The GNP Minuteman Marching Band Building opens its doors April 17
Join us for the spring Concert Band recital, a reception hosted by Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma, and tours of the new building!
Starred Thoughts About George N. Parks
UMass Band Drum Major Aaron Staluppi shares his memories of George N. Parks in Halftime Magazine.
From the Practice Field to the Dictionary: The Story of “Bando”
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…
Minuteman Band performs with SK6ERS
Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers performed at the Calvin Theater in Northampton October 28th with 30 special guests… from YOUR Minuteman Band.
Chase Tribute Band Dedicates Show in Memory of George Parks
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,…
UMass sisters march to beat of different drum
Sisters Iris and Sheila Heady, of South Hadley, Mass. chose to give up everything typically associated with summer to make music.
There’s one musician with real mojo
That’s Kit Karlson who played tuba in the UMass marching band, unbeknownst to his SK6ERS bandmates while they were students.
Band alum named director of New Haven band
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.