College football sounded different last season. Kinnick Stadium was quiet. This year, the music is back. The Hawkeye Marching Band is back after a year away in 2020. ”I cannot describe how much last year really hurt,” senior sousaphone player Reese Thornburg said. “It’s gonna be so incredible to be back in the stadium.”

When piccolo player Kelly Enstrom died this past fall, college friends rallied to raise funds in her honor.

University of Iowa senior Kate Weldon has been working hard this past year as the band manager for the School of Music, overseeing the school’s concert bands and the Hawkeye Marching Band.