UMass Band alum named DCI Board Chair
Chris Holland ’98 has been with Inspire Arts & Music and the Boston Crusaders since 2013.
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Madison Scouts names band alum Mark Trulson brass co-caption head
Trulson has been the Music Director at Alhambra High School (CA) for over fifteen years.
KAEO: Bandos & alumni in 2017 drum corps
As the 2017 drum corps circuit heats up this summer, we’re putting together this tracker to help “keep an eye on” UMMB bandos and alumni in drum corps land.
Clash of the Corps features UMass bandos & alumni
Clash of the Corps includes 20 UMass Band members and alumni performing with The Blue Devils and The Cadets in the 2016 reality series on Fuse TV.
Chris Holland to lead Boston Crusaders parent org
Inspire Arts & Music, parent organization of the Boston Crusaders Drum & Bugle Corps, welcomes UMass Band alum Chris Holland ’98 as COO/Executive Director.
13 UMass bandos age-out of DCI competition
Representing Spartans, Carolina Crown, Blue Star, Glassmen, and The Cadets, these members of the Minuteman Band head to band camp, aged out of DCI.
Michael Klesch ’90G inducted to DCI Hall of Fame
Beginning his drum corps career in the 1980s as a bass drummer with the Cadets, Michael Klesch has become one of DCI’s preeminent brass arrangers.
UMass sisters march to beat of different drum
Sisters Iris and Sheila Heady, of South Hadley, Mass. chose to give up everything typically associated with summer to make music.