Band of the Hour Association

Drumming up Support for the Band of the Hour

2023  Hall  of  Fame  Inductees

Jenny Denk Stull
B.A. 2010/UM, M.M. 2020/UM 

Jenny was an exemplary drum major and leader in the Frost Band of the Hour. She was a mentor to the younger FBOTH members around her and respected by her upperclassmen contemporaries. She was an active member of the Gamma Epsilon Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma. There was even an inside joke that one of the values of the organization was hers because she embodied it better than anyone else. She was cheerful, kind, professional, and excellent at what she did on the field and in the classroom. She made everyone around her better and more excited about music, marching or otherwise. She has since gone on to make a career in music therapy and education from her work as an assistant professor of Music Therapy at the University of Georgia. Jenny embodies everything that is great about the Frost Band of the Hour. She has continued that since graduating and leaving the organization.

Larry Shane
B.A. 1991/UM, M.Ed. 2004/UCF

Dedication to Music Education is well known and evident not only by his excellence as a director, but also in his ability to teach his students to become better people, adults, and members of a team who cares equally about the music they make, and each other. Larry has taught the Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps since 2006. Larry spends most weekends in the Fall judging band competitions all over the country. Larry encourages student every year to participate in the Frost Honor Band, and to also consider attending UM. He has had countless students to follow in his footsteps by attending the UM and marching in the Frost Band of the Hour.

Rick Veingrad
B.A. 1981/UM

As President of the Band of the Hour Association of Alumni and Friends, Rick spearheaded a successful band reunion the Fall of 2018 including a wonderful slide presentation at the organized dinner that saluted the 1979 Mirage Bowl trip to Tokyo. Rick also pushed for our membership in the National Association of Alumni Bands. This has allowed us to further understand what other alumni bands are doing and how we as an organization can benefit from their guidance.

Jenny Denk Stull

Larry Shane

Rick Veingrad
Photo Courtesy of Rhona Wise Larry Shane, Rick Veingrad, Jenny Denk Stull (left to right)
Photo Courtesy of Rhona Wise Jenny Denk Stull, Larry Shane, Rick Veingrad, Robert Mann, Bonnie Hinck, Jay Rees (left to right)
The Band of the Hour Association is an affiliate group of the University of Miami Alumni Association.  It is a separate entity from the University of Miami and is comprised of volunteers who give their time and effort to fundraise and support the University of Miami and the Band of the Hour in collaboration with the University, the UMAA, and its respective policies.