page_title: University of Massachusetts Lowell Marching Band
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: University of Massachusetts Lowell Marching Band / History
caption_attribution_description: 2009 Trumpet section of the University of Massachusetts Lowell Riverhawk Marching Band.
context_page_description: The University of Massachusetts Lowell Marching Band has about 120 members and is directed by Daniel Lutz and assisted by Debra-Nicole Huber. The band acts as an exhibition band for the University of Massachusetts Lowell, performing for the Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association, New England Scholastic Band Association and Musical Arts Conference shows throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut. The band also frequently performs at events on campus and in surrounding communities, including parades.
  In recent years, the band has performed hits from Queen and other artists, as well as music written and arranged by Lutz and percussion arranger Peter Furnari.
context_section_description: The UMass Lowell Marching Band draws its members from virtually every department in each of the university's schools and colleges. The band has been a major ensemble of the Department of Music since 1979.
  In its role as ambassador for the university, the marching band performs throughout New England at parades, clinics, exhibitions, and serves as an ambassador for the at university and serves as a source of entertainment at university activities. Past performances included exhibitions for United States President Bill Clinton, also for Governors of Massachusetts, and other state dignitaries as well as at band festivals and televised performances seen by audiences of thousands. 
  The marching band's musical program is specially arranged for the ensemble, drawn from the classics, jazz, rock and popular idioms. Music and motion are combined through original visual design. The band consists of instrumentalists, including guitar, bass and synthesizer. The band does not have a color guard.
caption: The trumpet section in 2009
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