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Joshua Miller
  • Music Education
  • Class of 2018
  • Waynesville, Mo.

Miller in CMU Marching Band

2015 Sep 24

Joshua Miller is a member of the Sound of Central Marching Band at Central Methodist University in Fayette, Mo.

Miller is a sophomore pre-education major from Waynesville.

The band has already performed at several home football games, but more opportunities are on the schedule.

The band will play during halftime of the remaining Central home football games, including Saturday, Oct. 3 for Family Day; Saturday, Oct. 24, for CMU Homecoming; Saturday, Nov. 7, Youth Day; and Saturday, Nov. 14, Senior Day.

In addition to the football performances, the band will lead dozens of bands around the square and perform the final field production of the Swinney Conservatory of Music's annual Band Day on Saturday, Oct. 10.

This year, 64 students comprise the Central Marching Eagles Band. Roy "Skip" Vandelicht, associate professor of music and director of bands, will guide the playing and performing of the band. He joined Central fulltime in 2008 after a 31-year teaching career in the Fayette School District where he also conducted the Fayette bands.

Vandelicht, a 1977 graduate of Central Methodist University, earned a bachelor of music education. He went on to complete a master's degree, also in music education, from the University of Missouri - Columbia. He assisted with Central's band for a number of years before he retired from public school and became the director of bands at Central.

In 2013, Vandelicht was named a member of the Missouri Bandmasters Association Hall of Fame for having made a lasting impact on youth in the state through band music.

For a complete list of band members and drum majors please visit the CMU website.