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{{Short description|Student band at the University of Michigan}}
{{CollegeMarchingBandInfoBox | bandname=Michigan Marching Band | logo=Image:mmb_logo.gif | school=[[University of Michigan]] | location=[[Ann Arbor, MI]] | conference=[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] | founded=1896 | director=[[Jamie L. Nix]] | members=350+ | uniform=Blue jackets with white on the back and a maize shield on the front, blue pants , white hats with blue trim & maize & blue plumes}}
{{Infobox marching band
| name = Michigan Marching Band
| image = Michigan Wolverines logo.svg
| image_size = 125
| school = [[University of Michigan]]
| location = [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]], U.S.
| conference = [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|1896}}
| director = John Pasquale
| assistant director = Richard Frey
| members = 400
| practice field = Elbel Field
| fight song = [[The Victors]]
| uniform = Michigan Marching Band Uniform.png
| website = https://michiganmarchingband.com/
| image_upright = [[File:Drum Major, Michigan Marching Band, Michigan Stadium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (21122543814).jpg|Drum Major, Michigan Marching Band, Michigan Stadium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (21122543814)]]
}}


The '''Michigan Marching Band''' (also known as the '''University of Michigan Marching Band''' or the '''MMB''') is the official marching band of the [[University of Michigan]].<ref name="EncycSurvey1">{{Citation | last1=Shaw | first1=Wilfred Byron | last2=Donelly | first2=Walter Arthur | title=The University of Michigan, an Encyclopedic Survey | place=Ann Arbor, MI | publisher=University of Michigan Press | volume=4 | year=1958 | chapter=Student Life and Organizations | page=1873 | quote=Thus, in 1914, the Band gained official recognition and became a unit of the University. | language=en | chapter-url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/u/umsurvey/AAS3302.0004.001/1:3.2.23?rgn=div3;view=fulltext | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507153222/https://quod.lib.umich.edu/u/umsurvey/AAS3302.0004.001/1:3.2.23%3Frgn%3Ddiv3;view%3Dfulltext | archive-date=2019-05-07 }} [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015082560684;view=1up;seq=535 Alt URL]</ref> The band performs at all [[Michigan Wolverines football]] home games, select away games, and numerous concerts, pep rallies, and parades.<ref>{{Citation | title=Michigan Ensian | place=Ann Arbor, MI | publisher=UM Libraries | volume=93 | year=1989 | pages=288–289 | quote=In addition to preparing and performing new pre-game and half-time shows for all home games, the Michigan Marching Band plays numerous concerts, pep rallies, and parades | language=en | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g_3hAAAAMAAJ&q=%22michigan+marching+band%22+pep+rallies&pg=PA289
The '''Michigan Marching Band''' (or MMB) is [[University of Michigan]]'s [[Marching Band]].
}}</ref> A student musical ensemble,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://smtd.umich.edu/programs-degrees/performance-opportunities/ | title=Performance Opportunities {{pipe}} U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance | website=smtd.umich.edu | access-date=2019-05-06 | quote=Open to all U-M students, including those at Dearborn and Flint, the Michigan Marching Band has thrilled hundreds of thousands of fans with exciting performances for more than 100 years...}}</ref> the MMB evolved from the original Michigan Band of twenty-two players in 1896 to today's band of over 400 members.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.umbaa.org/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTUvMDYvMTkvMTgvNDEvNTUvMTUzL0NoYXB0ZXJfMy5wZGYiXV0/Chapter%25203.pdf | title=That Michigan Band - Chapter 3 "A Sincere Venture" | last=Dobos | first=Joe | website=umbaa.org | access-date=2019-05-06 | quote=On the night of November 13, 1896, twenty-two musicians... }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2015/09/im_with_the_band_a_day_with_th.html | title=I'm with the Michigan Marching Band; follow along for a football gameday - mlive.com | last=Mulholland | first=Mike | date=2018-09-23 | website=mlive.com | access-date=2019-05-06 | quote=The band consists of about 400 members in all... }}</ref>[[File:Michigan Marching Band, Michigan Stadium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (21754597401).jpg|thumb|375px|Michigan Marching Band on September 26, 2015|alt=|right]]


== History ==
==History==
===Pre-1900===
Though there is evidence of one or more bands formed at the University of Michigan between 1844 and 1859,<ref name="TDUSA">{{cite web | url=https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/sm4AAOSwCJxaALRB/s-l1600.jpg | title=Touchdown, U.S.A. | date=1961 | publisher=Vanguard Stereolab | access-date=2019-05-08 | quote=...in 1844 occurred the first known mention of the band... in 1859 a group of fifteen music-minded students organized themselves...}}</ref> there is no continuous link between those early groups and the organization of a 22-member university band by Harry dePont on November 13, 1896.<ref name="EncycSurvey2">{{Citation | last1=Shaw | first1=Wilfred Byron | last2=Donelly | first2=Walter Arthur | title=The University of Michigan, an Encyclopedic Survey | place=Ann Arbor, MI | publisher=University of Michigan Press | volume=4 | year=1958 | chapter=Student Life and Organizations | pages=1871–1872 | quote=Much of the early data on the Band has been lost, however... Unfortunately, all too little is known about the Band between the time of the Civil War and the turn of the century... According to a short history written by Henri P. dePont ('02), who played the cornet, the first genuine University Band was organized in the fall of 1896. | language=en | chapter-url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/u/umsurvey/AAS3302.0004.001/1:3.2.23?rgn=div3;view=fulltext | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507153222/https://quod.lib.umich.edu/u/umsurvey/AAS3302.0004.001/1:3.2.23%3Frgn%3Ddiv3;view%3Dfulltext | archive-date=2019-05-07 }} [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015082560684;view=1up;seq=535 Alt URL]</ref> At the start, the dePont-organized band received no financial support from the university.<ref name="BHL-Band-Records">{{cite web | url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-861154?view=text | title=BHL: Band (University of Michigan) records | website=quod.lib.umich.edu | publisher=Bentley Historical Library |access-date=2019-05-01}}</ref> The band's first performance was for the [[University of Michigan Law School|Law School's]] observance of [[Washington's Birthday]] on February 22, 1897.<ref name="EncycSurvey2" /> University president [[James Burrill Angell]] granted dePont's request for rehearsal space in Room A of University Hall, and by 1898 the band was being referred to as the "University of Michigan Band" and performed at football games.<ref>{{Citation | title = For The Final Game | newspaper = Detroit Free Press | date = 22 November 1898 | pages = 3 |quote=Students will take the U of M Band to Chicago.}}</ref>


===1900–1929===
The [[Michigan Marching Band History]] can be found [[Michigan Marching Band History|here]].
The ensemble disbanded in early 1903, but reunited that fall. Eugene J. Fischer became the band's conductor with the start of the 1906 season.<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /> During Wilfred Wilson's subsequent tenure as director, membership in the band grew to nearly 100 musicians and the university allocated permanent space for the band's use in Morris Hall. [[Nicholas Falcone]] was appointed as conductor in 1927.<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /> The band became an adjunct part of the university in 1929.<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" />
[[File:Michigan Marching Band entering Ferry Field, 1920.png|thumb|390x390px|The 1920 Michigan Marching Band from the Michiganensian yearbook 1921.]]
[[File:Michigan Marching Band performs Yellow and Blue at halftime of the Chicago game, 1920.png|thumb|390x390px|'''Michigan Marching Band performs Yellow and Blue at halftime of the Chicago game, 1920''']]


===1930–1949===
== Instrumentation ==
During the Michigan–Ohio State football game in 1932, the MMB first performed a "[[Ohio State University Marching Band#Script Ohio and dotting the "i"|script Ohio]]" formation. That field formation was subsequently embellished by the [[Ohio State University Marching Band]], which continues to perform a similar field routine today.<ref>{{cite web |title=Script Ohio Controversy |work=OSU v Michigan |publisher=Ohio State University Archives |date=2002-10-12 |url=http://library.osu.edu/sites/archives/OSUvsMichigan/scriptohio.htm |access-date=2019-03-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061026090107/http://library.osu.edu/sites/archives/OSUvsMichigan/scriptohio.htm |archive-date=2006-10-26}}</ref> The band performed at the [[Century of Progress]] exhibition in Chicago in October 1933.<ref>{{cite web | title=Varsity Band Plans Concert at Exhibition | publisher=The Michigan Daily | date=1933-10-24 |url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071755941/187 |access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref>


