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DARTMOUTH COLLEGE MARCHING BAND

This is not your high school marching band! Founded in 1889, the Dartmouth College Marching Band fits the tradition of Ivy League “scatter bands,” which means the band marches onto the field, then “scatters”; into formations while a member reads from a student-written script. To join the DCMB, you don't need musical experience, but you do need a lot of enthusiasm and, of course, white pants, white shoes, and a white turtleneck (Dartmouth provides the green blazers, and band members will provide transportation if you need to buy whites). Membership in the DCMB entitles you to perform at all Dartmouth home (and some away) football games; march in pre-game parades; play in the stands at home hockey and basketball games; travel to UNH, Yale, Columbia, Harvard, Brown, and Princeton (depending on the football schedule); sing the Alma Mater at the top of the Empire State Building; and take part in band social events throughout the year.

Director: Max Culpepper.

Max Culpepper is the Conductor of the Dartmouth Wind Symphony and the Director of the Dartmouth College Marching Band. He holds BS and MA degrees from The College of New Jersey and has also directed the band and a wind ensemble at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and at Northern Illinois University. He has conducted frequently as a guest artist, and is often an adjudicator of music competitions. He was the Music Director of the Lakes Region (Vermont) Youth Orchestra for nine years and is conductor-in-residence at the Harmony Ridge Brass Center, where he performs with the principal brass players of the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Click to visit the Marching Band's website.