UCLA Bruin Marching Band - The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

UCLA Bruin
Marching Band

UCLA Bruin Marching Band

"The Solid Gold Sound"

The Solid Gold Sound of the UCLA Bruin Marching Band is a 250-piece ensemble, representing over 40 majors on campus, which performs en masse at all home UCLA football games and in smaller contingents at a variety of other collegiate sports events, band festivals, motion pictures and television, conventions, and private events.

For information on joining the band, please contact Director Justin McManus

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Assistant Professor - Director of Athletic Bands and Associate Director of Bands
Justin McManus
Dr. Justin McManus (he/him) is director of athletic bands, associate director of bands, and assistant professor of music in the Herb Alpert School of Music at the University of California,
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Associate Director of Athletic Bands
Ken Fisher
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Interim Assistant Director of Athletic Bands
Ethan Golub
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Twin Alumni Share UCLA Bruin Marching Band History as 1st Female Members, Twirlers
Marching their way through the Rose Bowl Stadium, Terry and Jerry Fitzer kicked off the 1965 UCLA football season as the first female members of the UCLA Bruin Marching Band.
Justin McManus to Lead UCLA Marching Band
On July 1, the Solid Gold Sound welcomes a new leader. Justin McManus, most recently the director of athletic bands at the University of Connecticut, will join The UCLA Herb
The Marching Band's Epic 2022-23 Season
Band Camp kicked off the year with its usual high intensity. Getting ready for the season is never a small thing, and the band members this year knew that expectations were going to be sky high for Bruin athletics and band alike.
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