On August 26, 1935, while Bernard Hirsch was serving as Acting Conductor during Nicholas Falcone's medical leave due to hearing loss, the university offered Falcone's position to [[William Revelli|William D. Revelli]], who accepted.<ref name="Dobos-Berz">{{cite web |last1=Dobos |first1=Joseph |last2=Berz |first2=William |title=Nicholas Falcone, The Band Director You've Probably Never Heard Of |url=https://www.umbaa.org/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTUvMDYvMTkvMTgvNDQvMTIvNjAwL0ZhbGNvbmVfQXJ0aWNsZS5wZGYiXV0/Falcone%20Article.pdf |website=University of Michigan Band Alumni Association |publisher=The University of Michigan Band Alumni Association |access-date=22 March 2021}}</ref> By 1942, the band had been "voted 'All-American Band' by the nation's sportswriters" for two consecutive years.<ref>{{cite web | title=Marching Band Wins All-American Honors | publisher=The Michigan Daily | date=1941-02-25 |url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071756089/43 |access-date=2021-03-19}}</ref> The band was able to continue performing during the years of [[World War II]].<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /> The band's home was relocated to [[Harris Hall]] in 1946.<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" />
The Michigan Marching Band performance block instrumentation:
* 1 [[Drum Major]]
* 3 [[Twirler]]s
* 24 [[Color_guard#Color_guard_in_a_marching_band|Flags]]
* 18 [[Piccolo]]s
* 24 [[Clarinet]]s
* 18 [[Alto Saxophone]]s
* 12 [[Tenor Saxophone]]s
* 24 [[Horn (instrument)|Horns]]
* 48 [[Trumpet]]s
* 33 [[Trombone]]s
* 3 [[Bass Trombone]]s
* 12 [[Euphonium]]s
* 24 [[Sousaphone]]s


== Performance Block ==
=== 1950–1969 ===
''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' featured the band's New York City performance in its October 30, 1950, edition that included an [[Alfred Eisenstadt]] photograph of children marching behind drum major Dick Smith.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AkwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA108 |title=The Michigan Band: It Steps Fastest and Plays Best of the College Outfits That Provide Music and Spectacle on Football Fields |last=Eisenstadt |first=Alfred |date=1950-10-30 | volume=29 | issue=28 | pages=108–115 |publisher=Life Magazine |access-date=2019-05-13}}</ref> During Homecoming Weekend in November 1950, sixty-five former Michigan bandsmen attended a reunion which resulted in the formation of the University of Michigan Band Alumni Association.<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /> In 1953, the Alumni Band began to join the regular band playing and marching at the Homecoming pre-game and halftime shows.<ref name=UMSMTD-1996>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QoEJAQAAMAAJ&q=-site%3Amichiganmarchingband.com+1953+alumni+homecoming+michigan+band&pg=PT636 | title=School of Music, Theatre & Dance Programs | publisher=University of Michigan School of Music | date=1996 |access-date=2019-05-06}}</ref> [[George R. Cavender]] was appointed as Assistant Director of Bands for the University of Michigan in 1952.<ref name="MMBHistory">{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.michiganmarchingband.com/history |website=Michigan Marching Band |publisher=Michigan Marching Band |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref> The band was featured on a color broadcast of the "[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today Show]]" with host [[Dave Garroway]] in October 1955.<ref>{{cite web | title=NBC To Transmit From Ann Arbor In Color TV | publisher=The Michigan Daily | date=1955-10-27 |url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071756394/257 |access-date=2019-05-17}}</ref> The MMB performed in the so-called "Snow Bowl" game against Ohio State in late November,<ref>{{cite web | title=Michigan Band Pushes Through Ohio Blizzard | publisher=The Michigan Daily | date=1950-11-28 |url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071756287/402 |access-date=2021-02-05}}</ref> and later traveled by train<ref name="PresReport1950">{{cite book |last1=Rea |first1=Walter |title=The President's Report to the Board of Regents for the Academic Year ... Financial Statement for the Fiscal Year |date=1950 |publisher=University of Michigan Libraries |page=42 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FBniAAAAMAAJ&dq=1951+rose+bowl+band+train&pg=PA42 |access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref> to perform in the [[1951 Rose Bowl]].<ref name="BL017257">{{cite web |last1=Wise |first1=William |title=Michigan Band on the field at 1951 Rose Bowl |url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-bl017257/bl017257 |website=Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan Bentley Image Bank |publisher=University of Michigan |access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref>
The Performance Block is the subset of the MMB that performs the pre-game routine. This group of members changes from week to week. The rank and section leaders along with the MMB staff will decide which members are to be challenged for their position in block. This method lessens tension in the band as you do not need to challenge an individual member of the performance block for their position. Friday after rehearsal, challenges are held, which consist of a halftime marching audition while playing a musical excerpt from the weekly show, followed by performing the difficult part of the pregame marching. Results are posted the following Monday. Students who do not make the performance block, called reserves, spend the week rehearsing fundamentals to prepare for the next week's challenge on an adjacent practice field while the performance block learns the show. The reserves are no less a part of the MMB, as they still wear the uniform and play in the stands during football games.


Starting in 1961, the Symphony Band recorded several music albums released by Vanguard Records that were credited to "University of Michigan Band." These albums documented the continued, functional specialization of the various ensembles comprising the Michigan Bands at that time. The Varsity Band played at basketball games and campus affairs. The Symphony Band performed in more traditional concert settings. The Marching Band performed at football games.<ref name="TDUSA" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/KywAAOSwo8BbIy4N/s-l1600.jpg | title=Kick Off, U.S.A.! | date=1964 | publisher=Vanguard Stereolab | access-date=2019-05-08 | quote=This fluid group divides itself into different units. The University of Michigan Marching Band plays at all the home football games and travels with the team to off-campus games.}}</ref> The band received new uniforms, percussion equipment, and fiberglass sousaphones in 1962.<ref>{{cite web | title=New Band Uniforms | publisher=The Michigan Daily | date=1962-10-06 |url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071754324/254 |access-date=2019-05-06}}</ref> The annual Band-O-Rama concert was first held in November 1964.<ref>{{cite web | title = Band-O-Rama: True Blue! {{pipe}} Happening @ Michigan | date = 2018-10-21 | url=https://events.umich.edu/event/52124 | access-date = May 6, 2019 | quote=A tried and true U-M tradition, Band-O-Rama: True Blue! celebrates its 54th anniversary with a mixture of classic repertoire from many musical genres including traditional favorites for fans of all things blue. }}</ref> The band performed its "Peace Show" at the nationally televised Michigan-Ohio State football game in 1969.<ref>{{cite web | title = Michigan Marching Band Performs Peace Show at Ohio State Game | website = [[YouTube]] | date = November 22, 1969 | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSKqrMnwBVk | access-date = May 5, 2019 }}</ref> The MMB also performed at the [[1970 Rose Bowl]] following the 1969 season.<ref name="AANews-19691216" />
== Band Week ==
Every summer during the two weeks before the first home game the MMB holds their "Band Week." Prospective members, rank leaders, and flags arrive first to rehearse marching styles and traditional music. The returning members will return and the music audition will be held to determine the players' chairs. After the returning members have been through a couple days of marching rehearsal "First Look" is held. During first look the entire band performs glide and pre-game selections which are observed and voted on my the rest of the band. These perfomances are given in groups of approximately 12. The votes of the entire band determine which members will make up the first performance block. The remainder of Band Week is devoted to the first performance of the MMB for pre-game and halftime. The reserves spend the remainder of Band Week practicing for the next challenge.


