The Boston Crusaders are pleased to announce the inclusion of contemporary composer John Mackey’s Kingfishers Catch Fire in our 2008 production. John served as a Meet-The-Composer/American Symphony Orchestra League "Music Alive!" Composer In Residence with the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony in 2002-2003, and with the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra in 2004-2005. He was Composer […]
November 24 – 25, 2007 Waunakee, WI (a suburb of Madison) Map: Waunakee High School (Waunakee, WI) Enter via the main entrance of the high school facing the stadium Multi-day audition camp for brass, battery, front ensemble and guard Overnight housing required, meals are on your own Read the rest of the article here.
For the 2008 summer season, we are very excited to announce that Keith Hallas will be heading up the GLASSMEN brass program as the caption head and brass coordinator. Currently completing his Master of Music in Instrumental Conducting at Youngstown State University, Keith is an active conductor, clinician, performer, and adjudicator in and around Ohio […]
The Vanguard Cadets are excited to announce their 2008 educational staff. Adding to the excitement of the 2008 season, this year’s program, Perspectives, features all original music composed expressly for the Vanguard Cadets by Hollywood film and television composer and Vanguard alumnus James Peterson and Los Angeles-based composer Robby Elfman. Read the rest of the […]
Santa Clara Vanguard are excited to announce that Sylvester "Sly" Sybilski will return to Vanguard as the Visual Caption Manager! Working with Sly in the 2008 Visual Caption are Michael Tarr (Assistant Caption Head) with Visual Technicians Andy Waldukat, Carlos Gonzales, and Chad Jacobs. Read the rest of the article here.
It was time to get funky as national recording and Carolina Crown preview artist Denver and The Mile High Orchestra advances as a top 7 pick in Fox’s Next Great American Band. This week, the band showed it versatility playing a laid back funk arrangement of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller’s "Ruby Baby". The pressure […]
Drum Corps International (DCI) today announced it will suspend the national television broadcast of its World Championship event on ESPN2, effective with the 2008 season. The DCI World Championship program has aired on the ESPN2 cable sports network for the past three years and was viewed by an audience of more than one million annually. […]
The Jersey Surf is pleased to welcome Jeff Bolduc and Scott Steward to the corps’ instructional team. Jeff will assume the responsibilities of Brass Arranger and Scott will lead the brass instruction team as the Brass Section Manager, replacing long-time Surf staffers Rick Wygant and Steve Wands. "Rick and Steve have given the corps more […]
Why pre-register? With 300 students expected at the Workshops, it’s in your best interest to register now by mail. When you arrive on December 2nd, you’ll breeze right through the check-in lines, get your name tag, and have plenty of time to meet other students and staff in preparation for that first day. Plan to […]
Teal Sound is proud to announce their 2008 show theme: “Voices of the Seasons” – featuring the music of Rajaton Teal Sound is also pleased to present the instructional staff for the 2008 season: Program Coordinator/Brass Arranger – Caption Head: Ron Ellis
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