Thomas shared that’s where he began his research on the band program and music department. In 1996, he compiled and edited America’s Band of Legend: A Pictorial Collection on Bands at Florida ...

FAMU's Marching 100 performs at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024 before being named HBCU Band of the Year by ESPN Events.© Provided by ESPN ...

The band has been one of the main draws during FAMU football games, and some board members on Monday wanted to know if the decision to keep the band off the field until 2013 would impact ticket sales.

Former FAMU Band Director Julian E. White poses for a portrait within a room of awards he's received throughout his career Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

All band performances were halted for FAMU's famed Marching 100 shortly after Robert Champion collapsed and died following a hazing ritual on a bus parked at an Orlando hotel in November 2011.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - The FAMU Marching 100 held its annual water bottle drive and fundraiser Saturday to make sure student musicians can stay hydrated ahead of band camp this summer.

FAMU Chief Band Arranger Lindsey Sarjeant plays the piano during a FAMU Jazz Ensemble Concert featuring Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023 at the university's Lee Hall.

Also last month, Sylvester Young, 1969 FAMU graduate, was named the band's new director. At the game, 1995 FAMU band alumnus Edwin Rock said the band had to pay the price, but that the time was ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida A&M University’s campus police chief suggested the suspension of the band three days before the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion, according to a document ...

Dante Martin, 27, was found guilty of manslaughter and felony hazing by a jury after just an hour of deliberations, the report says. The charges could carry a sentence of more than 20 years in prison.

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At a news conference last month to formally announce of the band’s return performance, FAMU’s interim President Larry Robinson reiterated the school’s hazing-prevention measures, including a ...