== Expectations ==
===1970–1989===
In 1970, Carl Grapentine was appointed the band announcer, becoming the "Voice of the Michigan Bands" (and, since 2006, the "Voice of [[Michigan Stadium]]").<ref>{{cite web | last = Raskauskas | first = Stephen | title = Classical radio host Carl Grapentine announces retirement from "dream job" at WFMT | website = wfmt.com | publisher = WFMT | date = February 20, 2018 | url = https://www.wfmt.com/2018/02/20/classical-radio-host-carl-grapentine-announces-retirement-dream-job-wfmt/ | access-date = May 3, 2019 | quote=...Carl has been the "stadium voice" of the University of Michigan Marching Band for forty-eight seasons – his voice being heard on national telecasts of sixteen Rose Bowls and numerous other bowl games. In 2006, he also assumed the responsibilities of game announcer at Michigan Stadium. }}</ref><ref name="Mlive-Grapentine">{{cite web |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2013/10/carl_grapentine_proud_to_be_th.html |title=Beyond Michigan football: Carl Grapentine is proud to be the voice of Michigan Stadium - mlive.com |website=mlive.com |date=19 October 2013 |publisher=MLive |access-date=2019-05-06}}</ref> The performance block had grown to 210 members.<ref name="AANews-19691216">{{Citation | title = U-M Band Is Tuning Up For Trip To Rose Bowl | newspaper = Ann Arbor News | date = 16 December 1969 | pages = 13 | url = https://aadl.org/aa_news_19691216_p13-u-m_band_is_tuning_up_for_trip_to_rose_bowl | access-date=2019-05-01 | quote=For 210 band members, the trip to the Rose Bowl will take work and concentrated effort. }}</ref> Dr. Revelli retired from the band in the summer of 1971 and was succeeded by Cavender. Women were allowed to join the marching band starting in 1972.<ref name="CavenderWomen">{{cite web |last1=Tobin |first1=James |title=Women, take the field! |url=https://michigantoday.umich.edu/2015/01/21/women-take-the-field/ |website=Michigan Today |date=21 January 2015 |publisher=The Regents of the University of Michigan |access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref> The MMB performed as part of the halftime show at 1973's [[Super Bowl VII]], collaborating with [[Woody Herman]] and [[Andy Williams]].<ref>{{cite web | last = White | first = R.J. | title = Every Super Bowl halftime show performer: From Maroon 5 to marching bands and everything in-between - CBSSports.com | website = CBSSports.com | publisher = CBS | date = February 3, 2019 | url = https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/every-super-bowl-halftime-show-performer-from-maroon-5-to-marching-bands-and-everything-in-between/| access-date = May 1, 2019 }}</ref> A new facility, named Revelli Hall, was built to house the marching band.<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /> The MMB's practice field formally known as Wines Field was renamed Elbel Field.<ref name="Century">{{cite web |last1=Schackman |first1=Grace |last2=Cummings |first2=Wil |title=A Century At State and Huron |url=https://aadl.org/aaobserver/18522 |website=Ann Arbor District Library |publisher=Ann Arbor Observer |access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref> Cavender retired in 1979 and was succeeded by Glenn Richter.<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /> The MMB performed at the [[1972 Rose Bowl|1972]],<ref>{{Citation | title = Shuffling The Cards - Band Rivalry Mellows | newspaper = The Stanford Daily | date = 24 September 1973 | pages = 17 | url = https://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19730924-01.2.70&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------# | access-date=2019-05-01 | quote=...the LSJUMB gained national notoriety at the 1972 Rose Bowl when several members of the Stanford band ran through the Michigan marching formations during a practice session, tossed footballs around and allegedly threw rocks at some of the Michigan bandsmen. }}</ref> [[1977 Rose Bowl|1977]],<ref>{{Citation | title = Music at Michigan | publisher = The University of Michigan School of Music | date = March 1977 | pages = 18 | volume=10 | issue=9 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7nQJAQAAMAAJ&q=%22rose+bowl%22+1977+%22michigan+Marching+Band%22&pg=RA1-PA77 | access-date=2019-05-01 }}</ref> [[1978 Rose Bowl|1978]],<ref>{{Citation | title = Music at Michigan | publisher = The University of Michigan School of Music | date = April 1979 | pages = 8 | volume=12 | issue=10 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7nQJAQAAMAAJ&q=%22rose+bowl%22+1978+%22michigan+Marching+Band%22&pg=RA1-PA78 | access-date=2019-05-01 }}</ref> and 1979 Rose Bowl games, as well as at the [[1976 Orange Bowl]] game.<ref name="SJR">{{cite news |title=Blame Lee Corso? {{pipe}} This Week in Michigan Football History |url=https://www.sj-r.com/article/20141025/blogs/310259993 |access-date=20 March 2021 |work=The State Journal-Register |date=Oct 25, 2014}}</ref> The 1978 Rose Bowl performance featured the first public performance of the [[John Williams]]' musical score to the movie, [[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]].<ref>{{Citation | title = Michigan Band Plans Premiere | newspaper = Pasadena Star-News | date = 30 December 1977 | pages = A7 |quote=Conductor of the University of Michigan marching band George Cavender is proud of what he has lined up for the 1978 Rose Bowl, which will feature the first public performance of the musical score to "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." }}</ref>
The MMB rehearses daily from 4:45pm to 6:15pm. Rehearsals are held outside on Elbel Field. Members are also expected to attend weekly one hour section rehearsals for additional work on music. Members are also expected to enroll in the two credit hour course ENS 348.


Eric Becher succeeded Richter as the MMB's conductor in 1980.<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /> The band appeared on the television special, ''A Bob Hope Celebration'' on October 22, 1981.<ref name="Bob-Hope-Memories">{{cite book | last = Hyatt | first = Wesley | title = Bob Hope on TV: Thanks for the Video Memories | publisher = BearManor Media | date = 2017 | pages = 197 | language = en | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uYtEDwAAQBAJ&q=%22A+bob+hope+celebration%22&pg=PT197 | isbn = 978-1629332185 | quote= ...the high-stepping University of Michigan Marching Band plays its fight song and exits around Bob when he enters.}}</ref> In 1982, the MMB performed in [[Super Bowl XVI]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Pasche |first=Paula |date=15 July 2015 |title=When Silverdome hosted Super Bowl XVI reviews mixed |url=https://www.theoaklandpress.com/sports/when-silverdome-hosted-super-bowl-xvi-reviews-mixed/article_ea2c349f-4c9c-5c25-8844-ed14a38cbb50.html |newspaper=[[Oakland Press|The Oakland Press]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502172415/https://www.theoaklandpress.com/sports/when-silverdome-hosted-super-bowl-xvi-reviews-mixed/article_ea2c349f-4c9c-5c25-8844-ed14a38cbb50.html |archive-date=May 2, 2019 |access-date=April 12, 2024}}</ref> and was selected as the inaugural winner of the [[John Philip Sousa Foundation#Sudler Trophy|Sudler Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sousafoundation.net/sub_menu_items/1 |title=Past Sudler Trophy Recipients |website=sousafoundation.net |publisher=The Sudler Trophy Committee |access-date=2019-03-06}}</ref> The MMB also performed at the final game of the [[1984 World Series]]<ref>{{cite book | last = Aardal | first = Kristen | title = Michigan Ensian | publisher = University of Michigan | date = 1985 | pages = 179 | language = en | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7YHuAAAAMAAJ&q=1984+%22World+Series%22++%22marching+band%22&pg=PA179 | quote=Due to their reputation for excellence, the band again performed at a Detroit Lions game at the Pontiac Silverdome and provided entertainment at Tiger Stadium the night Detroit clinched the World Series.}}</ref> in [[Tiger Stadium (Detroit)|Tiger Stadium]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/B10140DET1984.htm|title=1984 World Series Game 5 - San Diego Padres vs. Detroit Tigers|access-date=September 13, 2009|publisher=Retrosheet}}</ref> and survived a mob attack in the riot that followed.<ref>{{Citation | title = A great day for Tigers... ...but not for Detroit | newspaper = The Michigan Daily | date = 16 October 1984 | last=Blackwell | first=Katie | url = https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071754746/432 | access-date=2019-05-02 | quote=The crowd attacked the bus that carried the Michigan Marching Band, breaking every window. }}</ref> In 1989, Jerry Luckhardt became the MMB's conductor.<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /> The MMB performed at the [[1981 Rose Bowl|1981]],<ref>{{cite AV media | title = NBC Coverage of the 1981 Rose Bowl | medium = Television | publisher = NBC | location = Pasadena | date = 1 January 1981 | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgZRjBF6rxM }}</ref> [[1983 Rose Bowl|1983]],<ref>{{cite web | last=Cobb | first=Adam | title = UCLA Band - Chapter 9 – 1982 to 1992 | website = uclaband.com | publisher = UCLA | date = January 17, 2017 | url = http://uclaband.com/history/detailed-history/chapter-09/ | access-date = May 3, 2019 | quote=1983 The Rose Bowl... Following the Michigan Band's performance at halftime... }}</ref> [[1987 Rose Bowl|1987]],<ref>{{cite AV media | people = Mike Powell / Allsport | date = January 1, 1987 | title = Michigan Band | medium = Photograph | url = https://www.gettyimages.co.jp/detail/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F/the-michigan-band-plays-during-their-15-22-loss-to-arizona-%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F/360994 | access-date = May 3, 2019 | format = JPG | location = Pasadena, CA | publisher = Getty Images | id = 360994 | quote =The Michigan band plays during their 15-22 loss to Arizona State at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. }}</ref> and [[1989 Rose Bowl|1989]] Rose Bowl<ref>{{Citation | title = The Victors | newspaper = The Michigan Daily | date = 5 January 1989 | pages = 3 | url = https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071754837/5 | access-date=2019-05-03 | quote=The drum section of the 225-member Michigan Marching Band warms up before marching in the Tournament of Roses Parade. }}</ref> games.
== Organization ==


