A new documentary traces the journey of “Eyes With Pride” from its origins with George N. Parks at UMass to one of the nation’s premier high school marching band programs. The film explores how a…
The 2024 season got off to an unforgettable start for the UMass Minuteman Marching Band. The UMMB was invited to join alternative rock band Guster on stage at the renowned Newport Folk Festival, performing alongside…
The UMMB is excited to welcome home one of its own. Professor Heidi Sarver—UMass alumna, former Drum Major, member of the UMMB Hall of Fame, and recently retired Director of Athletic Bands at the University…
The Her Campus article, written by UMass student Lily Gatto, offers a fan’s guide to ten songs that showcase the energy, versatility, and personality of the Minuteman Marching Band. Through conversations with tenor saxophonist April,…
The award-winning UMass Amherst Minuteman Marching Band is celebrating its 150th anniversary. What began in 1873 as a group of 11 musicians, at what was then the Massachusetts Agricultural College, has grown into one of…
Just this past weekend, over 1,900 high schoolers from across New England gathered on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus to participate in Band Day, an annual Amherst, Massachusetts event that provides high schoolers the…
Hanna Jane Kilduff went to her first UMass football game expecting to watch football. Instead, she left talking about the marching band. In her Her Campus article, she describes being drawn in by the UMMB’s…
Band alumna Alexa Nickandros pens feature story for the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage website. The Smithsonian Folklife article argues that the experience of being a “band kid” never truly ends. Using the…