Flutes & Piccolos
University of Minnesota
Flutes and Piccolos 2017 Roster
5th Years​
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Julia Parreno+
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Kirsten Rasmussen
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​4th Years
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Kendra Bergstedt*
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Jamie "Jammie" Horton
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Lucy Tanner
3rd Years
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Erin Coyer+
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Lisa Hilliard+
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Sarah Lardy+
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Holly Sievers
2nd Years
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Amanda Krueger
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Justin Thai
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Isabelle Tonsfeldt
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1st Years
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Emma Bernard
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Sydney Davis
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Evah Engel
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Nicole Gocker
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Hannah Heinze
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Ted Jennings
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Claire Loritz
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Becky Marshall
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Trevor Suess
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Helena Sverak
Team lead *
Leadership Team +
Biography
Kendra Bergstedt
Year in band: 4th
Major: Physics and Math
Hometown: Roseville, MN
Spirit Animal: Wolf
Favorite Disney Movie: Mulan
Favorite part of being in band: Everything? Except outside rehearsals in December...
Erin Coyer
Year in band: 3rd
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Hometown: Hudson, WI
Spirit Animal: Mermaid
Favorite Disney Movie: The Little Mermaid (see spirit animal)
Favorite Quote: "Imagination is more important than knowledge" - Albert Einstein
Favorite part of being in band: The community and the fun atmosphere!
Evah Engel
Year in band: 1st
Major: Music Education
Hometown: Oswego, IL
Spirit Animal: Alpaca
Favorite Disney Movie: Mulan or Moana
Crispix: Connor's voice
Favorite Quote: "I'm running away from my responsibilities, and it feels good." -Michael Scott
Favorite part of being in band: All the people!
Hannah Heinze
Year in band: 1st
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Hometown: Mandan, ND
Spirit Animal: Crab
Favorite Disney Movie: The Lion King
Crispix: Nathan Schwindt
Favorite Quote: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that." -Martin Luther King Jr.
Favorite part of being in band: The community
Jamie Horton
Year in band: 4th
Major: Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
Hometown: Antioch, IL
Spirit Animal: Man, I wish I knew. (Currently accepting suggestions because I am a lost soul, apparently.)
Favorite Disney Movie: There is NO WAY to choose. But Finding Nemo, Toy Story, and The Lion King are pretty fantastic selections.
Crispix: Peter Mortell
Favorite Quote: "Just... DO IT!" - Shia LaBeouf
Favorite part of being in band: Being surrounded by the most enthusiastic, wonderful people in the whole wide world, 270-ing on 8, Brooklyn, and GAME DAY.
Amanda Krueger
Year in band: 2nd
Major: Biochemistry
Minor Pharmacology
Hometown: Shoreview, MN
Spirit Animal: According to Primal Zodiac Signs I'm a Chimpanzee (??)
Favorite Disney Movie: All of them tbh
Favorite part of being in band: All of the wonderful people I get to spend time with
Claire Loritz
Year in band: 1st
Major: Music Therapy
Minor: Neuroscience
Hometown: Green Bay, WI
Spirit Animal: Pufferfish (inflated)
Favorite Disney Movie: Tarzan
Crispix: My own eyebrows
Favorite part of being in band: Being in the presence of Professor McCann.
Julia Parreno
Year in band: 5th
Major: Mathematics
Hometown: Algonquin, IL
Spirit Animal: According to a Buzzfeed quiz, it is "A Very Cute Kitty."
Favorite Disney Movie: Mulan
Crispix: Not in any particular order (well, sorta...), Brandon Folkes and my boyfriend Ryan
Favorite Quote: "My leg!" -Fred from Spongebob
Favorite part of being in band: I love the cheers we scream out during cadences! They're super fun :)
Holly Sievers
Year in band: 3rd
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Hometown: Janesville, WI
Spirit Animal: Baby Deer
Favorite Disney Movie: Hercules
Favorite Quote: "I have to say that although it broke my heart, I was, and still am, glad I was there." - The Book Thief
Favorite part of being in band: All the lovely people
Helena Sverak
Year in band: 1st
Major: Biology
Hometown: Edina, MN
Spirit Animal: African Spotted Wild Dog
Favorite Disney Movie: Moana
Crispix: Skeeter's chair step
Favorite Quote: "Pain is weakness leaving the body."
Favorite part of being in band: Parade marching
Justin Thai
Year in band: 2nd
Major: Music Performance-Flute
Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CA
Spirit Animal: Porcupine
Favorite Disney Movie: Uh...how can you pick just one?
