Instrumentation
Instrumentation of the Solid Gold Sound is similar to other major college marching bands.
For Fall 2006, the Band marched
- 2 Drum Majors
- 6 Piccolos
- 12 Flutes
- 18 B♭ Clarinets
- 18 E♭ Alto Saxophones
- 10 B♭ Tenor Saxophones
- 42 B♭ Trumpets
- 21 F Mellophones
- 42 Trombones
- 19 Sousaphones
- 9 Snare Drums
- 5 Quint Tenor Drums
- 6 Bass Drums
- 7 Cymbals
- 16 Tall Flags as the Color guard
For Fall 2011, the Band is marching
- 4 Drum Majors
- 2 Feature Twirlers
- 21 Flutes/Piccolos
- 24 Clarinets
- 21 Alto Saxophones
- 12 Tenor Saxophones
- 51 Trumpets
- 15 Mellophones/French Horns
- 33 Trombones
- 24 Sousaphones
- 32 Percussion
- 11 Color Guard
The 2011 Band is also staffed by
- 3 Graduate Teaching Assistants
- 1 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
- 4 Marching and Percussion Instructors
- 1 Announcer
- 2 Camera Crew
- 2 Directors
For many years, the UCLA band had a featured female baton twirler, known as the "Golden Girl". In 2006, instead of a twirler, the featured performer was a Band Juggler For 2011, the Band has returned to having two Feature Twirlers, ReJoyce Green and Michelle Glymph.
In 2007, the Band marched 24 Sousaphones along with two alternates. 25 new Yamaha Sousaphones were purchased from a special allocation of funds from the Chancellor's Office.
The UCLA Drumline utilizes drums made by TAMA, with Remo drum heads, as well as cymbals by Zildjian. The bassline typically marches 6 basses and uses Vic Firth Bass Mallets. The tenorline plays on 6 drum multi-toms using MT1A Tenor Mallets by Vic Firth. The snareline plays using Ralph Hardimon sticks by Vic Firth.
Note that the UCLA Marching Band currently does not march Baritones or Baritone Saxophones, although marching baritone horns and before that, bell front euphoniums had been a component in the past.
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