The Her Campus article, written by UMass student Lily Gatto, offers a fan’s guide to ten songs that showcase the energy, versatility, and personality of the Minuteman Marching Band. Through conversations with tenor saxophonist April,…
The award-winning UMass Amherst Minuteman Marching Band is celebrating its 150th anniversary. What began in 1873 as a group of 11 musicians, at what was then the Massachusetts Agricultural College, has grown into one of…
The UMMB family is proud to congratulate former Graduate Assistant James Minnix on his appointment to the faculty at Central Connecticut State University. In his new role, Minnix will serve as Director of Bands and…
Just this past weekend, over 1,900 high schoolers from across New England gathered on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus to participate in Band Day, an annual Amherst, Massachusetts event that provides high schoolers the…
Hanna Jane Kilduff went to her first UMass football game expecting to watch football. Instead, she left talking about the marching band. In her Her Campus article, she describes being drawn in by the UMMB’s…
The UMMB family is proud to congratulate feature twirler Gina Zarcone on an outstanding achievement in competition. Zarcone was recently crowned the 2022 New York State Senior 3 Baton Champion and earned the title of…
Dr. Leonard is an honorary member of the Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma Band Fraternities and served as governor for the Northeast district of Kappa Kappa Psi in 2015-16. He is also a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society, and the UMass Marching Band Hall of Fame.
Vermont Governor Phil Scott today appointed Howard A. Kalfus as Vermont’s next Superior Court judge.