice & Opera
— Vocal Range: Tenor
— Assistant Professor of Voice and Opera

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Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Rho Tau Chapter
c/o The Hayes School of Music
​Appalachian State University

813 Rivers Street
Boone, NC 28607
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​- Ossian Everett Mills
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