The number of UMass alumni teaching drum corps has now reached more than 34, with 19 different corps! In DCI alone, nine out of the current top 12 finalists have been represented by UMass alumni.
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Coming Up Roses
Under the direction of UMass Amherst’s own George N. Parks, a Rose Parade band shows how good it is.
UMass Bando to march in Rose Parade
Libby Jones will join 400 musicians from across the country in the Bands of America honors band. She is one six MA band members selected for the honor.
For Serious Whistle-Blowers, There’s Just One Question: With or Without the Pea?
George Parks, founder of the George N. Parks Drum Major Academy in Amherst, Mass., insists that his whistles include peas in their air chambers.