The US Army Field Band’s “Six String Soldiers” (part of The Volunteers rock band) and the students in the UMass Marching Band’s spring marching percussion tech class got together this week for a special performance at the George N. Parks Minuteman Marching Band Building. They’re performing a mashup of “Johnny Comes Marching Home” and the […]
Boston’s WBUR radio highlights the “El Sistema” music education program UMass band alumnus Gary Bernice ’07, ’10G employs at Springfield’s SciTech high school. Massachusetts is the first state to provide grant funding to schools where El Sistema is used in music education. (more…)
The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) announced that Cynthia Napierkowski ’87, Director of Bands at Salem High School in Salem, Massachusetts is the recipient of the 2014 George N. Parks Award for Leadership in Music Education. She will receive the award at the Bands of America Grand National Championships in Indianapolis on Saturday, November 15, […]
“Be yourself and grow,” says Stan Rosenberg ’77, who played tuba in the Minuteman Band. Rosenberg will become the president of the Massachusetts Senate in January. (more…)
Minuteman Band alumni Heidi Sarver ’86, ’88G and Jim Ancona ’92 celebrate their 20th anniversary together at the helm of the University of Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hen Marching Band. (more…)