=== Director ===
===1990–2019===
Dr. Gary Lewis became Director of the MMB in 1990.<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /> On November 20, 1992, the MMB appeared as musical guests on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television variety show, ''[[Live with Kelly and Ryan#1988–2000: Live with Regis and Kathie Lee|Live with Regis and Kathie Lee]]''.<ref name="DFP-LRKL">{{Citation | title = Detroit comes a-LIVE! for Regis and Kathie Lee | newspaper = Detroit Free Press | date = 21 November 1992 | pages = 34 | url = https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/99197685/ | access-date=2019-04-30 | quote=...Gifford entered the arena... with Philbin at her side and the marching band behind. }}</ref> Jeff Grogan directed the band for the 1995 season.<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /> Dr. Kevin Sedatole was appointed as Director of the MMB in 1996, with Grogan remaining as Assistant Director.<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /><ref>{{Citation | last=Nesbit | first=Joanne | title=Sedatole named Marching Band director; Grogan will assist | newspaper=The University Record | date=1996-03-19 | url=https://record.umich.edu/articles/sedatore-named-marching-band-director-grogan-will-assist/ | access-date=2019-05-06 | quote=Kevin Sedatole will assume the duties of director in July. Jeff Grogan, who has served the band as interim marching band director this past year, will become the assistant director. }}</ref> Dr. James Tapia was appointed as Director of the MMB in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://record.umich.edu/articles/michigan-native-tapia-returns-to-direct-marching-band/ |title=Michigan native Tapia returns to direct Marching Band |last=Nesbit .|first=Joanne |date=1999-09-07 |access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref> The band performed at the [[1990 Rose Bowl]].<ref name="CT-Bo">{{Citation | last=Verdi | first=Bob | title=BO'S LAST HURRAH NOTHING TO CHEER - Chicago Tribune | newspaper=Chicago Tribune | date=January 2, 1990 | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-01-02-9001010840-story.html | access-date=2019-05-01 | quote=Just as the Michigan marching band strikes up a preamble to impending victory... }}</ref>
Prof. Jamie L. Nix is the director of the Michigan Marching Band after spending time as the assistant director of the Texas Longhorn Band under former MMB director Dr. Kevin Sedatole. Before Prof. Nix was assistant director of the Texas Longhorn Band he was a Graduate Assistant to the MMB.


In 2001, Jamie L. Nix was hired as the 13th Director of the MMB.<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /> That same year, the MMB elected Karen England as its first female Drum Major.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.michigandaily.com/content/woman-front-england-makes-debut |title=Woman Up Front |last=Koivu |first=Lisa |date=2001-09-05 |website=michigandaily.com |publisher=The Michigan Daily |access-date=2019-03-07 |quote=LSA senior Karen England of Greenville made her debut as the band's first female drum major Saturday.}}</ref> On January 2, 2007, having performed at the [[2007 Rose Bowl|Rose Bowl]] the previous day,<ref name="Week">{{cite web |last1=Klarecki |first1=Carolyn |title=A week in the life of the Michigan Marching Band |url=https://www.michigandaily.com/content/week-life-michigan-marching-band |website=The Michigan Daily |date=22 October 2009 |publisher=The University of Michigan |access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref> the Michigan Marching Band attended the arrival of [[Gerald Ford|President Gerald Ford's]] body in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Memorial Services in the Congress of the United States and Tributes in Eulogy of Gerald R. Ford |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CDOC-110hdoc61/html/CDOC-110hdoc61.htm#:~:text=University%20of%20Michigan%20Marching%20Band%20(Ann%20Arbor%2C%20Michigan)%3A%0A%0A%60%60Ruffles%20and%20Flourishes%27%27%0A%0A%60%60Hail%20to%20the%20Chief%27%27%0A%0A21-Gun%20Salute%20(5%20second%20interval)%0A%0A%60%60The%20Yellow%20and%20Blue%27%27%0A%0A%60%60Hail%20to%20the%20Victors%27%27 |publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]] |date=May 22, 2007 |access-date=May 8, 2023 }}</ref> The MMB honored President Ford's funeral procession with somber performances of "[[Ruffles and flourishes|Ruffles and Flourishes]]," "[[Hail to the Chief]]," "[[The Yellow and Blue]]," and "[[The Victors]]."<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite AV media | title=UM Marching Band honors President Ford | medium=Video | publisher=C-Span | location=Grand Rapids, Michigan | date=2007-01-02 | url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4559260/um-marching-band-honors-president-ford }}</ref> Dr. [[Scott Boerma]] succeeded Nix as director of the band that same year.<ref>{{Citation | title=New Man on the Ladder {{pipe}} The Michigan Daily | newspaper=The Michigan Daily | date=2007-11-01 | last=Bambery | first=Zoe | url=https://www.michigandaily.com/content/new-man-ladder | access-date=2019-05-06 | quote=Nix left his post after last season to study for a doctoral degree at the University of Miami. }}</ref>
=== Assistant Director ===
G. Scott Bersaglia is the assistant director of the Michigan Marching Band. Mr. Bersaglia was formerly a Graduate Assistant to the Texas Longhorn Band.


In 2013, Dr. John Pasquale became Director of the MMB.<ref name="MDaily-Pasquale" /> He replaced [[Scott Boerma|Dr. Scott Boerma]], who announced his resignation as director following the 2013 [[Outback Bowl]] to take the position of Director of Bands at his alma mater, [[Western Michigan University]].<ref name="MDaily-Pasquale">{{cite web |url=https://www.michigandaily.com/article/01pasquale-announced-new-marching-band-director24/ |title=Marching Band Gets New Leader |last=Stoppelmann |first=Danielle |date=2013-01-23 |website=michigandaily.com |publisher=The Michigan Daily |access-date=2019-03-06 |quote=John Pasquale, assistant director of bands and associate director of marching and athletic bands, was named Wednesday as the next director of Michigan Marching and Athletics Bands, the Band announced on its Facebook page Wednesday. Pasquale will replace Scott Boerma, who resigned from the position on Jan. 8. to accept a position as director of bands at Western Michigan University, his alma mater.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://smtd.umich.edu/about/faculty-profiles/john-pasquale/ |title=John Pasquale {{pipe}} U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance |website=smtd.umich.edu |publisher=University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance |access-date=2019-05-06}}</ref> Dr. Andrea Brown was hired as the band's Associate Director, becoming the first female Associate Director at the [[University of Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.michigandaily.com/article/blog-dr-andrea-brown-hired-assistant-director-mmb |title=Andrea Brown to be assistant director of Marching and Athletic Bands |last=Shenouda |first=Stephanie |date=2013-04-23 |website=michigandaily.com |publisher=The Michigan Daily |access-date=2019-05-06 |quote=Brown is the first female in University history to be selected for this position...}}</ref> In 2015, the band collaborated with conductor [[Alan Gilbert (conductor)|Alan Gilbert]] and the brass section of the [[New York Philharmonic]] for a halftime performance consisting of 1,000 performers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2015/09/25/new-york-philharmonic-brass-section-to-play-halftime-show/72793904/ |title=New York Philharmonic Brass Section to Play Halftime Show |date=2015-09-25 |website=usatoday.com |publisher=USA Today |access-date=2021-02-05 |quote=The performance is at the Wolverines homecoming game against Northwestern on Oct. 10 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. Michigan announced Friday that New York Philharmonic music director Alan Gilbert will conduct the brass section during the show.}}</ref>
=== Instructors and Graduate Assistants ===


===2020–present===
Working directly under Prof. Nix are graduate assistants and instructors. Graduate students in the music school OR former members that are grad students are hired to help direct the MMB and also to oversee student staff positions. The MMB also has a color guard instructor and a percussion instructor.
The Michigan Marching Band announced an entirely virtual season for the 2020-2021 academic year in response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic|coronavirus pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The show must go on: Michigan Marching Band goes virtual {{!}} Arts & Culture|url=https://arts.umich.edu/news-features/the-show-must-go-on-michigan-marching-band-goes-virtual/|access-date=2021-09-12|website=arts.umich.edu}}</ref>


On September 11, 2021, for the 20th anniversary of the [[September 11 attacks|September 11 terrorist attacks]] on the United States, the Michigan Marching Band performed a tribute show entitled "We Remember," in conjunction with Durant Design.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Michigan Marching Band's illuminated 9/11 halftime tribute wows fans at Michigan Stadium {{!}} Arts & Culture|url=https://arts.umich.edu/news-features/michigan-marching-bands-illuminated-9-11-halftime-tribute-wows-fans-at-michigan-stadium/|access-date=2021-09-12|website=arts.umich.edu}}</ref> The show featured selections from [[John Williams]]' Summon the Heroes; [[West Side Story (1961 film)|West Side Story]]'s Mambo; [[Billy Joel]]'s New York State of Mind; [[Jay-Z]] and [[Alicia Keys]]' Empire State of Mind; [[Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton]]'s Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story; [[Woody Guthrie]]'s This Land is Your Land; and [[John Philip Sousa]]'s Stars & Stripes Forever.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-08|title=Michigan Marching Band commemorates 20th anniversary of 9/11 with 'most spectacular halftime show to date'|url=https://news.umich.edu/michigan-marching-band-commemorates-20th-anniversary-of-9-11-with-most-spectacular-halftime-show-to-date/|access-date=2021-09-12|website=University of Michigan News|language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Drum Major ===


