From UMass to Pasadena: Parks to lead national band
A portion of this year’s televised Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year’s Day will be influenced by University of Massachusetts music directors.
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.
Coming Up Roses
Under the direction of UMass Amherst’s own George N. Parks, a Rose Parade band shows how good it is.
For Serious Whistle-Blowers, There’s Just One Question: With or Without the Pea?
George Parks, founder of the George N. Parks Drum Major Academy in Amherst, Mass., insists that his whistles include peas in their air chambers.
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