The Spartan Marching Band in their trademark MSU formation, during a pregame performance at Spartan Stadium.
Photo by Kurt Stepnitz, University Relations
Go Green! Go White!
John Madden, associate professor of music, associate director of bands, and director of the Spartan Marching Band, leads a pregame show.
Photo by Kurt Stepnitz, University Relations
The 300 member Spartan Marching Band is one of the oldest and most recognized university marching bands in the country. The band was founded in 1870 as a 10-member student group, and since then has grown into one of the premiere college bands in the nation.
The Spartan Band has played for five U.S. Presidents and performed at four Rose Bowls, two world's fairs, and one world series. The Spartan Band has toured the United States extensively, winning the hearts of band fans everywhere.
The band has appeared in concert and on football fields in such far-flung cities as San Francisco, New York, Dallas, Chicago, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, St. Louis, Denver, New Orleans, Salt Lake City, Tokyo, Tucson, San Diego and Washington, D.C.
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