The Atlanta CorpsVets have a new home for the upcoming 2010 season. After careful consideration of several rehearsal sites, Executive Director Dr. David Stollberg is pleased to announce that East Coweta Middle School will serve as the rehearsal base for the 2010 Atlanta CorpsVets. Be sure to join us November 15th, 2009 at East Coweta […]
The St. Kevin’s Emerald Knights Sr. Drum and Bugle Corps has teamed up with The Buglers Hall of Fame to host the 2010 Buglers Hall of Fame, North American Boston Regional Individual Brass and Percussion Competition on Saturday, March 20, 2010. The Buglers Hall of Fame was created in 2005 to honor those who have […]
The Bushwackers Drum & Bugle Corps is excited to announce the addition of Rob Thatcher as the Percussion Caption Head for 2010. In addition, we are pleased to announce the return of Chris Kilian as Brass Caption Head and Jason Pliska as Visual Caption Head. Rob Thatcher is a long-time Bushwacker who got his start […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
The show is a single opus, titled "Necrology", comprised of five distinct movements. The first movement begins with a fiery fast-paced motif that is initially stated by the mellophones, and low sopranos. Movement two features that same motif but in a major mode at half the tempo. Next, the piece transports the theme into a […]
Entering his third year with the CorpsVets organization, Alan Armstrong will be switching roles this year to take on the Brass Caption Head position after heading up the visual program for the last two seasons. "I am excited to be taking on a new challenge with the brass line. Dave Henry and I have had […]
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