A big congratulations to high school musicians Anneke Whitsett, Ryah Pizzi, Joey Calhoun, and Sam Barrows. These students were accepted into the Umass Amherst honors band festival this year. Top band students are nominated from all over the state and carefully selected to participate in a full day of rehearsing with peers, and college students and professors.
Come and watch the performance on Saturday, February 21, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in Tillis recital hall on the Umass Amherst campus.