===Past directors and drum majors===
The Michigan Marching Band has one drum major for the entire 350+ member ensemble Auditions are held in a two phase process. The first phase is held in front of the MMB staff. The second phase is held on the last day of classes for the winter term and the final vote is decided by the current members of the MMB.
[[File:Wilfred W Wilson.jpg|thumb|240px|Capt. Wilfred W. Wilson, director 1915–1926]]
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|-
! Year !! Past directors:<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /> !! Year !! Past drum majors:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.umbaa.org/about/history/drum-majors |title=Drum Majors |website=umbaa.org |publisher=University of Michigan Band Alumni Association |access-date=2019-03-07}}</ref>
|-
|1896
|Roy P. Warren<ref name="EncycSurvey3">{{Citation |last1=Shaw |first1=Wilfred Byron |title=The University of Michigan, an Encyclopedic Survey |volume=4 |page=1872 |year=1958 |archive-url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015082560684;view=1up;seq=535 |archive-date=2010-01-01 |chapter=Student Life and Organizations |chapter-url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/u/umsurvey/AAS3302.0004.001/1:3.2.23?rgn=div3;view=fulltext |place=Ann Arbor, MI |publisher=University of Michigan Press |language=English |quote=[Roy P.] Warren was elected director. |last2=Donelly |first2=Walter Arthur}}</ref>
|
|
|-
| 1897 || Lewellyn L. Renwick<ref name="MMB History">{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.michiganmarchingband.com/history |accessdate=22 April 2020 |website=MichiganMarchingBand.com |publisher=Michigan Marching Band}}</ref>|| 1897 || Fredrick Lawrence Travers
|-
|1900
|Allen Lynn Darr<ref name="MMB History" />
| rowspan="3" |1898-1912
| rowspan="3" |
|-
|1903-04
|William Hoffman<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |1906-14
| rowspan="2" |Eugene "Ike" Fisher<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" />
|-
| 1913-14 || [[George Olsen]]
|-
| 1914-15 || Herbert E. Richards<ref name="Centennial">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S0nlAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22herbert+richards%22+Michigan+band&pg=PT11 |title=The University of Michigan Bands Centennial Celebration 1897-1997 |date=1997 |publisher=The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance |location=Ann Arbor, Michigan |page=11 |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref>|| 1914-15 ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1915-26 || rowspan="5" | Captain Wilfred Wilson<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" />|| 1916-20 || Eugene A. Osius
|-
| 1921-22 || John P. Lawton
|-
| 1923-25 || Paul R. Sellards
|-
| 1924 || Robert V. Halsey
|-
| rowspan="3" |1925-27
| rowspan="3" |Gordon Packer
|-
|1926-27
|[[Norman J. Larson]]<ref name="UMFootball-1st100Years">{{cite book |title=M: University of Michigan Football: The First 100 Years, 1879-1979 |date=1979 |publisher=University of Michigan Football Centennial Committee |location=Ann Arbor, Michigan |page=87 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MgHiAAAAMAAJ&q=michigan+football+first+100+years |access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13536 Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Norman J. Larson]</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" |1927-36
| rowspan="4" |[[Nicholas Falcone]]<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /><ref name="Dobos-Berz" />
|-
|1928
|Joe Narrin, Roger Kenneth Becker
|-
| 1928-29 || Joe Narrin
|-
| rowspan="2" |1930-32
| rowspan="2" |Frank O. Riley
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1934-35 || rowspan="2" | Bernard Hirsch ("Acting Conductor")<ref name="Dobos-Berz" />
|-
| 1933-34 || Donald A. Strouse
|-
| rowspan="24" | 1935-71 || rowspan="24" | [[William D. Revelli]]<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" />|| 1935-36 || Robert W. Fox
|-
| 1936-37 || Frederick N. Wiest
|-
| 1937-38 || Robert W. Fox
|-
| 1939-40 || Gilbert Stevenson, John "Jack" Sherrill
|-
| 1940-41 || John "Jack" Sherrill
|-
| 1941-42 || Lynn Stedman
|-
| 1942-43 || Lynn Stedman, Pat McNaughton
|-
| 1943-44 || Lynn Stedman
|-
| 1944-45 || Douglas Clark
|-
| 1945-46 || Douglas Clark, John Harold Packer
|-
| 1946-47 || Lynn Stedman
|-
| 1947-48 || Noah Knepper
|-
| 1948-49 || Fred Briedenbach
|-
| 1950-52 || Dick Smith
|-
| 1953-54 || Floyd Zarbock
|-
| 1954-55 || Vic Walton, Gurdon "Champ" Patton
|-
| 1955-57 || Gurdon "Champ" Patton
|-
| 1958-59 || Gary Kocher
|-
| 1960-64 || Bill McCann
|-
| 1965-66 || Dave Smith, Lynn Cooper
|-
| 1966-67 || Dave Smith, Dick Follett
|-
| 1967-68 || Dick Follett
|-
| 1969-70 || Dave Smith, Mark Brown
|-
| rowspan="2" |1970-71
| rowspan="2" |Mark Brown
|-
| rowspan="4" |1971-79
| rowspan="4" |[[George R. Cavender]]<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" />
|-
| 1972-74 || Albert Ahronheim
|-
| 1975–77 || Jeff Wilkins
|-
| rowspan="3" |1978–80
| rowspan="3" |Guy Bordo
|-
|1979-80
|Glenn Richter<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" />
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1980-1989 || rowspan="6" | Eric A. Becher<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" />
|-
| 1981–83 || Steve Roberts
|-
| 1984–85 || Andy Purvis
|-
| 1986-87 || Kevin Ross
|-
| 1987-88 || Andy Purvis
|-
|1988-89
|Jeff Stokes
|-
| 1989-90 || Jerry Luckhardt<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" />|| 1989-90 || Jeff Stokes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1990-95 || rowspan="3" | Gary J. Lewis<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" />|| 1990–91 || Rodney Weir
|-
| 1992-93 || Greg Macklem
|-
| 1993–94 || Matthew Pickus
|-
| 1995-96 || Jeff Grogan<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" />|| 1995-96 || Jason Wuellner
|-
| 1996-99 || Kevin L. Sedatole<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" />|| 1996–98 || Ramon Johnson
|-
| rowspan="2" |1999-2001
| rowspan="2" |James R. Tapia<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" />
|1999–2000
|Gregg Whitmore
|-
| rowspan="2" |2001-02
| rowspan="2" |Karen England
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2001-06 || rowspan="4" | Jamie L. Nix<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" />
|-
| 2002–03 || Matt Cavanaugh
|-
| 2004–05 || Dennis Lee
|-
| 2006-07 || Iden Baghdadchi
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2007-12 || rowspan="3" | [[Scott Boerma]]<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /> || 2007–08 || Cody Martin
|-
| 2009–10 || David Hines, Jr.
|-
| 2011–12 || Jeffrey McMahon
|-
| rowspan="9" | 2013- || rowspan="9" | John Pasquale<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /> || 2013–14 || Jeff Okala
|-
| 2015-16 || Matthew Cloutier
|-
| 2016-17 || McKenna Thayer
|-
| 2017-18 || Kevin Zhang
|-
| 2018–20 || Kelly Bertoni
|-
| 2020–22 || Walter Aguilar
|-
| 2022–23 || Rachel Zhang
|-
| 2023–24 || Blake Brdak
|-
| 2024– || Christian Nunez
|}


