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…
Vermont Governor Phil Scott today appointed Howard A. Kalfus as Vermont’s next Superior Court judge.
Ian knows what we’re all about. And I don’t just mean the drumline. He knows what the UMMB is. He GETS who we are
“Research can be like being on a roller coaster: it has its highs and lows. To be successful at it you have to first figure out where to look and then be persistent.” When she…
Band alumna Alexa Nickandros pens feature story for the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage website. The Smithsonian Folklife article argues that the experience of being a “band kid” never truly ends. Using the…