Fall 2012
Around the Quads
Marching Band Exhibition
The history of Columbia’s marching, concertizing and pranking music-makers will be explored this fall in a special exhibition, “The Cleverest Band in the World: Marching and Playing for Columbia,” at the Columbia Alumni Center, 622 W. 113th St. (between Broadway and Riverside Drive).
The Columbia University Band Alumni Association has collected a range of memorabilia to tell the story of CU bands from 1904 to today. An accompanying video will highlight band activities from serious to zany, with a soundtrack that includes recorded music by the group not heard in decades, including pieces performed at Carnegie Hall in the 1960s. The exhibition will open at a pre-Homecoming reception for band alumni and current members on Friday, October 19, at the Center, and run through the end of the year.
The band alumni association still is accepting donations and loans of “bandiana” for the exhibition and for a permanent band history archive. To contribute items, contact J. Donald Smith ’65, former band head manager and coordinator of the exhibition: jdonaldsmith65@comcast.net.