Randy Cash is the current President of the Band of the Hour Association of Alumni and Friends.  He is a 1981 graduate of UM with a degree in Politics and Public Affairs. Randy has also supported the university as Vice President of the Orlando Area Alumni Club and is the Immediate Past President of the Southwest Florida Alumni Club and served on the UM Alumni Association Council in 2007 and 2008.  After playing trombone in the 1979 band, Randy was the Drum Major of the 1980 edition of the Band of the Hour.  He is a retired Army Officer having served in Desert Storm, Operation Provide Comfort in Northern Iraq, and commanded an assault helicopter company during Operation Restore Hope in Somalia.  Prior to attending UM he played trombone in the United States Army Band Europe stationed in Heidelberg, Germany.  Randy is currently the owner and President of Flamingo Air Management Incorporated based in Naples, Florida.  He is a member of TBS and Iron Arrow.

Sandy Barrow, BOTHA Vice President 2009 - 2010. Sandy was a member of the Band of the Hour from 1958 to 1962 and played the clarinet and was a member of Tau Beta Sigma in 1962. She then graduated from the University of Miami in 1962 with a BS in Fashion Design. Sandy has been on the BOTHA Board of Directors from 1993 to the present and she also served as the BOTHA President from 1997-1998. Sandy was also inducted into the Band of the Hour Association Hall of Fame in 1995 and is also a member of Iron Arrow.

Gary Heath has served on BOTHA’s board since 2007 and is its current Treasurer. Both parents were prominent music educators, fostering a love of music. He studied euphonium at Purdue University and Virginia Tech under his father, Roger Heath, and was a founding member of Kappa Kappa Psi’s chapter at VT. He continued his studies under Connie Weldon and John Olah while a Music Engineering major at UM from 1977-1980. He was a Band of the Hour member during those four years, became a member of Phi Mu Alpha, and played and sang in several ensembles. To maintain variety he has since performed four times with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Florida, played for 14 years in the Edelweiss German-American Band, and sang for 10 years in The Rooftop Jingles holiday quartets, among other organizations. A member of the Greater Miami Symphonic Band since 2001 and its Music Librarian, he is a specialist in the Systems Department of the University of Miami Richter Library.

Alina Matusow-Hirschkowitz, BOTHA Executive Secretary from 2009 through 2010, was in the Band of the Hour from 1999 through 2003 playing clarinet.  Alina was in charge of the uniforms during her time in the band. Alina  was a member of Tau Beta Sigma and Sigma Alpha Iota in 2000. She then graduated from the University of Miami in 2003 with a BM in Music Education. Alina has gone on to teach at schools around Miami-Dade County.  Alina has been on the BOTHA Board of Directors from 2003 to the present.

Thomas Keck is associate director of bands at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. In this capacity he conducts the Symphonic Winds, directs the Band of the Hour, and teaches courses in conducting and music education. He is a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from Arizona State University and has earned music education degrees from the University of Illinois and the University of Iowa. Keck served as assistant director of bands at the University of Georgia and the University of New Hampshire. During 2007-08, he served as Interim Director of the Redcoat Band. He is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi, and a friend of the arts in Sigma Alpha Iota. As a percussionist, Keck has performed with the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps, I-PAN Steel Groove, and numerous symphonic and improvisatory ensembles.

Bonnie Hinck-Baldatti served as a V.P. from 2005-2007 and as the President from 2007-2009 and served as a member since 2003. She also served on the Alumni Council from from 2006-2009. Bonnie played in the Band of the Hour from 1975-1977 and received her Bachelor of Music Education Degree in 1978. She is on the Board of Directors with the Greater Miami Symphonic Band and has been a member playing her French Horn for over 25 years. Presently Bonnie is teaching at Coconut Palm Academy K-8 as a Music Teacher/Band Director. During her tenure as a Music Teacher she has been selected as a Teacher of the Year and has also had numerous Superintendant's Honors Music Festival Students selected from the schools where she taught. Presently, Bonnie is still serving on the Executive Board and is serving as the Membership Chair. She also is willing to assist with our web page and Alumni Avenue; what ever is needed.

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