Projects (Fall 2014 - Present)
Gamma Rho's Service Project
Date: 08/24/16
Location: Storrs, CT
Details: Delta Omicron's Spring 2016 class, Gamma Rho, served the band by making the new member bundles for the UCMB's Circle Ceremony.
Gamma Omicron's Service Project
Date: 04/30/15
Location: Storrs, CT
Details: Delta Omicron's Spring 2015 class, Gamma Omicron, served the band by re-labeling all 300+ shako boxes.
Autism Speaks Walk
Date: 04/19/15
Location: Storrs, CT
Description: Brothers provided a pep band to kick-off the walk and cheer walkers on along the way.
Gamma Xi's Service Project
Date: 03/29/15
Location: Depot Campus
Description: Delta Omicron's Fall 2014 class, Gamma Xi, served the band by hanging up over 300 of the band's raincoats at our off campus storage facility.
Honors Band
Date: 02/20/15 - 02/21/15
Location: Storrs, CT
Description: Brothers helped set-up and break-down the rooms and stage, played in the band, and provided
other help where needed.
Concert Receptions
Date: multiple
Location: Storrs, CT - Music Building
Description: Annual service project. Date: variable, as there are many concerts we provide receptions for
and many concerts Brothers can attend. Brothers attended and provided receptions for the many
ensemble concerts within the Music Department at UConn. The chapter also kept aware of any musical
events happening in and around the Storrs community, including special artists at the Jorgensen, local
open mics, coffeehouses, or any other events.
Service at US Bands Competition
Date: 10/25/2014
Location: New Britain, CT
Description: Brothers arrived hours before our band to the competition to volunteer our time selling
tickets, ripping tickets and guiding guests, patrolling the parking lot, selling US Bands merchandise, and
running air grams, for the US Bands organization. The same service was provided between our band's
two performances as well.
Autism Speaks Walk
Date: 10/19/2014
Location: Mansfield, MA - Xfinity Center
Description: Brothers provided a pep band for the Autism Speaks Walk which sponsors autism research
and conducts awareness.
Tech Middletown Marching Band
Date: 9/21/2014
Location: Middletown, CT - High School
Description: Brothers attended Middletown High School Marching Band rehearsal to tech, teach, and
provided needed assistance to strengthen the rehearsal and musicianship of the High School marching
band.
Make Your Own Band Day
Date: multiple
Location: Storrs, CT - Rehearsal field
Description: Annual service project. Date: occurs numerous times in the fall semester. Our band hosted
multiple Make Your Own Band Days, where struggling high school and middle school marching bands
visit our band field to learn how to get better. The Brothers help facilitate the teaching to the kids.
Scholarship Committee
Date: multiple
Location: Storrs, CT
Description: Our Chapter created a scholarship committee to create the "Scholarship for Excellent
University Band Members" as well as to promote academic achievement throughout the Chapter by
providing study hours and private tutoring of study habits for any Brothers.
Scholarship for Excellent University Band Members
Date: 1/24/2015
Location: Storrs, CT - University of Connecticut Marching Band Banquet
Description: Brothers established a five-member scholarship committee to introduce a new annual $300
scholarship for a deserving non-affiliated band member based on academic and band achievement. The
committee met regularly to discuss, then to review all applications (blinded). The committee’s top two
applications were then reviewed by the band’s graduate assistants who ultimately selected the winner.
The scholarship was presented to the recipient at our annual end-of-the-season banquet night.
Sacred Heart Thanksgiving Dinner
Date: 11/16/2014
Location: Fairfield, CT - Sacred Heart University
Description: Brothers drove to Sacred Heart University to share a Thanksgiving dinner with our Little
Brother chapter Lambda Nu to expand the brotherhood beyond our chapter and make exterior
connections with another chapter.
No Shave November Fundraiser
Date: 11/1/2014
Location: Storrs, CT
Description: Seven Brothers grew out their beards during the month of November to raise money and
awareness for the American Cancer Society. $200 was raised and all proceeds went to cancer research.
TUP Award (Talent, Unity, Pride)
Date: 10/21/2014
Location: Storrs, CT - Rehearsal Field
Description: Brothers established a bi-weekly award to recognize a non-affiliated band member who has
exhibited a positive attitude and strong work ethic. Recipient announced at the start of the band
rehearsal.
Apple Picking
Date: 10/11/2014
Location: Glastonbury, CT - Belltown Hill Orchards
Description: Brothers strengthened Brotherhood on a trip to Belltown Hill Orchards to pick apples and
enjoy festive fall activities together.
Singing with Sacred Heart University
Date: 10/5/2014
Location: Worcester, MA - College of the Holy Cross
Description: Between our performances, Brothers met with our Little Brother chapter Lambda Nu to
sing our hymn and strengthened between-chapter bonds and relations.
Candy for Visiting Band
Date: 9/27/2014
Location: East Hartford, CT - Rentschler Field
Description: Brothers purchased and provided candy for each member of Temple’s band when they
visited for the UConn vs Temple football game. Brothers did this to promote positive relationships
between bands, good sportsmanship, and a welcoming spirit.
