The Cavalier Marching Band (CMB) is the premier marching ensemble at the University of Virginia. Under the direction of Dr. William E. Pease, the first full-time marching band director in University of Virginia history, the Cavalier Marching Band made its debut on September 11, 2004 after a considerable donation was made by University of Virginia benefactors Carl and Hunter Smith to found the band in 2003. Currently in its eleventh season, the band is composed of over 330 of the University of Virginia's best and brightest student musicians, with representatives from over 80 different majors from all 7 of the undergraduate schools. Whenever describing the composition of the members of the band, Pease typically states that almost none are music majors but almost a third hold leadership posit