Band of the Hour
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The band plays at all home [[Miami Hurricanes football]] games and selected away games. It also travels to post-season football bowl games in years that the football team plays at one.{{cite web|url=http://www.miami.edu/frost/index.php/frost/frost_ensembles/i-04-frost_band_of_the_hour/|title=Frost Band of the Hour|publisher=University of Miami|access-date=2011-01-12}} The band's name originated during the [[1946 Orange Bowl]] halftime show, when [[Henry Fillmore]] announced that the "Man of The Hour" march was being played by the "Band of the Hour". The band decided to keep the name. |
The band plays at all home [[Miami Hurricanes football]] games and selected away games. It also travels to post-season football bowl games in years that the football team plays at one.{{cite web|url=http://www.miami.edu/frost/index.php/frost/frost_ensembles/i-04-frost_band_of_the_hour/|title=Frost Band of the Hour|publisher=University of Miami|access-date=2011-01-12}} The band's name originated during the [[1946 Orange Bowl]] halftime show, when [[Henry Fillmore]] announced that the "Man of The Hour" march was being played by the "Band of the Hour". The band decided to keep the name. |
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The "Frost" part of the marching band's name comes from ardent music lover and philanthropists [[Phillip Frost|Dr. Phillip and Patricia Frost]], who gave a $33 million gift to the University of Miami's School of Music in 2003. At the time this was the largest gift ever given to an American university-based music school. This generous donation led to UM's school of music to rebrand itself as the Frost School of Music, which in turn the Band of the Hour adopted said name.{{Cite web |title=Frost Facts {{!}} Frost School of Music {{!}} University of Miami |url=https://admissions.frost.miami.edu/about-us/frost-facts/index.html |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=admissions.frost.miami.edu |language=en}} |
The "Frost" part of the marching band's name comes from ardent music lover and philanthropists [[Phillip Frost|Dr. Phillip and Patricia Frost]], who gave a $33 million gift to the University of Miami's School of Music in 2003. At the time this was the largest gift ever given to an American university-based music school. This generous donation led to UM's school of music to rebrand itself as the [[Frost School of Music]], which in turn the Band of the Hour adopted said name.{{Cite web |title=Frost Facts {{!}} Frost School of Music {{!}} University of Miami |url=https://admissions.frost.miami.edu/about-us/frost-facts/index.html |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=admissions.frost.miami.edu |language=en}} |
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The band was founded in 1933 by Walter E. Shaeffer, who had served with the [[United States Marine Band]] as a musician and [[concertmaster]]. During the 1950s, composer [[Henry Fillmore]] became a major patron of the band. He provided funding for the construction of Henry Fillmore Band Hall, the band's home base.{{cite web|url=http://www.music.miami.edu/band/history.html|title=History of the "Band of the Hour"|publisher=University of Miami|access-date=2011-01-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807095336/http://www.music.miami.edu/band/history.html|archive-date=2011-08-07}} |
The band was founded in 1933 by Walter E. Shaeffer, who had served with the [[United States Marine Band]] as a musician and [[concertmaster]]. During the 1950s, composer [[Henry Fillmore]] became a major patron of the band. He provided funding for the construction of Henry Fillmore Band Hall, the band's home base.{{cite web|url=http://www.music.miami.edu/band/history.html|title=History of the "Band of the Hour"|publisher=University of Miami|access-date=2011-01-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807095336/http://www.music.miami.edu/band/history.html|archive-date=2011-08-07}} |
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