Thank you to our donors who supported Ascend Performing Arts in Colorado’s largest nonprofit fundraiser, Colorado Gives Day, this past Tuesday, December 4, 2018. Our supporters helped to raise over $26,000! The funds you helped to raise will enhance the lives of young adults by providing world class music education to its drum and bugle […]
We are pleased to announce that our December Audition Camp will be held at Explorer Middle School in Everett, WA. See the map information below for details. Get your Drum Corps on! December Audition Camp begins next Friday evening (December 14th), and runs through Sunday afternoon. Housing and meals are provided. We encourage all to […]
Music City’s December 7-9 audition camp gets underway Friday, December 7 at 7:00 PM at Freedom Middle School, 750 New Hwy 96 West in Franklin, TN. The camp will conclude with the 300+ participants performing for family and friends on Sunday, December 9 from 1:45 PM to 2:30 PM. Registration will begin Friday night at […]
The Oregon Crusaders is excited to announce its Caption Heads for 2019! Mike McConnell, Brass Caption Head. An extraordinary educator with a Masters degree in Musical Performance from Florida State University, Mike is the Assistant Director of Bands at Cy-Fair High School in Cypress, Texas where he instructs the concert and marching band programs. In […]
Youth Education in the Arts (YEA!) Board of Directors announces broad changes to its operating structure to stabilize the organization and position it for future growth. “YEA! has recently completed an exhaustive financial audit and independent investigation of the operational elements of YEA! The results of this work have led the Board of Directors and […]
At their November meeting, the Colts Board of Directors elected officers and additional board members to oversee the organization for the 2019 fiscal year. The board selected Jim Johnson to serve as president. Jim has been active with the Colts organization in various capacities since 1989. He was a member of the baritone section for […]
After an awesome #GivingTuesday, we’ve surged past the halfway point in our New Kitchen Campaign. Due to the generosity of our alumni, supporters, and fans, we’ve ordered the trailer shell, and are putting the final touches on the build engineering plans. But, there is work to be done before we can put a new kitchen […]
Akron is getting a piece of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival. The 2019 DCI Tour of Champions show — a competition featuring drum corps from around the country — is moving from Paul Brown Stadium in Massillon to InfoCision Stadium in Akron, the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce announced this week. Read […]
Today we not only mourn the loss of President George H.W. Bush, of whom we were honored to have performed before back in the 1990’s but also at his son’s inauguration in 2001. We also mourn the loss of Dave Shaw. Dave was instrumental in the annals of Trooper history. As an instructor in the […]
Bluecoats is excited to announce it has accepted an invitation from Drum Corps International (DCI) for the 2022 Bluecoats Alumni Corps to perform at the Drum Corps International World Championships Semifinals in celebration of both the DCI and Bluecoats 50th Anniversary! The organization will spend 2022 celebrating many events with its alumni and broader community. […]
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