Bandos and alumni highlighted in Fanfare
The Fall 2019 issue of Fanfare, the magazine of the UMass Department of Music & Dance, features a number of UMass band family accomplishments!
UMMB alum named director of Leominster High band
Robert “Bobby” Bergeron ’18, who marched tuba in the Minuteman Band, takes helm of LHS band.
Three UMass Band alumni named quarterfinalists for 2020 GRAMMY Music Educator Award
Gary Bernice ’07, ’10MM, Jason DeGroff 93, ’95MM, and Jennifer Moss ’01 were named.
Halftime Magazine interviews band alum
Andy Tamulynas ’05 is the category manager of drumsticks and mallets for Vic Firth.
Band alum named ’40 Under Forty’ honoree
Gary Bernice ’07, ’10 MA is the director of bands at the Springfield (MA) High School of Science and Technology (SciTech).
Graduating bando profiled on UMass Facebook page
Matt Minnehan is a recipient of the 2018 Band Alumni Scholarship and a member of the Colonial Honor Guard and Phi Mu Alpha.
Who was the first female drum major of a college marching band?
UMass proudly named our first in 1979, Linda (Paul) Hannum, who served as co-DM that year.
Drum major named 21st Century Scholar
Jackie Nicholson is a Commonwealth Honors College student from Gardner receiving dual degrees in marketing and communication.