The Big Red Marching Band hopes to move into its new building — which will double the practice space of the group — by January 2013. University architects believe the new building will also provide better sound quality than the band's current space in Barton Hall.

The Cornell Big Red Marching Band is certainly a unique organization. Not only are they the largest student-run group in the Ivy League, but they are the only traditional Ivy marching band, spanning a history of well over a century. Despite these distinguishing qualities, there is little known about the inner workings of this welcoming organization. This is what I aimed to seek out.