=== Section Leaders ===
== Discography ==
=== Albums ===
* ''HAIL'' (2024)<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=HAIL |year=2024}}</ref>
* ''Forever Valiant'' (2017)<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Forever Valiant |year=2017}}</ref>
*''This is Michigan'' (2012)<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=This is Michigan |others=[[Scott Boerma]], Director |year=2012}}</ref>
* ''2008 Season Highlights'' (2009)<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=2008 Season Highlights |year=2009 |publisher=Regents Of The University Of Michigan |id=UMMBCDSPS }}</ref>
* ''Gameday Faves: Michigan Wolverines Classics'' (2009)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gameday Faves: Michigan Wolverines Classics |url=https://www.amazon.com/Gameday-Faves-Michigan-Wolverines-Classics/dp/B002VBVHYE/ |website=Amazon.com |publisher=2Thumbz Entertainment |access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref>
*''The Maize Album'' (2009)<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Maize Album |others=[[Scott Boerma]], Director |year=2009}}</ref>
*''The Blue Album'' (2008)<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Blue Album |others=Jamie L. Nix, Director |year=2008}}</ref>
* ''2005 Season Highlights'' (2005)<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=2005 Season Highlights |year=2005}}</ref>
* ''The Victors Valiant'' (2003)<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Victors Valiant |others=Jamie L. Nix, Director |year=2003}}</ref>
* ''2002 Season Highlights'' (2002)<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=2002 Season Highlights}}</ref>
* ''It's All About Blue'' (2000)<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /><ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=It's All About Blue |others=Dr. James R. Tapia, Director |year=2000}}</ref>
* ''Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue'' (1998)<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /><ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue |others=Kevin L. Sedatole, Director |year=1998 |publisher=Regents Of The University Of Michigan |id=UMMBCD006}}</ref>
* ''A Saturday Tradition'' (1993)<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /><ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=A Saturday Tradition |year=1993 |publisher=Regents Of The University Of Michigan |id=UMMBCD001}}</ref>
* ''Fire Up... It's Saturday'' (1985)<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /><ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Fire Up... It's Saturday |others=Eric A. Becher, Conductor |year=1985 |publisher=The University Of Michigan Marching Band }}</ref>
* ''1983 Rose Bowl Highlights'' (1983)<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=1983 Rose Bowl Highlights |publisher=Mark Custom Recording Service |id=PC 23719}}</ref>
* ''Halftime Classics'' (1978)<ref name="BHL-Band-Records" /><ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Halftime Classics |others=George R. Cavender, Conductor |year=1978 |publisher=University of Michigan School of Music |id=SM0008}}</ref>
* ''"Revelli's Michigan Stadium Echoes" 1935 &mdash; 1971'' (Unknown date after 1970)<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Revelli's Michigan Stadium Echoes" 1935 &mdash; 1971 |others=[[William Revelli|William D. Revelli, Director]] |publisher=The University Of Michigan |id=CA-RM 111484}}</ref>
* ''MICHIGAN'' (1972)<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=MICHIGAN |others=George Cavender-Director |year=1972 |publisher=Five Star Records |id=FSRS-3302 }}</ref>
* ''The Yellow And Blue / The Victors-March'' (1926)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QoEJAQAAMAAJ&q=%22In+December+of+1925%2C+the+Michigan+%22Varsity%22+Band+traveled+to+Detroit+to+record+Varsity%2C+Victors%2C+and+The+Yellow+and+Blue.%22&pg=PT633|title=School of Music, Theatre & Dance Programs|website=books.google.com|year=1996|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-08 | quote=In December of 1925, the Michigan "Varsity" Band traveled to Detroit to record Varsity, Victors, and The Yellow and Blue.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Yellow And Blue / The Victors-March |others=Wilfred Wilson, Director |year=1926 |publisher=Victor Talking Machine Co. |id=19971 |location=Camden, NJ }}</ref>


=== Other album appearances ===
Section leaders are the head of their section and are responsible for the music performance. They hold weekly music rehearsals for their section. Section leaders are determined by the staff and generally announced at the 'Spring Meeting,' traditionally held on the last day of Winter semester.
* Various Artists: ''Gameday Faves: Classic College Fight Songs (Volume 2)'': "The Victors - Michigan Wolverines (Live)" (2008)<ref name="Gameday Faves 2">{{cite web |title=Gameday Faves: Classic College Fight Songs (Volume 2) |url=https://www.amazon.com/Gameday-Faves-Classic-College-Fight/dp/B002OUTGAO/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Gameday+Faves%3A+Classic+College+Fight+Songs+%28Volume+2%29&qid=1587182092&sr=8-1 |website=Amazon |access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref>
* [[Destiny's Child]]: ''[[Destiny Fulfilled]]'': "[[Lose My Breath]]," drum cadence sample (2004)<ref name="Destiny">{{cite web|url=http://www.michigandaily.com/content/free-samples|title=Free Samples|work=[[The Michigan Daily]]|publisher=[[University of Michigan]]|date=2006-11-30|access-date=2013-01-26}}</ref>


=== Rank Leaders ===
== Filmography ==
=== Documentaries ===
* ''Take The Field'' (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|title="Take The Field" Documentary Series Renewed|url=http://www.collegemarching.com/content/take-the-field-documentary-series-renewed|access-date=2021-09-12|website=College Marching Bands|language=english}}</ref>
*''The Band Director'' (1973)<ref>{{Citation | title = "The Band Director" Wins Two Awards | journal = Music at Michigan | volume = 9 | issue = 1 | pages = 1 | publisher = The University of Michigan School of Music | location = Ann Arbor | date = July 1975 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7nQJAQAAMAAJ&q=%22The+Band+Director%22&pg=RA1-PA11}}</ref>
* ''Marching For Roses'' (1971)<ref>{{Citation | title = Educational film/video locator of the Consortium of University Film Centers and R.R. Bowker | volume=2 | date = 1986 | pages = 1953 | isbn=9780835221818 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tn4OAQAAMAAJ&q=%22rose+bowl%22+1979+%22michigan+Marching+Band%22
| access-date=2019-05-01 | quote=Documents the University of Michigan Marching Band in its various stages of preparation for the 1970 Rose Bowl performance in Pasadena... }}</ref>
* ''Pow Pow'' (1960)<ref>{{Citation | title = Two Film Shows Set In Center Series | newspaper = The National Jewish POST and OPINION | date = 15 November 1963 | pages = 2 | url = https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=JPOST19631115-01.1.2&srpos=2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-%22pow+pow%22------
| access-date=2024-04-13 | quote="Pow Pow" produced in 1960 is a lark, through the rain, with telephoto lens, dissecting the University of Michigan marching band. The band's purposefulness, high seriousness, and utter dedication are shown as never before. }}</ref>
* ''Here Comes the Band'' (1951)<ref>{{cite book |date=1952 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series |publisher=[[United States Copyright Office]] |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FS4hAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Here+Comes+the+Band%22&pg=RA2-PA18 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-30 |quote=Summary: A behind-the-scene story which shows the practice and drilling required to train the University of Michigan's 150-men marching band for their performance at each football game.}}</ref>


=== Soundtrack contributions ===
Rank Leaders are in charge of marching position and style of 10 members on the field. They are given full drill charts to ensure that their rank members are in formation. To save paper regular members are given coordinate sheets to give their position on the field by numbers rather than graphically. Rank Leaders are voted on at the end band week by staff.
* ''Love, Simon'': "Bad Romance," "What Is Love" (2018)<ref name="IMDbSountracks">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1681451/|title=University of Michigan Marching Band - IMDb|website=imdb.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref>
* ''Deliver Us from Eva'': "The Victors" (2003)<ref name="IMDbSountracks"/>
* ''Bicentennial Man'': "The Washington Post" (1999)<ref name="IMDbSountracks"/>
* ''The Waterboy'': "Entry Cadence," "Temptation," "Hawaiian War Chant" (1998)<ref name="IMDbSountracks"/>
* ''The Sixth Man'': "Let's Go Blue" (1997)<ref name="IMDbSountracks"/>


==References==
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== Traditions ==
==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.michiganmarchingband.com}}


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=== Saturday Morning Rehearsal ===
The MMB practices on Elbel field before every home game. Generally this practice begins at 8:00am for a noon kick-off. The MMB will begin the rehearsal with music warm-ups and then a review of the halftime music. The band will then rehearse the transition elements of the pre-game performance. Following the pre-game rehearsal then the band will review the drill for their halftime performance. Music is either sung or played at "half volume" during this portion of the rehearsal.


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=== Step Show ===
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The Drum Line will perform on the steps of Revelli Hall about an hour and a half before kick off. They run through a couple warm ups, a couple of pieces arranged for the MMB Drum Line, the parade cadence series and close with Temptation and Hawaiian War Chant.
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=== March to the Stadium ===
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Following the step show the MMB lines up on the steps of Revelli Hall for inspection by the drum major before stepping off to the stadium. Once this is complete the band will then begin parading to the stadium by moving out onto Hoover Street. The band parades down Hoover Street, turning left onto Greene Street and then into the Michigan Stadium parking lot. The band stops at a point where a tree used to be planted and will perform a specialized version of [[The Victors]]. This specialized version is shortened for timing reasons. The band then progresses to the mouth of the tunnel of Michigan Stadium. They then make a right face and play Let's Go Blue and the trio of [[The Victors]].

