Leadership
Student Leaders
President: Kevin Ahearn
Kevin is a junior civil engineering major from East Hampton, CT. He plays percussion specifically snare and bass drum in the pep band. He has also been known to play bass guitar and trombone on occasion. He has performed in Concert Band, Symphony Orchestra, and Wind Ensemble. Kevin oversees the pep band, is chair of all our meetings, and is our liaison to all departments other than athletics.
Director: Tim Forrest
Tim is a senior Mechanical Engineering major from Chelmsford, MA. He plays trombone in the Pep Band and bass trombone in the Wind Ensemble. He played euphonium and trombone in The Great White Way’s productions of Once Upon a Mattress and Urinetown, and bass guitar in Footloose. Tim conducts the Pep Band.
Assistant Director: Corey Hanson
Corey is a junior computer science/environmental science major from Burnt Hills, NY. He plays alto saxophone in the pep band, and also plays clarinet in the concert band and wind ensemble. Corey is the backup for Tim and conducts when he is unavailable.
Secretary: Sarah Malatesta
Sarah is a senior Electrical Engineering major from Bethel, CT. Sarah plays flute for concert band and pep band, and has also been known to play alto (not well). She is responsible for attendance, meeting minutes, and communication with the Pep Band. She manages the main Pep Band email address at nupepbandsecretary@gmail.com.
Treasurer: Jen Simons
Jenn is a middler Music Industry major from New Fairfield, CT. She plays clarinet in both pep and concert band. She is responsible for all financial transactions, personal accounts, and collecting dues and other monies.
Manager: Alex Ollmann
Alex, hailing from the urban metropolis of Eau Claire, WI, is a 4th year Biochemistry major. He plays trumpet, guitar, has some experience with saxophone and is learning trombone. He has performed with a wide variety of bands, including the Pep Band, Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Orchestra, and Jazz Band. He is the equipment manager for the pep band.
Librarian: Andy Frederick
Tour Coordinator: Natalie Sterner
Natalie is a senior physical therapy major from Hanover, PA. She plays the flute and piccolo in the pep
band and concert band. She is also the concert band’s Treasurer. She is responsible for planning the
annual tour with the other bands. Contact her if you have any suggestions.
Events Coordinator: Paige Farrin
Webmaster: Eric Berquist
Eric is a senior chemistry major from Lowell, MA. He plays alto and baritone saxophone in the pep band and sometimes bassoon in the concert band and orchestra. He is responsible for maintaining this website. Contact him if there are any issues.
Staff
Co-Advisor: Allen Feinstein
Allen Feinstein directs the Wind Ensemble. He is also the student activities advisor to the Concert Band, Pep Band, and Symphony Orchestra. He has BS in Astronomy from Harvard University and MM from the New England Conservatory. Adam Frey, guest soloist for the Boston Pops, recorded Feinstein’s Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra with the New Zealand Symphony, which was released on the MSR Classical Label in June 2007. The concerto won the prestigious Phillips Award for compositional excellence from the International Tuba Euphonium Association for the best work written for the instrument between 2002 and 2006. Prof. Feinstein’s musical At Swim Two Boys received a professional production as part of the Northeastern Center for the Arts concert series on February 9-10, 2007. Prof. Feinstein composed a score to D.W. Griffith’s silent short film Voice of the Violin, for Treasures 3, a project of the National Film Preservation Foundation. He also orchestrated the full-length film Where Are My Children? for that DVD compilation, which was released in October 2007. He also served as conductor for those film scores. The DVD set was on many ‘best of’ lists for 2007, including those of The New York Times, Time Magazine, and The New Yorker. Feinstein’s compositions have been performed by the Milwaukee Symphony, US Army Orchestra, University of Connecticut Wind Ensemble, Eugene Symphony, Akron Symphony, Peoria Symphony, Northeastern Symphony Orchestra and Concert Band, Harvard Wind Ensemble, Brown University Wind Symphony, and many other bands and orchestras.
Co-Advisor: Chris Marshall
Chris Marshall is a 2008 graduate of Northeastern University. He is a Marketing and Promotions Coordinator within the Athletics Department.
