Marisa Weinstein named 2017 recipient of the George N. Parks Award for Leadership in Music Education
She is the third member of the Minuteman Band family to have been so honored since the award’s inception in 2011.
UMMB alum named Music & Arts Educator of the Year Semi-Finalist
Jimmy Verdone ’09 is one of 25 semi-finalists for 2017. He teaches at Northbridge High School in Whitinsville, MA.
UMMB junior Matt Turcotte leads ‘Free Keys’ piano project at UMass
The student-led public art project s making three artfully-decorated pianos available for public use at prominent gathering spots on campus.
What a ‘Rosy’ Homecoming!
Thanks so much to the 600 band alumni who attended some or all of the Homecoming activities this weekend!
Looking Back: When UMass Showed Up at the CMBF without Drums
Thom Hannum stepped onto the bus and uttered a line that continues to live on in UMass lore: “The truck is not here. The truck is not going to be here.”
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.
Bandos & alumni highlighted in Fanfare
The Fall 2017 issue of Fanfare, the magazine of the UMass Department of Music & Dance, features a number of UMass bando and alumni accomplishments!
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