=== Pregame ===
The band will arrange themselves in the tunnel to Michigan Stadium for the start of the pregame performance. These are called Entry Lines. The drum major will then proceed to the lower mouth of the tunnel signaling to the stadium announcer that the band is ready. The Michigan Stadium and MMB announcer, Carl Grapentine, will then begin the pregame performance with "Ladies and Gentlemen, presenting the 235 member, Michigan Marching band. Band take the field."

==== Entries ====
The band will then enter the field to the Entry Cadence at 200+bpm. The band "pours out" of the tunnel in entry lines and then these lines fold out into the "solid block M."

==== M Fanfare ====
From the "sold block M" formation the MMB plays the M Fanfare. The M Fanfare is composed of portions of [[The Victors]] and Varsity.

===== Back bend =====
At the climax of the M Fanfare the drum major performs their signature move. They move from the middle of the band to the 20 yard line. They then turn to face the south end zone and bend over backwards to touch the plume (feather) in their hat to the ground. Due to greater flexibility and lack of control it has become the top of the hat. Recently the drum majors have started the tradition of removing their hat and touching their head to the ground instead. This started after a drum major fell during their first pre-game performance. They returned the following week, removed their hat and touched their head to the ground.

==== The Victors ====
During the pre-game performance, the MMB plays a specialized version of [[The Victors]]. This version is shortened and has an added drum transition for the band to change formations from "sweep lines" to the "hollow block M." The band marches in "sweep lines" from the middle of the field to the North end zone, transitions into the "hollow block M" and marches to the south end zone.

===== The Goal Post Toss =====
During the Victors the drum major struts down to the north end zone goal posts and tosses his/her mace over the cross bar. Superstition says that if the mace is dropped, the football team will lose the game.

===== The High step =====
During The Victor's break strain the MMB performs their high step. This is done for 16 counts at half tempo. The "post leg" is to remain perpendicular to the ground while the free leg is to make a right angle with the shin being perpendicular to the ground and an extreme downward toe point.

==== Visitors Fight Song ====
Immediately following [[The Victors]] the MMB will play the visitor's fight song to the south end zone. This is a strong tradition between all [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] marching bands.

==== Varsity ====
Following the visitor's fight song the band will transition into the school's second fight song entitled "Varsity". The band forms "sweep lines" and marches it back to the middle of the field to form another "solid block M."

==== Blues Brothers ====
One game a year, generally a game without a visiting band, the MMB performs a crowd favorite "You Can't Turn Me Loose." The band forms concentric circles on the field and during a vamp collapses the circles into what is commonly referred to as "the cake." The entire 235 member band fits in between the 45 yard lines. Once this is complete the band will scramble back to their "solid bock M" positions.

==== Let's Go Blue & Team Entrance ====
Once Varsity is finished the band will split the M to allow room for the "Go Blue" banner to be raised for the team's entrance. Time permitting the band will play Let's Go Blue to the West, South, East, and North sides of Michigan Stadium. It has been argued that either Michigan or Wisconsin Hockey Bands penned this famous tune, but the version played by the MMB is unique. Once Let's Go Blue is finished the team will run onto the field as the band plays the trio to [[The Victors]].

==== The Star Spangled Banner ====
Since September 22nd, 2001 the team has been on the field for the playing of the Star Spangled Banner. The band will then collapse the split M back to the "solid block M." Following the playing of the Star Spangled Banner the marching band will to the North end zone while playing the trio to [[The Victors]] and once finished will march the Entry Cadence off the field.

=== Post Game ===
After every home game the band will return to the field and perform [[The Victors]] as written, or in its entirety. They will also play selections of the half time performance. The performance will close with Temptation, The Hawaiian War Chant, [[The Yellow and Blue]], [[The Victors]] (trio), and the Entry Cadence.

==== Temptation & The Hawaiian War Chant ====
Temptation and The Hawaiian War Chant are percussion features that have been played by the MMB for years. The cymbol line is highly featured with their acrobatic routine.

=== Bowl Trips ===
A favorite tradition in the band is traveling somewhere warm during the bowl season. The band holds another audition ("Final Look") to decide which of the current members will make the bowl trip.

== Fun Facts ==
* The MMB first formed a script Ohio in 1932 similar to the Script Ohio which The Ohio State Marching Band has now made famous.
* The MMB was the first receipent of the [[Marching_Band#The_Sudler_Trophy|Sudler Trophy]].

== External Links ==
*[http://mmb.music.umich.edu/ Michigan Marching Band official website]

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Michigan Marching Band
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SchoolUniversity of Michigan
LocationAnn Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
ConferenceBig Ten
Founded1896; 128 years ago (1896)
DirectorJohn Pasquale
Assistant DirectorRichard Frey
Members400
Practice fieldElbel Field
Fight song"The Victors"
Uniform
Websitehttps://michiganmarchingband.com/

The Michigan Marching Band (also known as the University of Michigan Marching Band or the MMB) is the official marching band of the University of Michigan.[1] The band performs at all Michigan Wolverines football home games, select away games, and numerous concerts, pep rallies, and parades.[2] A student musical ensemble,[3] the MMB evolved from the original Michigan Band of twenty-two players in 1896 to today's band of over 400 members.[4][5]

Michigan Marching Band on September 26, 2015

History

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Pre-1900

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Though there is evidence of one or more bands formed at the University of Michigan between 1844 and 1859,[6] there is no continuous link between those early groups and the organization of a 22-member university band by Harry dePont on November 13, 1896.[7] At the start, the dePont-organized band received no financial support from the university.[8] The band's first performance was for the Law School's observance of Washington's Birthday on February 22, 1897.[7] University president James Burrill Angell granted dePont's request for rehearsal space in Room A of University Hall, and by 1898 the band was being referred to as the "University of Michigan Band" and performed at football games.[9]

1900–1929

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The ensemble disbanded in early 1903, but reunited that fall. Eugene J. Fischer became the band's conductor with the start of the 1906 season.[8] During Wilfred Wilson's subsequent tenure as director, membership in the band grew to nearly 100 musicians and the university allocated permanent space for the band's use in Morris Hall. Nicholas Falcone was appointed as conductor in 1927.[8] The band became an adjunct part of the university in 1929.[8]

The 1920 Michigan Marching Band from the Michiganensian yearbook 1921.
Michigan Marching Band performs Yellow and Blue at halftime of the Chicago game, 1920

1930–1949

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During the Michigan–Ohio State football game in 1932, the MMB first performed a "script Ohio" formation. That field formation was subsequently embellished by the Ohio State University Marching Band, which continues to perform a similar field routine today.[10] The band performed at the Century of Progress exhibition in Chicago in October 1933.[11]

On August 26, 1935, while Bernard Hirsch was serving as Acting Conductor during Nicholas Falcone's medical leave due to hearing loss, the university offered Falcone's position to William D. Revelli, who accepted.[12] By 1942, the band had been "voted 'All-American Band' by the nation's sportswriters" for two consecutive years.[13] The band was able to continue performing during the years of World War II.[8] The band's home was relocated to Harris Hall in 1946.[8]

1950–1969

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Life featured the band's New York City performance in its October 30, 1950, edition that included an Alfred Eisenstadt photograph of children marching behind drum major Dick Smith.[14] During Homecoming Weekend in November 1950, sixty-five former Michigan bandsmen attended a reunion which resulted in the formation of the University of Michigan Band Alumni Association.[8] In 1953, the Alumni Band began to join the regular band playing and marching at the Homecoming pre-game and halftime shows.[15] George R. Cavender was appointed as Assistant Director of Bands for the University of Michigan in 1952.[16] The band was featured on a color broadcast of the "Today Show" with host Dave Garroway in October 1955.[17] The MMB performed in the so-called "Snow Bowl" game against Ohio State in late November,[18] and later traveled by train[19] to perform in the 1951 Rose Bowl.[20]

Starting in 1961, the Symphony Band recorded several music albums released by Vanguard Records that were credited to "University of Michigan Band." These albums documented the continued, functional specialization of the various ensembles comprising the Michigan Bands at that time. The Varsity Band played at basketball games and campus affairs. The Symphony Band performed in more traditional concert settings. The Marching Band performed at football games.[6][21] The band received new uniforms, percussion equipment, and fiberglass sousaphones in 1962.[22] The annual Band-O-Rama concert was first held in November 1964.[23] The band performed its "Peace Show" at the nationally televised Michigan-Ohio State football game in 1969.[24] The MMB also performed at the 1970 Rose Bowl following the 1969 season.[25]

1970–1989

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In 1970, Carl Grapentine was appointed the band announcer, becoming the "Voice of the Michigan Bands" (and, since 2006, the "Voice of Michigan Stadium").[26][27] The performance block had grown to 210 members.[25] Dr. Revelli retired from the band in the summer of 1971 and was succeeded by Cavender. Women were allowed to join the marching band starting in 1972.[28] The MMB performed as part of the halftime show at 1973's Super Bowl VII, collaborating with Woody Herman and Andy Williams.[29] A new facility, named Revelli Hall, was built to house the marching band.[8] The MMB's practice field formally known as Wines Field was renamed Elbel Field.[30] Cavender retired in 1979 and was succeeded by Glenn Richter.[8] The MMB performed at the 1972,[31] 1977,[32] 1978,[33] and 1979 Rose Bowl games, as well as at the 1976 Orange Bowl game.[34] The 1978 Rose Bowl performance featured the first public performance of the John Williams' musical score to the movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind.[35]

Eric Becher succeeded Richter as the MMB's conductor in 1980.[8] The band appeared on the television special, A Bob Hope Celebration on October 22, 1981.[36] In 1982, the MMB performed in Super Bowl XVI[37] and was selected as the inaugural winner of the Sudler Trophy.[38] The MMB also performed at the final game of the 1984 World Series[39] in Tiger Stadium[40] and survived a mob attack in the riot that followed.[41] In 1989, Jerry Luckhardt became the MMB's conductor.[8] The MMB performed at the 1981,[42] 1983,[43] 1987,[44] and 1989 Rose Bowl[45] games.

