Sisters Iris and Sheila Heady, of South Hadley, Mass. chose to give up everything typically associated with summer to make music.
Sisters Iris and Sheila Heady, of South Hadley, Mass. chose to give up everything typically associated with summer to make music.
That’s Kit Karlson who played tuba in the UMass marching band, unbeknownst to his SK6ERS bandmates while they were students.
2010 marks Jason DeGroff’s ’93, ’95 M.M. first season as director of the University of New Haven Marching Band, a brand new program that just completed its first season of marching in the fall.
The Minuteman Marching Band has been named one of the greatest college bands in the country by Bleacher Report, a sports news, commentary and opinion website.
Jimmy Verdone ’09, is interviewed in High School Today about high school traditions, where at Northbridge High, his students sing the Beefaroni theme song.
Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers filmed their hit ‘Shady Esperanto and the Young Hearts’ music video at UMass Amherst, featuring the UMass Marching Band.
UMass’ Thom Hannum, Jim Ancona, and Nick Angelis will join fellow BLAST! alumnus Jim Mason.
UMass Band alumna Amanda Roeder is featured on the cover of the Sept. 2009 issue of Choral Director Magazine.
Thom Hannum is interviewed in a Halftime Magazine feature on the tradition of UMass Band Day.
Katelyn Haggerty, is majoring in music and journalism at UMass Amherst. She shares her experience as a member of the Minuteman Band.
A portion of this year’s televised Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year’s Day will be influenced by University of Massachusetts music directors.
Tiffany Brucker was selected among hundreds of applicants across the nation to march for a national Honor Band in the Rose Parade on New Years Day.