​Join the UD Collegiate Band for our annual semester concert under the baton of graduate conductors Brittany Barry, Sarah Koviack, Eric Martinez, & Tim Mason. Featuring the music of Galante, Whitacre, Zdechlik, Copley, Hanson, O’Loughlin, and the world premiere of "The West I Once Knew," by Cody Weston Cheadle!

CODY WESTON CHEADLE was born and raised in Littleton, Colorado and started learning classical piano at a very young age, along with theory and composition. At age ten, Cody began learning clarinet and by the end of high school, clarinet had become his primary instrument.

Cody went on to attend the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley and studied clarinet with Lauren Jacobson and composition with Paul Elwood. He became heavily involved in the bands, under the direction of Kenneth Singleton, Richard Mayne, and Wesley Broadnax, and served as UNC’s drum major for three years. He graduated in 2022 with a B.M. in Composition and soon afterwards, moved to attend the University of Delaware and is pursuing a M.M. in Composition. There, he studied composition with Jennifer Barker and is currently studying composition and conducting with Yoshiaki Onishi. He also performs and composes for the Great Highland Bagpipe and when not writing music, Cody is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys wilderness recreation, mountaineering, hiking, climbing, fishing, hunting, and enjoys history. Cody is proud of his Western heritage and home and honors it by immortalizing it within his music.