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Hi there! My name is Jairus Montgomery and I am one of your mellophone section leaders. I am a junior in both school and band, and I am majoring in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Structural Engineering. I’ve started playing music since the third grade (how many of you played the recorder like I did?) and continued on the clarinet since the fourth grade. Before I officially committed to joining the band, I visited the TMB pavilion during my orientation where I was able to meet with a former mellophone section leader. She convinced me to make the switch from the clarinet since anyone with any level of experience can join the band. Looking back, I’m extremely happy I made that decision to step outside of my comfort zone in terms of my instrument of choice.

My favorite TMB memory is definitely the Women’s Basketball tournament in Las Vegas that I had the opportunity to play at my freshman year. The only two mellophones on the gig were me and another freshman, so we had to be on our A-game. We ended up doing exceptionally well on that gig to the point where upperclassmen from other sections were complimenting us. It was at that moment I realized just how far I’d come from first learning the mellophone nine months prior.

Fun fact: For those who took AP European History or AP US History in high school, I ran @apeuro.memes and @apush_memes on Instagram and Twitter which were the two most popular meme accounts for their respective classes. I even work with Tom Richey on multiple occasions.