Warfield joins Govenaires 2012 staff
The Govenaires Drum and Bugle Corps have been blessed with staff continuity through out the recent years. The 2012 season will be no exception, but a new face will join the ranks to lead the St. Peter, Minnesota group’s hornline.
This coming season marks Jordan Warfield’s first year as Brass Caption Head with the Govenaires Drum and Bugle Corps. He has been teaching marching bands and drum corps for the last ten years. Warfield marched with The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps from 2001 to 2004, claiming three Drum Corps International (DCI) World Championships and is now a visual staff member with the corps. In 2004, The Cavaliers were invited to Japan for a five day tour where the corps participated in clinics, exhibition performances and standstill concerts for thousands of fans and students.
In 2005, he served on Brass Staff with the Blue Stars who were promoted to World Class the following year. Warfield has also worked with prominent high school programs in Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota as a tech, caption head or guest clinician in music and visual. From 2001 to 2010, he was a hornline and winter drum line staff member with the Irondale High School Marching Knights band.
Warfield studied Broad Area Music Performance at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls and was a featured soloist in many ensembles recital contest. While at River Falls, he was involved with the Commission Composer Project Committee and premiered works by world renowned composers: Marc Mellits, Michael Torke, Michael Colgrass, Anthony Braxton and Lars Jansson.
Warfield performs regularly in the greater Twin Cities area on percussion and tuba with orchestras, chamber brass ensembles and wind ensembles. Recently, he has been in demand to adjudicate marching competitions in the Midwest region.
Warfield is the latest addition to an elite group of instructors. The entire design and instructional staff from the Govenaires’ championship 2011 season will return to put together another outstanding show. For more background information on the corps’ staff, go to govenaires.org:
Andy Falvey – Show Coordinator and drill design
Dennis Argul – Brass Arranger
Larry Pawlowski – Music Director and brass consultant
Lee Kreuger – Percussion Caption Head
Jeffery Peterson and Molly Norton – Color Guard Co-Caption Heads
John Mayer – Drum Major and show consultant
Future press releases will be released in the coming weeks to officially announce the Govenaires January Open House and the
2012 show.
Founded in 1927 as the St. Peter Legion corps, the Govenaires have entertained countless people. In the past decade, they’ve added competitive success to the mix, winning Drum Corps Associates (DCA) Class A championships in 2006, 2009 and 2011.
