UMass Music at the 2016 Midwest Clinic
Heading to Chicago for the Midwest Clinic? Here’s your guide to all-things-UMass in Chicago!
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.
UMass’ landmark Old Chapel has new lease on life
BusinessWest takes an in-depth look at the Old Chapel restoration, and how a university spent hundreds of millions of dollars to add new facilities.
UMass alumni presenting sessions at PASIC 2016
Are you in Indianapolis for PASIC 2016? If so, check out these sessions hosted by fellow alumni!
America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration
Happy Thanksgiving, all! Both the Minuteman Band and the Band Alumni, Parents, and Fans were simply impressed and thrilled with the day’s events.
Power? Check. Class? Check.
The Minuteman Marching Band at UMass Amherst never rests on its laurels. It can’t. It can only remain the “Power and Class of New England” by starting each fall with redoubled dedication and determination.
Obituary: Jim Kierstead, 1952-2016
We’re saddened to announce that the UMass Band’s Jim Kierstead died in an accident at his home in Windsor, MA.
Memories of George Parks shared with bandos
Members of the Minuteman Band and dozens of band alumni gathered at the recently-renovated Old Chapel to hear band alumna and assistant director of the band Christine (McHugh) Sirard ’90 share her thoughts and memories of the man whose name is on the building they call home.