The Big E!
Date: 9/17/2014
Location: Springfield, MA
Description: Brothers strengthened Brotherhood on a trip to the Big E! to spend the night enjoying a
carnival, farm, and country fair atmosphere together.
Chair Set-Ups Fundraiser
Date: multiple
Location: Storrs, CT - Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
Description: Annual fundraising project. Date: multiple dates throughout the semester. Brothers set-up
and rearrange chairs and tables in UConn's Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts to raise money for
chapter funds.
Rain Jackets Distribution
Date: multiple
Location: Storrs, CT - Rehearsal Field
Description: Annual service project. Date: before and after rainy performances. Brothers organized and
distributed marching band rain jackets by section in order to ensure that each band members got a rain
jacket during a rainy performance. Brothers collected the rain jackets and laid them out in the music
building to dry after each rainy performance.
Rehearsal Cleanup
Date: 8/29/2014
Location: Storrs, CT - Rehearsal Field
Description: Annual courtesy service project. Date: all rehearsals and performances. Brothers stayed
behind after each rehearsal and performance to clean up the rehearsal field and football stadium after
each rehearsal and performance.
Serving Meals at Games
Date: 8/29/2014
Location: East Hartford, CT - Rentschler Field
Description: Annual service project. Date: variable. Brothers provided the band with meals at our
football games and exhibition performances. This involves Brothers volunteering their time to set up
food tables and distribute food during lunch, even get up earlier than the rest of the band to distribute
breakfast before leaving for performances.
Breakfast
Date: 8/22/2014
Location: Storrs, CT - Rehearsal Field
Description: Brothers teamed up with the Sisters of Tau Beta Sigma – Gamma Kappa to purchase and
distribute breakfast for our 300-person marching band one morning of preseason due to a mishap in the
regular breakfast schedule.
Uniform Distribution
Date: 8/21/2014
Location: Storrs, CT - Music Building
Description: Annual service project. Date: multiple days at beginning of semester. Brothers organized,
fitted, altered, and distributed uniforms for the whole band. Brothers spent an average of 4-6 hours
helping with this task through a rotation-like schedule. Most closely promotes purposes 1, 4, and 5.
Bought Vox System
Date: 8/8/2014
Location: Storrs, CT - Music Building
Description: Our marching band’s vox system had gone missing, so the Chapter provided funds to buy a
whole new vox system in time for our marching band preseason.
Date: 08/24/16
Location: Storrs, CT
Details: Delta Omicron's Spring 2016 class, Gamma Rho, served the band by making the new member bundles for the UCMB's Circle Ceremony.
Gamma Omicron's Service Project
Date: 04/30/15
Location: Storrs, CT
Details: Delta Omicron's Spring 2015 class, Gamma Omicron, served the band by re-labeling all 300+ shako boxes.
Autism Speaks Walk
Date: 04/19/15
Location: Storrs, CT
Description: Brothers provided a pep band to kick-off the walk and cheer walkers on along the way.
Gamma Xi's Service Project
Date: 03/29/15
Location: Depot Campus
Description: Delta Omicron's Fall 2014 class, Gamma Xi, served the band by hanging up over 300 of the band's raincoats at our off campus storage facility.
Honors Band
Date: 02/20/15 - 02/21/15
Location: Storrs, CT
Description: Brothers helped set-up and break-down the rooms and stage, played in the band, and provided
other help where needed.
Concert Receptions
Date: multiple
Location: Storrs, CT - Music Building
Description: Annual service project. Date: variable, as there are many concerts we provide receptions for
and many concerts Brothers can attend. Brothers attended and provided receptions for the many
ensemble concerts within the Music Department at UConn. The chapter also kept aware of any musical
events happening in and around the Storrs community, including special artists at the Jorgensen, local
open mics, coffeehouses, or any other events.
Service at US Bands Competition
Date: 10/25/2014
Location: New Britain, CT
Description: Brothers arrived hours before our band to the competition to volunteer our time selling
tickets, ripping tickets and guiding guests, patrolling the parking lot, selling US Bands merchandise, and
running air grams, for the US Bands organization. The same service was provided between our band's
two performances as well.
Autism Speaks Walk
Date: 10/19/2014
Location: Mansfield, MA - Xfinity Center
Description: Brothers provided a pep band for the Autism Speaks Walk which sponsors autism research
and conducts awareness.
Tech Middletown Marching Band
Date: 9/21/2014
Location: Middletown, CT - High School
Description: Brothers attended Middletown High School Marching Band rehearsal to tech, teach, and
provided needed assistance to strengthen the rehearsal and musicianship of the High School marching
band.
Make Your Own Band Day
Date: multiple
Location: Storrs, CT - Rehearsal field
Description: Annual service project. Date: occurs numerous times in the fall semester. Our band hosted
multiple Make Your Own Band Days, where struggling high school and middle school marching bands
visit our band field to learn how to get better. The Brothers help facilitate the teaching to the kids.
