#UMassGives nets $18,000 for band uniforms!
During #UMassGives 2016, we kicked-off the $160,000 Band Uniform Drive with $10,000 in gifts. With roughly $35,000 to go and 4,500 band alumni, we got this!
Grads, Dads, Moms, and Weddings!
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If the Chapel Ghost could talk….
Chapel ghost. Chapel rats, Chapel beach. UMass Magazine is collecting Old Chapel stories for an upcoming issue. Please contribute!
Six Flags’ Trash Tones are recruiting for the 2017 season
UMass Drumline alum Alex Casimiro ’10 leads the Trash Tones at Six Flags New England as writer and instructor, while also having been an original member.
The Bash was a blast!
Over 100 alumni, friends, parents, and bandos joined the fun. We had amazing groups of alumni from the 80s, 90s (and today!), the 00s, and the 10s!
Concert Band premieres new work honoring George Parks
The UMass Concert Band features the world-premiere of “G.P.,” written in memory of former Minuteman Band director George Parks.
Glenn Robertson & Damon Grant chat drums in podcast
UMass Drumline alumni Damon Grant ’01 and Glenn Robertson ’05 chat in Damon’s podcast, Discussions in Percussion.
Band Alum Named Vermont’s 2017 Engineer of the Year
Dr. Shawn P. Kelley ’93, ’97 M.Eng., ’03 Ph.D. is a civil engineer specializing in geotechnical engineering.