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Allison Okeley
Allison Okeley
Hometown: Crown Point, IN
Graduation Year: 2020
Major: Communications and Marketing
Dorm: Le Mans
Hobbies/Interests: Running, Sports, Marvel Movies
Favorite Quote: You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
Favorite Color: red
Interesting Fact(s): I am left handed
Dream Job: sports annoucner
Favorite Song: What a man gotta do
Favorite Place on Campus: grotto or labrynth (at SMC)
Favorite Band Memory: When Muffet McGraw conducted us
Favorite Type of Clarinet: Eb- its so small and cute
Amanda Jarosik
Amanda Jarosik
Hometown: Arlington Heights, IL
Graduation Year: 2021
Major: Science-Business Preprofessional Major, Theology Minor
Dorm: Walsh Hall
Hobbies/Interests: Traveling, singing, going to see musicals
Favorite Quote: "To live would be an awfully big adventure" - Peter Pan
Favorite Color: Green
Interesting Fact(s): There's less than 100 people alive with my last name. I've never needed braces. I once saw Daniel Radcliffe in a play.
Dream Job: Zookeeper by day, Broadway "critic" by night.
Favorite Song: "Memories" by Panic at the Disco, "First Suite in E-Flat Major" by Holst, "Wagon Wheel" by Old Crow Medicine Show
Favorite Place on Campus: The Grotto
Favorite Band Memory: Going to Disney freshman and junior year and getting soaked on Splash Mountain both times
Favorite Type of Clarinet: Bb of course!
Andrew Peterson
Andrew Peterson
Hometown: Roanoke, IL
Graduation Year: 2021
Major: Music, Theology
Dorm: The Better Pasquerilla
Hobbies/Interests: MUSIC, the arts, skiing, Lord of the Rings,
Favorite Quote: The road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the road has gone,
And I must follow it if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet,
And whither then? I cannot say.
~Bilbo Baggins
Favorite Color: Green
Interesting Fact(s): I can touch my nose to my tongue. Is that interesting?
Dream Job: Principal clarinetist in a symphony orchestra
Favorite Song: Irish Tune from County Derry
Favorite Place on Campus: Grotto, basilica, or my rock
Favorite Band Memory: Citrus Bowl, New York, and every trot ever
Favorite Type of Clarinet: Whichever one I'm playing at the moment
Caroline Langley
Caroline Langley
Hometown: McMurray, PA
Graduation Year: 2021
Major: Biology!
Dorm: McGlinn Hall
Hobbies/Interests: band, tennis, skiing, crafty stuff, talking about Pittsburgh, CATS
Favorite Quote: “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty” -Winston Churchill
Favorite Color: dark purple
Interesting Fact(s): I took a parasitology class last year, and now I love parasites. My favorite parasite is Toxoplasma gondii, and I can tell you more than you'd ever want to know about it.
Dream Job: Epidemiologist for the CDC
Favorite Song: right now it's Movement by Hozier
Favorite Place on Campus: The LaFungeon!
Favorite Band Memory: when we won the Citrus Bowl and someone caught a half eaten citrus fruit thrown by one of the football players
Favorite Type of Clarinet: Bb
Eileen Mostyn
Eileen Mostyn
Hometown: Kennett Square, PA
Graduation Year: 2021
Major: Political Science and Economics
Dorm: Flaherty Hall
Hobbies/Interests: Drinking iced coffee, ranting about my current Netflix obsession, Wawa, and playing the clarinet, of course!
Favorite Quote: "Whatever you value, be committed to it and let nothing distract you from this goal. The uncommitted life, like Plato’s unexamined life, is not worth living.” -Fr. Hesburgh
Favorite Color: Navy or mint green
Interesting Fact(s): I can perform a rap listing all of my many food allergies!
Dream Job: Working in education policy! Alternatively, owning a combination coffee/chocolate/book shop in the Belgian countryside
Favorite Song: "Older" by Ben Platt
Favorite Place on Campus: The Lafungeon. There is at least a 70% chance I will be there at any given time of day, though there are certain times when it's much closer to 100%
Favorite Band Memory: Trotting out of the tunnel at the night game against USC freshman year, where we then went on to beat USC!
Favorite Type of Clarinet: Have you seen that video where the guy makes a clarinet out of a carrot? That's my favorite type of clarinet.
Ethan Brown
Ethan Brown
Hometown: White Plains
Graduation Year: 2021
Major: Political Science/Japanese
Dorm: Zahm House
Hobbies/Interests: Reading, writing, curating playlists, running
Favorite Quote: "Do not tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." — Anton Chekhov
Favorite Color: Pinkish Red
Interesting Fact(s): Currently writing a novel I plan on publishing.
Dream Job: Novelist
Favorite Song: Pisces by Riz La Vie
Favorite Place on Campus: The benches by the crossroads at the lake, the sunsets there are always gorgeous.
Favorite Band Memory: Playing Doki Doki Literature Club with Kevin, Josh, and Ben on my first bowl game trip at 12 in the morning.
Favorite Type of Clarinet: My blue one
Greta Minnema
Greta Minnema
Hometown: East Grand Rapids, MI
Graduation Year: 2021
Major: English Literature, English Writing
Dorm: Le Mans
Hobbies/Interests: Reading, writing, volleyball, Animal Crossing, Tom Holland, Marvel, Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter
Favorite Quote: "YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the force, not leave it in darkness!" - Obi-Wan Kenobi
Favorite Color: Red
Interesting Fact(s): I'm working on a graphic novel with a friend from home that we plan on publishing online soon!
