The Cal Band offers opportunities for student involvement from the moment a new member joins. As a uniquely-run student organization, all the new members of the band hold power in the policies and functions of the band. In the fall, student officers actively seek input and points of view from their peers. As bandsmen continue their membership, their opportunities for involvement with the band grow. After the fall marching season the Band actively encourages new members to pursue leadership positions in the band.
Spring is the time for training newmen in the functions that second-year members traditionally hold.
The public relations area of the band promotes new members applying their skills in photography, publicity, recruiting, publications, and computing by spreading the name of the Band outside of the Cal community. New members interested in the logistical facets of the organization can take administrative positions and actively participate in the everyday tasks that make the Cal Band run. The opinions of new band members are extremely important to the organization. The contributions made by our new members are appreciated by the two hundred other members of the band and thousands in the public. New members find their experience and involvement in the band is empowering.