Attention all Color Guard members, fans, and enthusiasts! For the first time in over TWO DECADES, the UMass Color Guard will continue into the Winter season as Spitfire!
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UMMB named best band in Twitter poll
Vote for your favorite FBS college band… the Power and Class of New England, the Minuteman Marching Band!
Band alum tapped to lead Nantucket’s Maria Mitchell Association
David Gagnon ’82 marched trombone in the Power and Class of New England, the Minuteman Marching Band at UMass Amherst.
Band alum named music director for Londonderry (NH) schools
In a unanimous vote by the five-member Londonderry School Board, Serge Beaulieu was appointed the new music director.
‘Essentially Ellington’ honors two bands led by UMass alumni
Lisa (Cavanaugh) Linde ’92 leads the Newton (MA) South High School jazz band and John Currey ’92 leads the Champaign (IL) Central High School jazz band.
Band alum takes helm of USBands
Jon Swengler ’10 believes very strongly in the impact music has on the lives of students and is excited to be stepping into his new role.
Band alum to lead Western Michigan Bronco Marching Band
John Leonard ’02, ’13 M.M., this week was named the Interim Assistant Director of Bands at Western Michigan University, where he has served as graduate assistant since 2016.