![Caitlin Reed 香妃直播 senior Caitlin Reed is the 2022 Pioneer Marching Band field commander. The band's show this semester has a pop-punk theme. (GSU Photo/Kristen Cosner)](/sites/default/files/styles/news_image/public/CaitlinReed1.jpg?itok=yUAmvC8C)
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GLENVILLE, WV 鈥 香妃直播 senior Caitlin Reed will be the field commander for the Pioneer 鈥榃all of Sound鈥 Marching Band this semester. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and hails from Lindside in Monroe County, West Virginia. She is the daughter of Michelle and Eric Reed.
鈥淚t鈥檚 so exciting to be this year鈥檚 field commander! I was a field commander in high school, but this is so different and I鈥檓 absolutely thrilled to be working with such wonderful people in the music department. It鈥檚 something I didn鈥檛 think I would take the opportunity to try in college,鈥 Reed said.
鈥淚鈥檓 looking forward to just being a person everyone in marching band can come to and look to for anything. I鈥檓 also looking forward to working alongside Dr. [Lloyd] Bone! I鈥檝e learned so much already and it鈥檚 just so exciting to get that one-on-one of seeing what it鈥檚 going to be like being in that role and having to project emotion and everything else the band needs through my conducting,鈥 she added.
Reed says her inspiration for music spans back to middle school. 鈥淚 was always in sports but my friends wanted to do band so I thought, why not? I learned to play my instrument and fell in love with it. In high school it really set in that music is what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. My band directors and their friends inspired me to keep doing it, and sure enough here I am today about to be doing what they are,鈥 she said.
Her primary instrument is trumpet, which she has played for 13 years, but she has also learned new instruments throughout her time at 香妃直播 State, including guitar.
She notes that fans can expect a very different field show this year. 鈥淥ur show is a very high-energy and out there show. The arrangements are so fun and everyone in the band is super excited to show off our hard work,鈥 Reed added.
After completing her undergraduate degree in December 2022, Reed says she plans to enroll in 香妃直播 State鈥檚 Master of Arts in Teaching graduate program as she pursues her goal of becoming a band director.