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For Jacob Motl, music is the best way to express his emotions. "Music for me is just a way to vent," the 18-year-old Memorial High School band member said. "I always play music just to get away." This summer, Motl will take his contrabass tuba on tour with the Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps. The […]
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This is another four-channel audiophile SACD in a series using the experimental acoustic baffle system developed by Ray Kimber and called the IsoMike. It uses various baffles mounted near to the mikes to minimize the interference of inter-channel sounds that can compromise fidelity. The baffles are heart-shaped or egg-shaped, and they eliminate the line-of-sight between […]
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Chris Alexander comes to the Santa Clara Vanguard from school, work, and teaching in the Chicago area, and in the words of a member auditioning last weekend, “has had a successful beginning with SCV.” Chris has an academic background in music composition and physics/applied math. He marched many years in the brass section with The […]
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For most of this decade, the Hawthorne High School drum line has arrived at competitions dressed in black, tuxedo-cut uniforms with the boys smartly extending their arms to escort the girls from the bus, where they leave behind their baggy jeans, sneakers, short skirts — and lives often filled with poverty, violence and failure. Hundreds […]
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With a storm en route, the Crown December Camp was bound to be a slippery situation! With one eye on the radar and the other on safe travel for all, it was decided that the camp would go ahead as planned! Applicants trickled in all night Friday and all day Saturday, despite delayed flights and […]
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Congratulations to new Renegade parents Trevor Terrill and Chelsea Strong on the deliverance of their healthy baby girl, Delaney! Delaney TerrillBorn: 12/23/2009 @ 6:54 AMWeight: 6 lbs., 14 oz., 20-3/4 inches Read the rest of the article here.
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The Madison Scouts are pleased to name John Lee as the 2010 drum major and Sean Phelan as the horn sergeant. John Lee has recently moved to the Indianapolis area from California where he was a double major in music and business at the University of California, San Diego. John began marching drum corps in […]
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When the 2010 Cadets host their first drum corps show on June 18th in Allentown, Pa., they will again break ground, this time with a unique format that features performances by three World-Class corps – twice! In between those performances, the creative teams from each corps will share with the audience the background, their concept […]
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The offices of Youth Education in the Arts will be closed Thursday, Dec. 24 through Sunday, Jan. 3 in observance of the Christmas and New Years holidays. They will reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 4th. Staff will be in and out of the YEA! office in Allentown, Pa., working various projects as well […]
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Sunday, January 3rd – All percussion and Brass – 9AM to 4PM at the Boys Club in Nashua, NH January Camp (January 15, 16 and 17) – Please click here for a detailed schedule. It is important to remember that all membership paperwork and January fees must be submitted upon arrival at camp. Read the […]
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