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 When it ceased to be a marching band, the band turned to more serious music by expanding its yearly program to include three major concerts, as well as playing at all home [[men's basketball:]] games and other special functions. Band literature courses were introduced for Fine Arts credit in 1967, which helped to improve the musicianship of band members.  In the same year, a Cooperative Exchange Program between Marquette University and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music allowed students of one campus to take courses at the other. When the university's Carillon was constructed in 1967, Geisheker studied in Chicago to become the university's carillonneur, a position he held until his death in 1998. In recent years, the band's most visible function is providing energy and excitement at basketball games. Labeled the "sixth man of the team" by [[men's basketball:Al McGuire]], the band has been to numerous post-season tournaments. Coach [[men's basketball:Tom Crean]] has been quoted saying "this band is clearly a major part of the best college basketball atmosphere in the country".\\  When it ceased to be a marching band, the band turned to more serious music by expanding its yearly program to include three major concerts, as well as playing at all home [[men's basketball:]] games and other special functions. Band literature courses were introduced for Fine Arts credit in 1967, which helped to improve the musicianship of band members.  In the same year, a Cooperative Exchange Program between Marquette University and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music allowed students of one campus to take courses at the other. When the university's Carillon was constructed in 1967, Geisheker studied in Chicago to become the university's carillonneur, a position he held until his death in 1998. In recent years, the band's most visible function is providing energy and excitement at basketball games. Labeled the "sixth man of the team" by [[men's basketball:Al McGuire]], the band has been to numerous post-season tournaments. Coach [[men's basketball:Tom Crean]] has been quoted saying "this band is clearly a major part of the best college basketball atmosphere in the country".\\ 
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 The band includes many smaller ensembles for members who enjoy other styles of music and wish to sharpen their skills, including the Marquette Jazz Ensemble, which began in the mid-1920s as the "Music Masters." In 1967, the university hired Nicholas J. Contorno to direct the stage band, which became known as the Marquette University Jazz Ensemble. This group plays at all of the symphonic band's concerts, while also performing shows of its own and sponsoring a Jazz Invitational for local high schools. Contorno assumed directorship of the band in 1983 and retired in the spring of 2006.\\  The band includes many smaller ensembles for members who enjoy other styles of music and wish to sharpen their skills, including the Marquette Jazz Ensemble, which began in the mid-1920s as the "Music Masters." In 1967, the university hired Nicholas J. Contorno to direct the stage band, which became known as the Marquette University Jazz Ensemble. This group plays at all of the symphonic band's concerts, while also performing shows of its own and sponsoring a Jazz Invitational for local high schools. Contorno assumed directorship of the band in 1983 and retired in the spring of 2006.\\ 
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 +===== Bands Through the Years =====
 +2000s: [[2000]] | [[2001]] | [[2002]] | [[2003]] | [[2004]] | [[2005]] | [[2006]] | [[2007]] | [[2008]] | [[2009]] \\
 +1990s: [[1990]] | [[1991]] | [[1992]] | [[1993]] | [[1994]] | [[1995]] | [[1996]] | [[1997]] | [[1998]] | [[1999]]\\
 +1980s: [[1980]] | [[1981]] | [[1982]] | [[1983]] | [[1984]] | [[1985]] | [[1986]] | [[1987]] | [[1988]] | [[1989]] \\
 +1970s: [[1970]] | [[1971]] | [[1972]] | [[1973]] | [[1974]] | [[1975]] | [[1976]] | [[1977]] | [[1978]] | [[1979]] \\
 +1960s: [[1960]] | [[1961]] | [[1962]] | [[1963]] | [[1964]] | [[1965]] | [[1966]] | [[1967]] | [[1968]] | [[1969]] \\
 +1950s: [[1950]] | [[1951]] | [[1952]] | [[1953]] | [[1954]] | [[1955]] | [[1956]] | [[1957]] | [[1958]] | [[1959]] \\
  
 ===== Trivia ===== ===== Trivia =====
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 | 2007-present | Erik Janners | | 2007-present | Erik Janners |
 | 2006-2007 | Otis French | | 2006-2007 | Otis French |
-| 1983-2006    | Nicholas J. Contorno | +| 1983-2006    | [[Nicholas J. Contorno]] | 
-| 1942-1983    | William J. Geisheker |+| 1942-1983    | [[William J. Geisheker]] |
 | 1939-1942    | John Leicht, Jr. | | 1939-1942    | John Leicht, Jr. |
 | Spring 1939  | Louis LeMieux | | Spring 1939  | Louis LeMieux |
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