UMass Marching Band Alumni

Greetings from Grinnell Way!

admin — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:35:14 +0000

Well, it appears Spring is finally here…for real! There are blue skies out; I’ve been seeing some lovely purple flowers bursting out of the ground; and the temperatures are a bit warmer. Fingers crossed…this is really Spring! Alumni Weekend – April 26-28 We are nearing the final stretch for the 2013 spring semester. With the [...]

Old Chapel Reuse Survey

admin — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:29:11 +0000

Old Chapel, the iconic symbol of the Sesquicentennial Celebration, has been shuttered since 1996. Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy recently established the Old Chapel Renovation Advisory Committee to assist in developing a plan for its renovation and repurposing. Specifically, the Chancellor is asking our Committee to suggest the optimal use or uses of the renovated Old [...]

Greetings from Grinnell Way – Spring Edition!

admin — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:30:56 +0000

There’s only a small amount of snow left on the ground on the UMass campus, and the Hoop Band is rarin’ to go to the NIT to support the men’s basketball team…it must be Spring! We’re almost at the halfway point of the semester (Spring Break is this week), and we’ve had quite a bit [...]

UMMB featured in SOCO Magazine

admin — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:01:05 +0000

The UMMB is featured in the March issue of SOCO Magazine! The article looks back on our history and ahead to the band’s very bright future! Article appears on pages 53-55.

Giving back to communities and soldiers through music

admin — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:50:02 +0000

Staff Sgt. Glenn Robertson (UMass ’05), a drummer in the U.S. Army Field Band‘s rock group, The Volunteers, shares how he tells the Army story across the country through music. Check out the video here: And here’s a photo gallery of The Volunteers’ performance at UMass Homecoming in 2011:

New Year Greetings from Grinnell Way

admin — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:18:06 +0000

“As I write this, we are one week from the start of the Spring semester. The Holiday decorations are long since packed up, it’s now too late to wish anyone “Happy New Year”, and many of us (me, especially) are itching to get things started again. Oh, we’ve been occupied over the winter Break, with [...]