UMass band marks 100th birthday of “Notre Dame Victory March”
As throngs of people basked in a weekend of warmth and sunshine, the Minutemen Band marched in the 57th Annual Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade for over 300,000 spectators.
Band member named Marshall Scholar
Senior Katie Huston is one of 40 students in the US to be awarded a Marshall Scholarship and is the first UMass Amherst student to be so named in more than 30 years.
Bando is up for MTV Best Music Award
Competing in mtvU’s best music on-campus Woodie Awards, Alex Schwartz is up for Best Breakthrough College Artist.
One time, at band camp
According to band members, there’s no partying, debauchery or infantile shenanigans: Band Camp is all business.
Drum Major Academy featured on NPR’s “Only A Game”
UMass Band director George N. Parks discusses teaching high school musicians the leaderships skills essential to being a drum major with WBUR’s Only A Game.
Drum camp requires focus
The teachers here are UMass alumni & students who can speak about the program. The program allows them to practice their teaching skills. Hannum said they “teach a work ethic and have fun while doing it.”
UMass Drumline alumni appear in People magazine
UMass drumline alumni Damon Grant ’01 on percussion and Glenn Robertson ’05 team up with American Idol finalist and The Bomb Squad.
The University of DCI?
The number of UMass alumni teaching drum corps has now reached more than 34, with 19 different corps! In DCI alone, nine out of the current top 12 finalists have been represented by UMass alumni.