Galvin remains active as a founding member and solo hornist with the Brass Band of Columbus and the Athena Brass Band. Her music has been featured in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Tournament of Roses Parade (2022), and has been heard in a number of viral YouTube videos. Her original wind band, string orchestra and jazz ensemble compositions are published through the C.L. Additionally, Galvin has served as an assistant director of the Alumni Band. She was asked to join the arranging staff in 2008, and was appointed co-associate interim director of the band for the 2014 season. Galvin has a long and varied career with The Ohio State Marching Ban, first as a five-year member and squad leader and later as a Graduate Assistant. He currently writes for Hal Leonard Corporation, high schools, and universities, including TBDBITL and Penn State’s marching band.Ī native Ohioan, Lisa Galvin earned a BME and an MA from Ohio State and retired after 30 years of successful teaching in the Reynoldsburg and Hilliard City School Districts. In addition to directing the marching and concert bands and teaching music theory at Olentangy Orange, Cox is an accomplished arranger for marching and pep bands. A native of Notasulga, Alabama, Cox received his bachelor’s degree in music education from Auburn University, his master’s degree in music performance from the University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, and most recently his Doctorate of Arts in Wind Conducting with a secondary specialization in Euphonium Performance at Ball State University. He most recently served as the Associate Professor of Bands at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Ishbah Cox is Director of Bands at Olentangy Orange High School in Lewis Center, Ohio. In addition to the Ohio State Marching and Athletic Bands, he also writes for Arrangers Publishing Company and over a dozen middle school and high school bands across the state of Ohio.ĭr. Additionally, the band has performed his halftime shows at the 2015 Allstate Sugar Bowl, the 2016 BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl and the December 2017 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic. His arrangements were featured in the 2012 viral hit “Tribute to Classic Video Games” halftime show. During his time as a music arranger with the OSUMB, Brennan has had quick success with the band. A former five-year member and graduate assistant with the OSUMB, Brennan has earned both his bachelor’s in music education (2009) and his master of arts (2014) degrees from Ohio State. John Brennan, a native of Columbus, Ohio, joined The Ohio State University Marching Band arranging staff in 2010.

Marching band arranger