Alex Nielsen – Percussion Arranger/Percussion Caption HeadFusion welcomes Alex Nielsen as Percussion Arranger and Percussion Caption Head. Alex began his marching career at Parsippany High School in NJ and has continued to work with the marching band there as Director and Arranger of the percussion program since 1990. Alex holds a BA in Music Studies […]
The Cadets Transportation Fleet now has a new member of the family! The papers were signed earlier this week and on Thursday the corps’ new 2006 Ford E 450 Super Duty Diesel Box Truck was delivered to the administrative offices in Allentown, Pa. With 44,000 miles on the odometer, the truck is in perfect condition, […]
The Madison Scouts are pleased to announce the contract extensions of Dann Petersen, corps director, and Jeff Spanos, development director for the 2010 season. “Dann is the foundation to our corps,” stated Chris Komnick, executive director. “He continues to build the underlying character of the membership in ways that very few people get to see. […]
Fusion is very excited and pleased to welcome Joe Itkor as Show/Rehearsal Coordinator for the 2010 season. Joe comes to Fusion with a varied background and long history in the drum corps activity, bringing extensive experience in performance, instruction and judging of all areas: guard, brass, percussion and visual. Having performed with and instructed some […]
The Santa Clara Vanguard is pleased to announce that the design team members who created the corps’ 2009 “Ballet for Martha” program will return for the 2010 season. They have been actively working on next summer’s program since August. Staff Coordinator Denise Bonfiglio has re-engaged the staff of Jon Vanderkolff and Mike McCool, who will […]
More percussionists will be receiving their audition packets in their email today. The concert percussionists that are auditioning for The Academy Front Ensemble section of the corps will be receiving details about the auditions, forms to fill out, and music to begin preparing for the weekends coming up in December. To get yours, fill out […]
The Atlanta CorpsVets Drum and Bugle Corps. is proud to announce the newest member of their brass team for the 2010 season, Dr. Cameron "Chip" Crotts. Chip is associate professor of trumpet and director of jazz studies at Samford University in Birmingham, AL. A Grammy® nominated artist, Chip has been an on call trumpet player […]
Another milestone in the meticulous planning of more than 100 competitive drum corps events was reached last week as directors of the top 12 World Class corps, DCI staff and other corps representatives gathered in Chicago for an annual meeting to firm up a working schedule for the 2010 Drum Corps International Tour. The two-day […]
Why he’s in the news: The Buccaneers finished their fifth consecutive undefeated season last month and set several Drum Corps Associates records. At the DCA World Championships in Rochester, N.Y., the Buccaneers won the championship finals competitions and earned the highest championship score in DCA history: 99.025 out of a possible 100 points. Personal: Born […]
The Reading Buccaneers Drum & Bugle Corps announced its visual caption design and instructional team for the 2010 season. The goal for 2010 is simple: to make an already formidable visual program even stronger. “Historically, we’ve done well presenting challenging and crowd-pleasing visual programs that were well-coordinated with the music book,” said Staff Coordinator Carl […]
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