Supermodels, sousaphones and clarinets -- one can find all these things in an unlikely spot: between the glossy pages of December's Vogue magazine.

Penn State Blue Band members were photographed by celebrity portrait artist Annie Liebovitz on Sept. 25 and may appear in the fashion magazine beside models and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl star Keira Knightley.

After returning to State College after performing at designer Marc Jacobs' fashion show in New York Sept. 12, Blue Band Director O. Richard Bundy received another invitation from a talent agency.

"The Vogue shoot came as an offshoot of the Marc Jacobs fashion show," Bundy said. "Word got around about our playing, and when Vogue had an idea for the December issue, we were recommended to Vogue by Marc Jacobs."

Blue Band President Katie Brunner (senior-biobehavioral health) said the band had no idea what to expect.

"This is different than anything we normally do," she said. "We didn't know what to expect. We just signed up and went."

For the photo shoot, about 50 Blue Band members traveled four hours to a farm in Warwick, N.Y., about 25 miles northwest of New York City, and were astonished to find themselves in the countryside.

"We turned onto this back road, and then we passed a dead-end sign," trumpet player Bob Salls (junior-civil engineering) said. "The bus stopped near a few big barns and told us we were there. It was out in the middle of nowhere, kind of like State College."

Dressed in the blue and white, band members played rock 'n' roll songs and lightened the shoot's atmosphere, sousaphone player Brian Fowler (sophomore-engineering) said.

"We marched into the shoot in formation, and everybody liked that," Fowler said. "We played for about an hour while they took our picture."

Unlike the sunny skies over Beaver Stadium, the weather felt dark and gloomy, said tenor saxophonist Chrissy Faretta (senior-marketing). "For the first time all season, wearing the uniforms felt good," she said.

But the photographs' details remain top-secret.

"They told us not to reveal any details about the photographs' contents," Bundy said. "Vogue wants it to remain a surprise and let the magazine speak for itself."

However, the photographers took several photos without the Blue Band members, so there's a chance the band won't appear in Vogue, Bundy said.

Representatives from Vogue could not be reached for comment before press time yesterday.