Pioneer Valley residents knew him best as either Santa Claus at Amherst Merry Maple, as or the voice of the Minuteman Marching Band at UMass football games.
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Tim Anderson named director of the Minuteman Band
Dr. Anderson is an accomplished director who has great depth and breadth of experience with Division I marching bands.
Minuteman Band performs with SK6ERS
Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers performed at the Calvin Theater in Northampton October 28th with 30 special guests… from YOUR Minuteman Band.
There’s one musician with real mojo
That’s Kit Karlson who played tuba in the UMass marching band, unbeknownst to his SK6ERS bandmates while they were students.
George Parks interviewed on NPR’s “Only A Game”
UMass Band director George N. Parks discusses teaching high school musicians the leaderships skills essential to being a drum major with WBUR’s Only A Game.
UMass Drumline alumni appear in People magazine
UMass drumline alumni Damon Grant ’01 on percussion and Glenn Robertson ’05 team up with American Idol finalist and The Bomb Squad.
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.