The FAMU Marching 100's first female head drum major has performed on many stages before, but the 2026 Oscars is the latest one added to her list.

A tall, slim man walks down the long hallway in the Isaac Greggs Band Hall at Southern University. He seems shy and quiet. He enters from a single set of doors that separate the music monstrosity ...

For Women's History Month, we talk to Kelly Ballard, who in 2005 went from playing piccolo to leading the Pride of the Southland Band on the field.

Outside O. Perry Walker Senior High School on the West Bank, drum major Ryanell Antoine is flexing, kicking and twirling. It looks effortless, even when he bends back from the waist until his chest is ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Marching bands across the state are ready to hit (hopefully) all the right notes starting tonight as the 2024 season gets underway. In Section III, East Syracuse Minoa gets things ...

Ellie Sheehan has aspired to be the Penn State Blue Band drum major since she was a child. This year, she achieved that dream and led the more than 300-member band as the first woman to hold the ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Four students representing Mississippi and Alabama will lead Mississippi State’s Famous Maroon Band as drum majors during the 2025-26 academic year. The 400-plus members of the ...

The Florida A&M University Marching 100 band’s first female head drum major has performed on many stages before, but the 2026 Oscars is the latest one added to her acclaimed list. A FAMU senior and ...