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The I-Bander

Submitted by mrudkows on Mon, 04/15/2013 - 12:44pm

Hey UMMB! The I-Bander is up! For all you rookies and veterans, please fill it out as soon as possible! It's going to be a great year and the UMMB is going to the Macy's Day Parade!

For those who want to join please go to here: https://www.umass.edu/band/join/new

For those returning please go to this page: https://www.umass.edu/band/join/returning

Concert Band Concert

Submitted by kboggs on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 3:21pm

The annual concert for the 2013 Spring Concert Band will be held at 2pm at the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall.

Conductors: Professor Timothy Anderson, Director of the Minuteman Marching Band, Professor James Patrick Miller, Megan Cooney, Charles O'Brien and David Morris

Music: A Bernstein Tribute arranged by Clare Grundman; Old Churches by Michael Colgrass; Thus Do You Fare, My Jesus by J.S. Bach; arranged by Alfred Reed; An American Elegy by Frank Ticheli; Mancini! arranged by Stephen Bulla; Men of Ohio by Henry Fillmore; and Sea Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Date: 
Sun, 04/21/2013 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm

George N. Parks Calendar!

Submitted by mrudkows on Thu, 12/06/2012 - 11:34am

New for 2013 is the George N. Parks calendar. Assembled by former UMMB drum majors Linda Hannum (1980 - 1982, and a member of the UMMB Hall of Fame) and Jeff Poulton (1982 - 1987), this special calendar features a different picture of Prof. Parks for each month, along with his famed "Starred Thoughts." The calendar is priced at $15, with proceeds from each sale going to the George N. Parks Memorial Drum Major Scholarship, to be awarded to a drum major of the Minuteman Marching Band.

The UMMB is Going to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!

Submitted by ummb on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 12:21pm
       On November 28, 2013, it might be the year to get up early again and watch the dozens of balloon floats and marching bands go through New York City. Why, you ask? Under the direction of Director, Timothy Todd Anderson and Associate Director, Thomas P. Hannum, the University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band will be traveling to New York City to march in the Macy’s Parade among one of the several marching bands. On April 3rd, 2012 Wesley Whatley, Creative Director of the parade, came to the George N.