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 […]
As SoCal Dream moves in a new direction, they turn to former brass caption head Thom Willett to guide them through the 2010 season and beyond. Mr. Willett was previously SoCal Dream’s brass caption head for the 2006 and 2007 seasons. He was then promoted to Corps Director in 2008 but resigned early that season […]
The Hawthorne Caballeros are proud to introduce the 2010 Design Team, Arrangers and Caption Heads.Rich Templin – Staff and Show CoordinatorRich Templin returns to the Hawthorne Caballeros as the 2010 Show and Staff Coordinator. Rich began his Drum Corps Career in 1965 as a marching member of the Milton Keystoners Senior Drum Corps. Over the […]
Izzy Delgado – Visual Designer Izzy Delgado is excited to be making his return to the Fusion Core design staff as Visual Designer. He served as Visual Designer and Caption Head in 2007 and 2008, helping the corps become a 2008 DCA Class A Finalist and earn a 2nd place finish as well as winning […]
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