Scholarship Committee
Date: multiple
Location: Storrs, CT
Description: Our Chapter created a scholarship committee to create the "Scholarship for Excellent
University Band Members" as well as to promote academic achievement throughout the Chapter by
providing study hours and private tutoring of study habits for any Brothers.
Scholarship for Excellent University Band Members
Date: 1/24/2015
Location: Storrs, CT - University of Connecticut Marching Band Banquet
Description: Brothers established a five-member scholarship committee to introduce a new annual $300
scholarship for a deserving non-affiliated band member based on academic and band achievement. The
committee met regularly to discuss, then to review all applications (blinded). The committee’s top two
applications were then reviewed by the band’s graduate assistants who ultimately selected the winner.
The scholarship was presented to the recipient at our annual end-of-the-season banquet night.
Sacred Heart Thanksgiving Dinner
Date: 11/16/2014
Location: Fairfield, CT - Sacred Heart University
Description: Brothers drove to Sacred Heart University to share a Thanksgiving dinner with our Little
Brother chapter Lambda Nu to expand the brotherhood beyond our chapter and make exterior
connections with another chapter.
No Shave November Fundraiser
Date: 11/1/2014
Location: Storrs, CT
Description: Seven Brothers grew out their beards during the month of November to raise money and
awareness for the American Cancer Society. $200 was raised and all proceeds went to cancer research.
TUP Award (Talent, Unity, Pride)
Date: 10/21/2014
Location: Storrs, CT - Rehearsal Field
Description: Brothers established a bi-weekly award to recognize a non-affiliated band member who has
exhibited a positive attitude and strong work ethic. Recipient announced at the start of the band
rehearsal.
Apple Picking
Date: 10/11/2014
Location: Glastonbury, CT - Belltown Hill Orchards
Description: Brothers strengthened Brotherhood on a trip to Belltown Hill Orchards to pick apples and
enjoy festive fall activities together.
Singing with Sacred Heart University
Date: 10/5/2014
Location: Worcester, MA - College of the Holy Cross
Description: Between our performances, Brothers met with our Little Brother chapter Lambda Nu to
sing our hymn and strengthened between-chapter bonds and relations.
Candy for Visiting Band
Date: 9/27/2014
Location: East Hartford, CT - Rentschler Field
Description: Brothers purchased and provided candy for each member of Temple’s band when they
visited for the UConn vs Temple football game. Brothers did this to promote positive relationships
between bands, good sportsmanship, and a welcoming spirit.
The Big E!
Date: 9/17/2014
Location: Springfield, MA
Description: Brothers strengthened Brotherhood on a trip to the Big E! to spend the night enjoying a
carnival, farm, and country fair atmosphere together.
Chair Set-Ups Fundraiser
Date: multiple
Location: Storrs, CT - Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
Description: Annual fundraising project. Date: multiple dates throughout the semester. Brothers set-up
and rearrange chairs and tables in UConn's Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts to raise money for
chapter funds.
Rain Jackets Distribution
Date: multiple
Location: Storrs, CT - Rehearsal Field
Description: Annual service project. Date: before and after rainy performances. Brothers organized and
distributed marching band rain jackets by section in order to ensure that each band members got a rain
jacket during a rainy performance. Brothers collected the rain jackets and laid them out in the music
building to dry after each rainy performance.
Rehearsal Cleanup
Date: 8/29/2014
Location: Storrs, CT - Rehearsal Field
Description: Annual courtesy service project. Date: all rehearsals and performances. Brothers stayed
behind after each rehearsal and performance to clean up the rehearsal field and football stadium after
each rehearsal and performance.
Serving Meals at Games
Date: 8/29/2014
Location: East Hartford, CT - Rentschler Field
Description: Annual service project. Date: variable. Brothers provided the band with meals at our
football games and exhibition performances. This involves Brothers volunteering their time to set up
food tables and distribute food during lunch, even get up earlier than the rest of the band to distribute
breakfast before leaving for performances.
Breakfast
Date: 8/22/2014
Location: Storrs, CT - Rehearsal Field
Description: Brothers teamed up with the Sisters of Tau Beta Sigma – Gamma Kappa to purchase and
distribute breakfast for our 300-person marching band one morning of preseason due to a mishap in the
regular breakfast schedule.
Uniform Distribution
Date: 8/21/2014
Location: Storrs, CT - Music Building
Description: Annual service project. Date: multiple days at beginning of semester. Brothers organized,
fitted, altered, and distributed uniforms for the whole band. Brothers spent an average of 4-6 hours
helping with this task through a rotation-like schedule. Most closely promotes purposes 1, 4, and 5.
Bought Vox System
Date: 8/8/2014
Location: Storrs, CT - Music Building
Description: Our marching band’s vox system had gone missing, so the Chapter provided funds to buy a
whole new vox system in time for our marching band preseason.