Dream Job: Author, screenplay writer, or TV show writer
Favorite Song: Youngblood by 5 Seconds of Summer
Favorite Place on Campus: South dining hall before concert on the steps.
Favorite Band Memory: Marching in the Disney parades!
Favorite Type of Clarinet: The recorder
Jill Ann Buettner
Jill Ann Buettner
Hometown: Belleville, Illinois
Graduation Year: 2021
Major: Elementary Education with Mild Intervention and Spanish minors
Dorm: Le Mans Hall!
Hobbies/Interests: Dancing, tennis, reading, making and eating buffalo chicken dip, mystery/action movies, and fun colored pens
Favorite Quote: Listen to the musn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the imposibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me...
Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
-Shel Silverstein
Favorite Color: Yellow :)
Interesting Fact(s): I got kicked out of a church in South America for wearing a dress...I guess I should’ve just worn jeans.
Dream Job: 3rd grade teacher/eternal band kid/ballerina/scientist/artist/adventurer
Favorite Song: Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen, I Lived by OneRepublic, Amaryllis by Shinedown
Favorite Place on Campus: The Grotto, pregame chart one, anywhere between the Dome and Rocco on my bike ride to rehearsal
Favorite Band Memory: Hearing the crowd cheer during the Georgia halftime show my freshman year when we made the wheels of the wagon turn! (also that amazing kneel-down horn pop at the end)
Favorite Type of Clarinet: One that’s playing the Victory March :)
Katie Huffert
Katie Huffert
Hometown: Darien, CT
Graduation Year: 2021
Major: Economics & Political Science
Dorm: Badin Hall
Hobbies/Interests: Band, Chorale, Broadway, Travel, Acting, Singing, Dancing (a lot), Reading, Writing, Dogs (specifically beagles)
Favorite Quote: “If I could be half the person my dog is, I'd be twice the human I am.”
Favorite Color: PINK
Interesting Fact(s): I've performed in Carnegie Hall
Dream Job: Broadway actress
Favorite Song: "Dancing Queen" - ABBA
Favorite Place on Campus: God Quad Dome views
Favorite Band Memory: Citrus Bowl and Band trips in general
Favorite Type of Clarinet: Bb; Without us, life would b-flat
Katie Williams
Katie Williams
Megan Orzolek
Megan Orzolek
Hometown: Burnsville, MN
Graduation Year: 2021 (and 2022)
Major: Music and Mechanical Engineering
Dorm: Le Mans Hall
Hobbies/Interests: Softball, skiing, cooking
Favorite Quote: “Have courage and be kind” -Cinderella
Favorite Color: Blue
Interesting Fact(s): I pronounce “bag” like the “bag” part of bagel.
Dream Job: Architectural acoustician: designing spaces where music is performed so that they sounds hreat
Favorite Song: Roaring 20’s by P!ATD
Favorite Place on Campus: The path around St. Joseph Lake
Favorite Band Memory: Counting down to New Year saying “seven, seven, seven...”
Favorite Type of Clarinet: The kind that goes to Notre Dame <3
Noah Passinault
Noah Passinault
Hometown: Traverse City, MI
Graduation Year: 2021
Major: Theology and Philosophy
Dorm: Knott Hall
Hobbies/Interests: PEMCo, musical theatre in general, pop music, video games, board games, reality TV
Favorite Quote: By kindness, write the mystics, here is meant / The daily going up of self in smoke.
Favorite Color: Like a muted lime green that leans towards mint
Interesting Fact(s): I used to be a Math major!
Dream Job: Video Game Designer
Favorite Song: "The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us"
Favorite Place on Campus: Basilica
Favorite Band Memory: Trotting out of the tunnel for the first time
Favorite Type of Clarinet: Bb Clarinet
Rachel Perez
Rachel Perez
Riley O'Mearns
Riley O'Mearns
Hometown: Lakeland, TN
Graduation Year: 2021
Major: English Writing
Dorm: Le Mans
Hobbies/Interests: Reading/writing poetry, astrology, embroidery, cooking, collecting mugs, listening to podcasts (SYSK, TMG)
Favorite Quote: “You are the music while the music lasts.” - T.S. Eliot
Favorite Color: Periwinkle
Interesting Fact(s): My mom and I have the same birthday (June 12th)
Dream Job: Editing or publishing, poet, English professor... something along those lines
Favorite Song: Landslide by Fleetwood Mac
Favorite Place on Campus: At Notre Dame, it’s South Quad on a gameday afternoon on the walk to lunch/dinner after practice (the weather must be nice: mostly sunny, ~50 degrees, a gentle autumn breeze). At Saint Mary’s, it’s the 4th floor of the library at a table next to the giant windows.
Favorite Band Memory: Two blood pressure pills and a Coke
Favorite Type of Clarinet: Eb
Sarah Harouse
Sarah Harouse
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Graduation Year: 2021
Major: Biology, Neuroscience
Dorm: Le Mans
Hobbies/Interests: traveling, talking about Pittsburgh, making TikToks
Favorite Quote: "Destiny is for losers. It's just a stupid excuse to wait for things to happen instead of making them happen." -Blair Waldorf
Favorite Color: light purple
Interesting Fact(s): I had my gallbladder removed when I was 18
Dream Job: Neurosurgeon at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital
Favorite Song: Falling by Harry Styles
Favorite Place on Campus: The sand volleyball courts at Carroll Hall
Favorite Band Memory: Shamrock Series trip to New York City and getting to perform at Yankee Stadium.
Favorite Type of Clarinet: Bass
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