1990–2019

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Dr. Gary Lewis became Director of the MMB in 1990.[8] On November 20, 1992, the MMB appeared as musical guests on the ABC television variety show, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee.[46] Jeff Grogan directed the band for the 1995 season.[8] Dr. Kevin Sedatole was appointed as Director of the MMB in 1996, with Grogan remaining as Assistant Director.[8][47] Dr. James Tapia was appointed as Director of the MMB in 1999.[48] The band performed at the 1990 Rose Bowl.[49]

In 2001, Jamie L. Nix was hired as the 13th Director of the MMB.[8] That same year, the MMB elected Karen England as its first female Drum Major.[50] On January 2, 2007, having performed at the Rose Bowl the previous day,[51] the Michigan Marching Band attended the arrival of President Gerald Ford's body in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[52] The MMB honored President Ford's funeral procession with somber performances of "Ruffles and Flourishes," "Hail to the Chief," "The Yellow and Blue," and "The Victors."[52][53] Dr. Scott Boerma succeeded Nix as director of the band that same year.[54]

In 2013, Dr. John Pasquale became Director of the MMB.[55] He replaced Dr. Scott Boerma, who announced his resignation as director following the 2013 Outback Bowl to take the position of Director of Bands at his alma mater, Western Michigan University.[55][56] Dr. Andrea Brown was hired as the band's Associate Director, becoming the first female Associate Director at the University of Michigan.[57] In 2015, the band collaborated with conductor Alan Gilbert and the brass section of the New York Philharmonic for a halftime performance consisting of 1,000 performers.[58]

2020–present

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The Michigan Marching Band announced an entirely virtual season for the 2020-2021 academic year in response to the coronavirus pandemic.[59]

On September 11, 2021, for the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, the Michigan Marching Band performed a tribute show entitled "We Remember," in conjunction with Durant Design.[60] The show featured selections from John Williams' Summon the Heroes; West Side Story's Mambo; Billy Joel's New York State of Mind; Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' Empire State of Mind; Hamilton's Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story; Woody Guthrie's This Land is Your Land; and John Philip Sousa's Stars & Stripes Forever.[61]

Past directors and drum majors

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Capt. Wilfred W. Wilson, director 1915–1926
Year Past directors:[8] Year Past drum majors:[62]
1896 Roy P. Warren[63]
1897 Lewellyn L. Renwick[64] 1897 Fredrick Lawrence Travers
1900 Allen Lynn Darr[64] 1898-1912
1903-04 William Hoffman[8]
1906-14 Eugene "Ike" Fisher[8]
1913-14 George Olsen
1914-15 Herbert E. Richards[65] 1914-15
1915-26 Captain Wilfred Wilson[8] 1916-20 Eugene A. Osius
1921-22 John P. Lawton
1923-25 Paul R. Sellards
1924 Robert V. Halsey
1925-27 Gordon Packer
1926-27 Norman J. Larson[66][67]
1927-36 Nicholas Falcone[8][12]
1928 Joe Narrin, Roger Kenneth Becker
1928-29 Joe Narrin
1930-32 Frank O. Riley
1934-35 Bernard Hirsch ("Acting Conductor")[12]
1933-34 Donald A. Strouse
1935-71 William D. Revelli[8] 1935-36 Robert W. Fox
1936-37 Frederick N. Wiest
1937-38 Robert W. Fox
1939-40 Gilbert Stevenson, John "Jack" Sherrill
1940-41 John "Jack" Sherrill
1941-42 Lynn Stedman
1942-43 Lynn Stedman, Pat McNaughton
1943-44 Lynn Stedman
1944-45 Douglas Clark
1945-46 Douglas Clark, John Harold Packer
1946-47 Lynn Stedman
1947-48 Noah Knepper
1948-49 Fred Briedenbach
1950-52 Dick Smith
1953-54 Floyd Zarbock
1954-55 Vic Walton, Gurdon "Champ" Patton
1955-57 Gurdon "Champ" Patton
1958-59 Gary Kocher
1960-64 Bill McCann
1965-66 Dave Smith, Lynn Cooper
1966-67 Dave Smith, Dick Follett
1967-68 Dick Follett
1969-70 Dave Smith, Mark Brown
1970-71 Mark Brown
1971-79 George R. Cavender[8]
1972-74 Albert Ahronheim
1975–77 Jeff Wilkins
1978–80 Guy Bordo
1979-80 Glenn Richter[8]
1980-1989 Eric A. Becher[8]
1981–83 Steve Roberts
1984–85 Andy Purvis
1986-87 Kevin Ross
1987-88 Andy Purvis
1988-89 Jeff Stokes
1989-90 Jerry Luckhardt[8] 1989-90 Jeff Stokes
1990-95 Gary J. Lewis[8] 1990–91 Rodney Weir
1992-93 Greg Macklem
1993–94 Matthew Pickus
1995-96 Jeff Grogan[8] 1995-96 Jason Wuellner
1996-99 Kevin L. Sedatole[8] 1996–98 Ramon Johnson
1999-2001 James R. Tapia[8] 1999–2000 Gregg Whitmore
2001-02 Karen England
2001-06 Jamie L. Nix[8]
2002–03 Matt Cavanaugh
2004–05 Dennis Lee
2006-07 Iden Baghdadchi
2007-12 Scott Boerma[8] 2007–08 Cody Martin
2009–10 David Hines, Jr.
2011–12 Jeffrey McMahon
2013- John Pasquale[8] 2013–14 Jeff Okala
2015-16 Matthew Cloutier
2016-17 McKenna Thayer
2017-18 Kevin Zhang
2018–20 Kelly Bertoni
2020–22 Walter Aguilar
2022–23 Rachel Zhang
2023–24 Blake Brdak
2024– Christian Nunez

Discography

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Albums

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  • HAIL (2024)[68]
  • Forever Valiant (2017)[69]
  • This is Michigan (2012)[70]
  • 2008 Season Highlights (2009)[71]
  • Gameday Faves: Michigan Wolverines Classics (2009)[72]
  • The Maize Album (2009)[73]
  • The Blue Album (2008)[74]
  • 2005 Season Highlights (2005)[75]
  • The Victors Valiant (2003)[76]
  • 2002 Season Highlights (2002)[77]
  • It's All About Blue (2000)[8][78]
  • Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue (1998)[8][79]
  • A Saturday Tradition (1993)[8][80]
  • Fire Up... It's Saturday (1985)[8][81]
  • 1983 Rose Bowl Highlights (1983)[82]
  • Halftime Classics (1978)[8][83]
  • "Revelli's Michigan Stadium Echoes" 1935 — 1971 (Unknown date after 1970)[84]
  • MICHIGAN (1972)[85]
  • The Yellow And Blue / The Victors-March (1926)[86][87]

Other album appearances

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Filmography

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Documentaries

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  • Take The Field (2019)[90]
  • The Band Director (1973)[91]
  • Marching For Roses (1971)[92]
  • Pow Pow (1960)[93]
  • Here Comes the Band (1951)[94]

Soundtrack contributions

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  • Love, Simon: "Bad Romance," "What Is Love" (2018)[95]
  • Deliver Us from Eva: "The Victors" (2003)[95]
  • Bicentennial Man: "The Washington Post" (1999)[95]
  • The Waterboy: "Entry Cadence," "Temptation," "Hawaiian War Chant" (1998)[95]
  • The Sixth Man: "Let's Go Blue" (1997)[95]

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