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- | ====== The Marquette Band ====== | ||
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- | In 1930, the College of Music closed. The band was reorganized the following year and continued without benefit of affiliation with an academic program. It resumed touring, performing at University of Wisconsin-Madison football games and in the Great Hall of the Century of the World' | ||
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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' | ||
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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." | ||
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- | ===== Trivia ===== | ||
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- | On December 6, 2006 Jim Macilvaine played drums with the band for the entire Marquette vs. Delaware State game thus becoming the tallest drummer in MU history. | ||
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- | ===== Band Directors ===== | ||
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- | | 2006-present | Otis French | | ||
- | | 1983-2006 | ||
- | | 1942-1983 | ||
- | | 1939-1942 | ||
- | | Spring 1939 | Louis LeMieux | | ||
- | | 1935-1939 | ||
- | | 1933-1935 | ||
- | | 1932-1933 | ||
- | | 1931-1932 | ||
- | | 1929-1930 | ||
- | | 1925-1929 | ||
- | | 1924-1925 | ||
- | | 1916? | ||
- | | 1882? |