News & Events
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A Maestro's Milestone
Director George Parks' 30 years at the helm of the UMass marching band is celebrated with a dinner after the homecoming football game.
October 2007
Band Campers Play Like Their Lives Depend Upon It
Noah Hoffenberg of the Amherst Bulletin writes about band camp with the Minuteman Band.
September 2007
Fight, George Parks, Fight
Photo feature in the Amherst Bulletin.
May 2007
A Song, A Season, A Lifetime (PDF)
George Parks, director of the Minuteman Band, hopes that someday the Sudler Trophy
along with the 350-member Marching Band will have a new home on campus.
Fall 2006
Bringing the Music Home
The Minuteman Marching Band is fund raising for a much-needed facility to house one of
the best marching bands in the country.
Fall 2006
Lions Keep Marching On (PDF)
Chelmsford Music program and the Chelmsford Lion Marching Band honored by Minuteman
Band for having the greatest number of alumni among its ranks this year.
October 19, 2006
Hannum honored for 25 years with marching band (PDF)
Thom Hannum, associate director of the Minuteman Band, was honored Oct. 15 for his
25 years of commitment to the band and his involvement in improving its nationally
recognized percussion program.
October 28, 2005
The University of DCI? (PDF)
Lance Piantaggini '05 writes this commentary on UMass alumni in DCI ranks.
August 4, 2005
A Talk with George Parks (PDF)
DCI interviews George Parks about teaching drum majors and the drum corps activity.
July 5, 2005
Minuteman Band to Perform with Boston Pops (PDF)
Performance is part of "UMass Honors" celebration.
May 12, 2005
On a mission to win from the beginning: a first-person account of the 1991 Star of Indiana (PDF)
DCI features Thom Hannum in this retrospective.
April 19, 2005
Vic Firth Features Colin McNutt (PDF)
Alumnus and Minuteman Band percussion instructor also unveils custom drumsticks
developed with Vic Firth.
April 1, 2005