The Sound of Today (SOT) is the name of the marching band at the University of Louisiana at Monroe (formerly Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, Louisiana).Began under band director Jack W. White in 1970. Another name for the "Sound of Today" is "the House that Jack Built." What is now the Sound of Today began with 23 student musicians Sept. 21, 1932. E. Lowery Jefferson was their first director. This band played at football games on Oct. 7, Nov. 11 and Nov. 24, 1932, at the new T.O. Brown Field and gave a public concert Feb. 15, 1933.