The Egyptian Theatre will host a screening of the documentary “Scouts Honor: Inside a Marching Brotherhood” Feb. 26 — but only if at least 61 tickets are sold. The theater, 135 N. Second St., will screen the film at 7:30 p.m., after which there will be a Q&A with former and current NIU drum corps […]
Our 4th annual concert band festival in partnership with the NIU Huskie Marching Band will be taking place on Friday February 27. The festival is nearly at capacity, if your school hasn’t signed up yet, but is interested, contact bands [at] regiment [dot] org. This year’s festival clinicians are: – Dr. Thomas Bough, NIU Director […]
Travel Time: Camp will be held regardless of the weather. Many, many people now have their airline, train, or bus tickets purchased, so keep coming! You probably should allow for extra travel time to avoid being late. There is no major snowfall in the forecast for the weekend! Read the rest of the article here.
Carolina Crown board president Kevin Smith is proud to announce the appointment of current advisory council member Steve Miller to the Crown Board of Directors. Steve is a native of York, SC and graduated from York High School where he performed as lead and solo trumpet with the marching, concert and jazz bands. He attended […]
Steve Aylward wrote this post as part of our Glassmen alumni blog series. He was a member of the brass section from 1998 to 2002. Below, Steve describes how being a member helped him become a music educator. Everyone has their own experiences of what the Glassmen meant to them and how the organization impacted […]
The 2015 Colorado Music Educators Association Clinic and Conference, is being held January 28th–31st at the Broad-moor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Ascend Performing Arts/Blue Knights will have a booth in the exhibit hall all three days that will see about 1,600 educators and 2,000 performers and guests. Attendees come from K-16 education and general, vocal […]
The Spirit of Atlanta Board of Directors is pleased to announce the INAUGURAL Capital Equipment Campaign. This fund was created to assist in the yearly operational costs of running, maintaining, and sustaining a championship level drum and bugle corps. Over the next 6 months, our goal is to raise a minimum of $200,000 in order […]
The Santa Clara Vanguard is honored to announce our 2015 Hall of Fame Inductees. They are: Charlie Anderson, Kent Cater, Stanley Knaub, Dave Owens and Rick South. These gentlemen join 11 previously inducted SCV Hall of Fame members, including the corps founder, Gail R. Royer. View the complete list. Please join us in congratulating our […]
We take a look at the Jersey Surf’s addition of a Director of Member Experience to its team of music education, personal training and wellness professionals. Watch the video here.
After the 2015 Audition Experience events in Atlanta, Chicago, and Austin this past fall, The Cavaliers invited talented brass and percussion students back to Rosemont for the next step in the casting process, the January Call-Back Camp held the weekend of January 16-18. “This was one of our largest call-back camps we’ve held to date, […]
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