Ridge High School Marching Band
Ridge High School, Basking Ridge, NJ
2025 Program
2025 Fall Season
- Free as a Bird
"Free as a Bird" explores the feeling of freedom and weightlessness that comes with flight. It takes the audience on a journey through open skies, capturing the sense of liberation that comes from soaring above the world. "Free as a Bird" is a celebration of the freedom that comes with flying.
Musical Selections
Featuring “Blackbird” by The Beatles, “Free Bird” by Lynyrd Skynyrd, and original music by Luke McMillan.
- Director(s)
- Daniel Zugale (Director), Emily Certisimo (Assistant Director), Julia Fackelman (Assistant Director)
- Drum Major(s)
- Alex Baek (Senior Drum Major), Vedant Satrasala (Junior Drum Major)
- Section Leaders
- Kaylee Jeong (Flute), Leah Widerkehr (Clarient), Pranav Aggarwal (Saxophones), Pratik Katti (High Brass), Arnav Kulshrestha (Low Brass), Kaiden Gustafson (Battery), Sathvik Kasarla (Pit), Molly Cairns (Color Guard), Madalyn Kuper (Color Guard), JP De Greef (Band Manager), John Reynolds (Band Manager)
- Design Staff – Music
- Luke McMillan (Music Arranger)
- Design Staff – Visual
- George Mattis (Visual Designer)
- Design Staff – Percussion
- Cole Spitzner (Battery Percussion Instructor), Brandon Wong (Pit Percussion Instructor)
- Instructional Staff – Visual
- Kaitlyn Cartoccio (Color Guard Instructor)
2025 Events
| John F. Kennedy Memorial High School | October 18, 2025 |
| Ridge High School | October 25, 2025 |