A piece of marching band slang once familiar only to students and alumni found its way into the Merriam-Webster dictionary. The story behind “bando” reveals an unexpected connection between the UMass Band and one of…
Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers performed at the Calvin Theater in Northampton October 28th with 30 special guests… from YOUR Minuteman Band.
Somewhere, Bill Chase is smiling with George Parks. More than three decades after his death, the music of the legendary trumpeter continues to echo through football stadiums and competition fields across America. Every fall weekend,…
Sisters Iris and Sheila Heady, of South Hadley, Mass. chose to give up everything typically associated with summer to make music.
That’s Kit Karlson who played tuba in the UMass marching band, unbeknownst to his SK6ERS bandmates while they were students.
2010 marks Jason DeGroff’s ’93, ’95 M.M. first season as director of the University of New Haven Marching Band, a brand new program that just completed its first season of marching in the fall.
The Minuteman Marching Band has been named one of the greatest college bands in the country by Bleacher Report, a sports news, commentary and opinion website.
Jimmy Verdone ’09, is interviewed in High School Today about high school traditions, where at Northbridge High, his students sing the Beefaroni theme song.