Crispix: Wouldn't you just like to know...? :P
Favorite Quote: "Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent" -Victor Hugo
Favorite part of being in band: The incredible people and the lifelong memories. :)
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Emma Bernard
Year in band: 1st
Major: Biosystems and Bioproducts Engineering
Minor: Spanish
Hometown: Wayzata, MN
Spirit animal: Owl
Disney Movie: Lion King and The Little Mermaid (How can I choose!)
Crispix: all of my lovely flute friends <3
Favorite quote: "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." -The Great Gatsby
Favorite part of band: all of my lovely flute friends <3
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Sydney Davis
Year in band: 1st
Major: Kinesiology
Minor: Psychology
Hometown: Elk Grove Village, IL
Spirit Animal: Baby Giraffe
Favorite Disney Movie: Moana
Crispix: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Favorite Quote: "I'm here for my D.P.T., not my MRS."
Favorite Part of being in band: Great community/band is a family
Nicole Gocker
Year in band: 1st
Major: Biology (Pre-Vet)
Hometown: Greenville, WI
Spirit Animal: Bunny
Favorite Disney Movie: Bambi
Favorite Quote: "The world is big and I want to have a good look before it gets dark" - John Muir
Favorite part of being in band: Meeting new people and being able to share passions and put and put on a show with them
Lisa Hilliard
Year in band: 3rd
Major: Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Hometown: Duluth, MN
Spirit Animal: Flannel Shirts
Favorite Disney Movie: All of the Pixar movies!
Crispix: Dan Reynolds
Favorite Quote: "A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle" -James Keller
Favorite part of being in band: The amazing friends I've made, GAME DAY, spat camp, and bowl trips, in that order!
Ted Jennings
Year in band: 1st
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Hometown: Southampton, NY
Spirit Animal: Golden Doodle
Favorite Disney Movie: Hunchback of Notre Dame
Crispix: Connor Jensen's Mustache
Favorite Quote: "This is best deal! Most smartest choice!" - Doga Guctenkorkmaz, Calculus II TA
Favorite part of being in band: The CRISP, SHARP, MARCATO, VOCALS
Sarah Lardy
Sarah Lardy
Year in band: 3rd
Major: Graphic Design
Minor: IT
Hometown: Eagan, MN
Spirit Animal: Cat
Favorite Disney Movie: All of them! :)
Crispix: Ask me about him <3
Favorite Quote: "If you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, you're right." - Mary Kay Ash
Favorite part of being in band: The amazing people, wonderful experiences, and all the great traditions!
Becky Marshall
Year in band: 1st
Major: Neuroscience
Hometown: Carol Stream, IL
Spirit Animal: Grizzly Bear
Favorite Disney Movie: Aladdin
Crispix: No one (not yet at least)
Favorite Quote: "She needed a hero so that's what she became."
Favorite part of being in band: EVERYTHING!
Kirsten Rasmussen
Year in band: 5th
Major: English
Minor: Communication Studies
Hometown: Mounds View, MN
Spirit Animal: Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man
Favorite Disney Movie: Robin Hood
Crispix: There's this guy in the tenor sax section who's pretty cute
Favorite Quote: "They don't know we're here"
Favorite part of being in band: The family created, memories made, and performances... performed?
Trevor Suess
Year in band: 1st
Major: Music Education
Hometown: Appleton, WI
Spirit Animal: Otter
Favorite Disney Movie: UP
Crispix: Felicity Jones
Favorite Quote: "This is fun already!" -Russell from UP
Favorite Part of being in band: The wonderful people you get to work with!
Lucy Tanner
Year in band: 4th
Major: Biology, Society, and Environment
Hometown: Prior Lake, MN
Spirit Animal: Rhino
Favorite Disney Movie: Beauty and the Beast
Crispix: Goldy
Favorite Quote: "There's some good in this world, Mr.Frodo, and it's worth fighting for." -Samwise Gamgee
Favorite part of being in band: My crazy band family <3
Isabelle Tonsfeldt
Year in band: 2nd
Major: Kinesiology
Hometown: Barnesville, MN
Spirit Animal: Buzzfeed says it’s a deer, let’s go with that.
Favorite Disney Movie: You’re gonna make me pick??
Crispix: Yep, I officially have one
Favorite Quote: “Go-pher it”
Favorite part of being in band: Getting to be a part of this amazing group full of amazing people, screaming cadences, and GAMEDAY of course.
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