Norm Peth, one of the most admired and influential drum instructors in the four decades following World War II passed away Friday, July 10 at age 95. A member of the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame since his induction in 1997, he was also certified as a master drummer by the International Association of […]
Today he’d be called a “Dreamer”, qualified for the DACA Program, but those terms didn’t exist in 1947 when Billy Cobham’s family brought their son to Brooklyn from Panama, at the age of three. For the next few years, young William was not allowed “off the block”, but one fateful summer day in the early […]
Mia Haug, who graduates this summer from St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School in Cambridge, is the 2020 winner of the $900 Wilf Blum Memorial Youth Music Scholarship. After starting music training at age two, she is a trumpet player who marched with the Preston Scout House Cadets drum and bugle corps in 2015 and 2016, […]
IMG Anthem – Unity would like to officially welcome the Marching Roundtable and Marching Arts Education to the IMG Anthem – Unity team and thank them for their support for the project. Marching Arts Education is the home of the Marching Roundtable Podcast and Color Guard EDU. They provide access to the top Marching Arts […]
The Florida Brass Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps opens its doors once again after the shut down with the coronavirus that hit the sunshine state in March. The Florida Brass will start rehearsals on Sunday July 12 and the 26 with new members and new music lined up for the corps. The corps practices at […]
IMG Anthem – Unity would like to officially welcome the seven times DCI World Champions to the IMG Anthem – Unity team and thank them for their support for the project. The World’s Number One Brass Band Cory Band under the direction of Philip Harper, composer of the IMG Anthem – Unity, have already set […]
IMG Anthem – Unity would like to officially welcome two of the world’s most talented arrangers who will work alongside composer Philip Harper to extend the reach of his inspiring composition into the world of the Marching & Performance Arts.
Wilbert Robert “Wags” Wagner, III of Manchester, Maryland, inducted in 2001 as a charter member in the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame Associate Member category, passed away recently at age 83. His long career in drum and bugle corps activity began in 1943 and extended more than 60 years well into the alumni drum […]
Preston Scout House Band Inc. has again received a donor designated grant from the Cambridge and North Dumfries Community Foundation (CNDCF), continuing an annual tradition that began about 15 years ago. The 2020 designated grant from the William and Vera Fisher Family Fund is for $1,106.75. The grant is roughly the same amount each year, […]
Drum Corps United Kingdom are please to release the video of their first ever virtual project – DCUK: Isolation Brass – performing Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel. Thank you to all that submitted videos and also special thanks to Andy Cartwright for arranging the score, Ian Downes for the logo, Lee Court for editing […]
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