Each band member makes the Power & Class what it is, year after year. Chris Halloran ’01 certainly exemplifies the 2018 Rose Parade theme “Making a Difference.”

Each band member makes the Power & Class what it is, year after year. Chris Halloran ’01 certainly exemplifies the 2018 Rose Parade theme “Making a Difference.”
She is the third member of the Minuteman Band family to have been so honored since the award’s inception in 2011.
Jimmy Verdone ’09 is one of 25 semi-finalists for 2017. He teaches at Northbridge High School in Whitinsville, MA.
The student-led public art project s making three artfully-decorated pianos available for public use at prominent gathering spots on campus.
Thanks so much to the 600 band alumni who attended some or all of the Homecoming activities this weekend!
Thom Hannum stepped onto the bus and uttered a line that continues to live on in UMass lore: “The truck is not here. The truck is not going to be here.”
Trulson has been the Music Director at Alhambra High School (CA) for over fifteen years.
The Fall 2017 issue of Fanfare, the magazine of the UMass Department of Music & Dance, features a number of UMass bando and alumni accomplishments!